Just-in-time Information through Mobile Connections by Lee Rainie, Susannah Fox, May 7, 2012 “The rapid adoption of cell phones and, especially, the spread of internet-connected smartphones are changing peoples communications with others and their relationships with information. Users ability to access data immediately through apps and web browsers and through contact with their social networks… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Federal Reserve Board publishes comparative information on average debit card interchange fees
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday published comparative information on the average debit card interchange fees that each payment card network charges acquirers (and indirectly merchants) and provides to debit card issuers. The Board’s Regulation II provides that an issuer subject to the interchange fee standard (a non-exempt issuer) may not receive an… Continue Reading
EPA Releases Draft Permitting Guidance for Using Diesel Fuel in Oil and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing
Follow up to previous posting on fracturing, on May 4, 2012 “the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released draft underground injection control (UIC) program permitting guidance for class II wells that use diesel fuels during hydraulic fracturing activities. EPA developed the draft guidance to clarify how companies can comply with a law passed by Congress… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Nuclear Regulation, TARP
Nuclear Regulation – NRC’s Oversight of Nuclear Power Reactors’ Decommissioning Funds Could Be Further Strengthened – GAO-12-258, Apr 5, 2012 Troubled Asset Relief Program – Government’s Exposure to AIG Lessens as Equity Investments Are Sold, GAO-12-574, May 7, 2012 Continue Reading
Three tutorials for United Nations sources are available on You Tube
Via Debbie Rabina, Ph.D, Associate Professor: “Three tutorials for United Nations sources are available on You Tube. They were made by students taking International Information Sources at Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science.” U.N. Treaty Series: Multilateral treaty search Using the U.N. Juridical Yearbook Using the U.N. International Commission Law Analytical Year Continue Reading
Analysis of the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012
Analysis of the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012, May 2012 “This report responds to a request from Senator Jeff Bingaman, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, for an analysis of the Clean Energy Standard (CES) Act of 2012. The request letter and the text of the proposed legislation are provided… Continue Reading
When capital adequacy and interest rate policy are substitutes (and when they are not)
When capital adequacy and interest rate policy are substitutes (and when they are not) by Stephen G Cecchetti and Marion Kohler, Working Papers No 379, May 2012 “Prudential instruments are commonly seen as the tools that can be used to deliver the macroprudential policy goals of reducing the frequency and severity of financial crises. And… Continue Reading
IG Audit – Virtual Server Technology at Has Been Successfully Implemented at IRS
Virtual Server Technology Has Been Successfully Implemented, but Additional Actions Are Needed to Further Reduce the Number of Servers and Increase Savings, March 30, 2012 Reference Number: 2012-20-029 “As of the end of Fiscal Year 2011, the IRS estimated that server virtualization had saved approximately $10.2 million in equipment costs, and it expects to save… Continue Reading
Study: Wikipedia Appears On Googles Page One 46% of theTime, Compared to 31% on Bing
Conductor: “We recently published a study on the frequency Wikipedia appears in the search engine results pages (SERPs) that was covered by both Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Land. We broke a 2,000 keyword set into informational vs. transactional keywords, and our distribution of length of keywords was based on Hitwises keyword query length… Continue Reading
NOAA near-term weather forecasts get powerful boost from new computer model
News release: “NOAA is [now] using a sophisticated new weather forecast computer model to improve predictions of quickly developing severe weather events including thunderstorms, winter storms and aviation hazards such as clear air turbulence. The Rapid Refresh now provides NOAA’s most rapidly updated weather forecast, replacing an older model that served a similar function. The… Continue Reading
CBO – Monthly Budget Review
Monthly Budget Review – Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for March and the Daily Treasury Statements for April, 2012 “The federal government incurred a budget deficit of $721 billion in the first seven months of fiscal year 2012, CBO estimates$149 billion less than the shortfall reported during the same period last year. Without shifts… Continue Reading
The verdict: is blogging or tweeting about research papers worth it?
London School of Economics: “Eager to find out what impact blogging and social media could have on the dissemination of her work, Melissa Terras took all of her academic research, including papers that have been available online for years, to the web and found that her audience responded with a huge leap in interest in… Continue Reading
