“Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced that new all-time lows will be set this year for the fewest number of homicides and fewest numbers of shootings in recorded New York City history. As of this morning, Dec 28th, there have been 414 homicides in 2012 the previous record low… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Security Whitepaper: Google Apps Messaging and Collaboration Products
Security Whitepaper: Google Apps Messaging and Collaboration Products “Google Apps (comprising Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and other web applications) provide familiar, easy to use products and services for business settings. These services, characterized by redundant computing environments and dynamic resource allocation, enable customers to access their data virtually anytime and anywhere from Internet-capable devices.… Continue Reading
Secretary Geithner Sends Debt Limit Letter to Congress
“I am writing to inform you that the statutory debt limit will be reached on December 31, 2012, and to notify you that the Treasury Department will shortly begin taking certain extraordinary measures authorized by law to temporarily postpone the date that the United States would otherwise default on its legal obligations. These extraordinary measures,… Continue Reading
White House: Nearly 2.9 Million Records Released
Matt Compton: “In September 2009, the President announced thatfor the first time in historyWhite House visitor records would be made available to the public on an ongoing basis. Todays release also includes visitor records generated prior to September 16, 2009 that were requested by members of the public in November 2012 pursuant to the White… Continue Reading
CFPB Report to Congress – Growing our Human Capital
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau: “With this document, we submit our second annual report as required by Section 1067 of the Dodd-Frank Act. In it we describe progress since July 21, 2011 and note the Bureaus strategies and planned activities within each of the following: Recruitment and Retention Plan, Training and Workforce Development Plan, and Workforce… Continue Reading
NYT: Libraries See Opening as Bookstores Close
Karen Ann Cullotta, New York Times: “As librarians across the nation struggle with the task of redefining their roles and responsibilities in a digital age, many public libraries are seeing an opportunity to fill the void created by the loss of traditional bookstores. They are increasingly adapting their collections and services based on the demands… Continue Reading
Electronics TakeBack Coalition: Extended Producer Responsibility
“Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) (also called Producer Takeback) is a product and waste management system in which manufacturers not the consumer or government take responsibility for the environmentally safe management of their product when it is no longer useful or discarded. When manufacturers take responsibility for the recycling of their own products they:… Continue Reading
TrendMicro – The Trends in Targeted Attacks of 2012
Nart Villeneuve (Senior Threat Researcher): “Throughout 2012, we investigated a variety of targeted attacks including several APT campaigns such as LuckyCat and Ixeshe, as well as updates on some long running campaigns such as Lurid/Enfal and Taidoor. There was a lot of great research within the community related to targeted attacks published this year, and… Continue Reading
Pew – E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines
E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines, by Lee Rainie and Maeve Duggan “The population of e-book readers is growing. In the past year, the number of those who read e-books increased from 16% of all Americans ages 16 and older to 23%. At the same time, the number of those who read printed books… Continue Reading
Commentary – How Big Data Can Solve America's Gun Problem
Follow up to previous postings on gun violence, via Marc Parrish/The Atlantic:”Big data might have stopped the massacres in Newtown, Aurora, and Oak Creek. But it didn’t, because there is no national database of gun owners, and no national record-keeping of firearm and ammunition purchases. Most states don’t even require a license to buy or… Continue Reading
FTC Issues Dodd-Frank Report to Congress, Focused on Debit Card Transactions
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission issued a report to Congress explaining steps the agency has taken in connection with new rules on debit card transactions that were put in place last year by the Federal Reserve Board as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The FTC shares authority to… Continue Reading
Companies deploying iPads to employees – no more bring your own devices to work
American Banker: “Barclays recently announced that it has made a bulk order of 8,500 iPads for staff in order to improve customer service and boost sales. The devices are being given to front-office employees in its 1,600 branches an average of five per branch in one of the largest uses so far of… Continue Reading
