Accessibility, sustainability, excellence: how to expand access to research publications – Report of the Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings, June 2012 “This report tackles the important question of how to achieve better, faster access to research publications for anyone who wants to read or use them. It has been produced by… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Trafficking in Persons Report 2012 – Department of State
2012 Trafficking in Persons Report “The year 2012 will mark the 150th anniversary of the date Abraham Lincoln gave notice of the Emancipation Proclamation. That document and the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, following three years later, represent more than policies written on paper. They represent the promise of freedom. The U.S. Congress… Continue Reading
TRAC Report – Immigration and Customs Enforcement Prosecutorial Discretion Initiative: Latest Figures
ICE Prosecutorial Discretion by Location As of May 31, 2012: “As of May 31, 2012 a total of 4,585 cases were closed under a special Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program announced last August. Under this program, the number of cases closed due to prosecutorial discretion (PD) was up from 2,609 as of the end… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Aviation Security, Marine Corps Depot Maintenance
Aviation Security – Status of TSA’s Acquisition of Technology for Screening Passenger Identification and Boarding Passes, GAO-12-826T, June 19, 2012 Marine Corps Depot Maintenance – Budgeting and Management of Carryover Could Be Improved, GAO-12-539, June 19, 2012 Continue Reading
Google Blog Reports on Safe Browsing – Threats from Phishing and Malware
Google Online Security Blog: “Approximately 12-14 million Google Search queries per day show our warning to caution users from going to sites that are currently compromised. Once a site has been cleaned up, the warning is lifted.” Continue Reading
National Security Archive: Top Secret CIA Documents on Osama bin Laden Declassified
News release: “The National Security Archive today is posting over 100 recently released CIA documents relating to September 11, Osama bin Laden, and U.S. counterterrorism operations. The newly-declassified records, which the Archive obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, are referred to in footnotes to the 9/11 Commission Report and present an unprecedented public resource… Continue Reading
Ecological Footprint and Investment in Natural Capital in Asia and the Pacific
Ecological Footprint and Investment in Natural Capital in Asia and the Pacific, June 2012 The Asia and Pacific region has some of the largest and most diverse ecosystems on earth. The Coral Triangle boasts an astonishing 3,000 species of fish and harbours 76% of the worlds coral species. In the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), 1,200… Continue Reading
Beta version Directory of Open access Books
“The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. Academic publishers are invited to provide metadata of their Open Access books to DOAB. [Currently there are 1098 Academic peer-reviewed books from 27 publishers.] Metadata will be harvestable in order to maximize dissemination, visibility and impact. Aggregators can integrate the records in… Continue Reading
Early beta version of Zanran – search for 'semi-structured' data on the web
“Zanran helps you to find semi-structured data on the web. This is the numerical data that people have presented as graphs and tables and charts. For example, the data could be a graph in a PDF report, or a table in an Excel spreadsheet, or a barchart shown as an image in an HTML page.… Continue Reading
Report – Applications Made to FISA Court During Calendar Year 2011
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legislative Affairs, Applications Made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court During Calendar Year 2011, submitted pursuant to sections 107 and 502 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as amended, 50 U.S.C. Sec. 1801 et seq., and section 118 of USA PATRIOT Improvement Act and Reauthorization Act of… Continue Reading
Conserving Bumble Bees. Guidelines for Creating and Managing Habitat for Americas Declining Pollinators
“Bumble bees, key pollinators of crops and wildflowers across the country and essential for a healthy environment, are declining at an alarming rate. Bee biologists discovered that several previously common species are now absent from much of their former territory. Creating, protecting and restoring habitat is a very important way to conserve the populations of… Continue Reading
Tracking Radiation Exposure from Medical Diagnostic Procedures: Workshop Reports
“The growing use of medical diagnostic procedures is correlated with tremendous and undeniable benefits in the care of most patients. However, it is accompanied by growing concerns about the risks associated with diagnostic computed tomography and other procedures that utilize ionizing radiation. A number of initiatives in radiation safety in medicine have taken place in… Continue Reading
