Via LLRX.com – Marcus P. Zillman’s new research focuses on Deep Web Research and Discovery Resources 2013, comprising in the vicinity of 1 trillion pages of information located in various files and formats that the current search engines cannot find, or have difficulty accessing. Some of the more comprehensive search engines have written algorithms to… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2012
OECD – Closing the Gender Gap: Act Now
“Gender gaps are pervasive in all walks of economic life and imply large losses in terms of foregone productivity and living standards to the individuals concerned and the economy. This new OECD report focuses on how best to close these gender gaps under four broad headings: 1) Gender equality, social norms and public policies; and… Continue Reading
Finding Illinois Law: A Librarian's Guide for Non-Lawyers
Lyonette Louis-Jacques: “The Chicago Association of Law Libraries (CALL) Government Relations Committee recently published the following free guide to researching Illinois law – Finding Illinois Law: A Librarian’s Guide for Non-Lawyers (December 2012).” Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Export Controls, CMS Innovation Center
Export Controls – Compliance and Enforcement Activities and Congressional Notification Requirements under Country-Based License Exemptions, GAO-13-119R, Nov 16, 2012 CMS Innovation Center – Early Implementation Efforts Suggest Need for Additional Actions to Help Ensure Coordination with Other, CMS Offices, GAO-13-12, Nov 15, 2012 Continue Reading
Independent Evidence Confirms Global Warming in Instrument Record
“A new compilation of temperature records etched into ice cores, old corals, and lake sediment layers reveals a pattern of global warming from 1880 to 1995 comparable to the global warming trend recorded by thermometers. This finding, reported by a team of researchers from NOAAs National Climatic Data Center, the University of South Carolina, the… Continue Reading
The Economist – America and Britain outline plans for dealing with failing cross-border banks
When global banks fail: “On December 10th the Bank of England (BoE) and Americas Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) took a step towards making it a little less daunting when they outlined plans to work together were any of their large global banks to implode. The most important element of the strategy is that big… Continue Reading
CRS – Women in Combat: Issues for Congress
Women in Combat: Issues for Congress, David F. Burrelli, Specialist in Military Manpower Policy. December 13, 2012 “Over the years, more than 283,000 female servicemembers have been deployed worldwide. In approximately 10 years of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, over 800 women have been wounded and over 130 have died. According to the Department… Continue Reading
The biennial Acquisition Policy Survey
The Balancing Act: Acquisition in an Unabated Crisis December 2012 “Since 2002, the Professional Services Council (PSC) and Grant Thornton LLP have conducted a biennial survey of federal government acquisition leaders in an effort to gain insight into the world in which they workthe challenges, the opportunities, the concerns and the bright spots. The surveys… Continue Reading
CRS – Intelligence Identities Protection Act
Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Jennifer K. Elsea, Legislative Attorney/ December 13, 2012 “Concern that government documents obtained by WikiLeaks and disclosed to several newspapers could reveal the identities of United States intelligence agents or informants focused attention on whether the disclosure or publication of such information could give rise to criminal liability. This report summarizes… Continue Reading
Judicial Activity Concerning Enemy Combatant Detainees: Major Court Rulings
CRS – Judicial Activity Concerning Enemy Combatant Detainees: Major Court Rulings. December 11, 2012 “This report discusses major judicial opinions concerning suspected enemy belligerents detained in the conflict with Al Qaeda and the Taliban. The report addresses all Supreme Court decisions concerning enemy combatants. It also discusses notable circuit court opinions addressing issues of ongoing… Continue Reading
Report – College Spending in a Turbulent Decade
College Spending in a Turbulent Decade: Findings From the Delta Cost Project, A Delta Data Update 20002010, December 2012 “Two years after the onset of the Great Recession, nonprofit colleges and universities found themselves struggling with their finances. Average per-student spending on academics declined in fiscal year (FY) 2010, and despite per-student spending cuts to… Continue Reading
Post Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present
Post Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present, a report by C.W. Anderson, Emily Bell, Clay Shirky. Columbia Journalism School, Tow Center for Digital Journalism “This essay is part survey and part manifesto, one that concerns itself with the practice of journalism and the practices of journalists in the United States. It is not, however, about… Continue Reading
