“Health spending as a share of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) has climbed steadily over the past half-century. Today, it constitutes 18 percent of GDP, up from 14 percent in 2000 and 5 percent in 1960, and we are well on our way to 21 percent by 2023, based on current projections. This increased dedication… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health
“Although the United States spends more on health care than any other nation, a growing body of research shows that Americans are in poorer health and live shorter lives than people in many other high-income countries. U.S. Health in International Perspective synthesizes available research, taking an in-depth look at this disadvantage in health and lifespan.… Continue Reading
Wayback Machine: Now with 240,000,000,000 URLs
Internet Archives Blog: “Today we updated the Wayback Machine with much more data and some code improvements. Now we cover from late 1996 to December 9, 2012 so you can surf the web as it was up until a month ago. Also, we have gone from having 150,000,000,000 URLs to having 240,000,000,000 URLs, a total… Continue Reading
Report on NYC Public Libraries – Branches of Opportunity
Branches of Opportunity, January 2013, Center for an Urban Future – “As more and more New Yorkers turn to digital books, Wikipedia and other online tools for information and entertainment, there is a growing sense that the age of the public library is over. But, in reality, New York Citys public libraries are more essential… Continue Reading
White House – National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding
“This National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding (Strategy) aims to strike the proper balance between sharing information with those who need it to keep our country safe and safeguarding it from those who would do us harm. While these two prioritiessharing and safeguardingare often seen as mutually exclusive, in reality they are mutually reinforcing.… Continue Reading
Digital Licenses Replace Print Prices as Accurate Reflection of Real Journal Costs
Digital Licenses Replace Print Prices as Accurate Reflection of Real Journal Costs by Paula Gantz, Association of American Publishers – Scholarly Publishing Division, Volume 11, No. 3, Summer/Fall 2012 “Instead of purchasing subscriptions to individual journals, librarians are pursuing licensing agreements that provide perpetual digital access to a body of content. For major institutions with… Continue Reading
EU – Digital Agenda: Turning government data into gold
News release: “The Commission has launched an Open Data Strategy for Europe, which is expected to deliver a 40 billion boost to the EU’s economy each year. Europes public administrations are sitting on a goldmine of unrealised economic potential: the large volumes of information collected by numerous public authorities and services. Member States such as… Continue Reading
Privacy on the Go – Recommendations for the Mobile Ecosystem
Privacy on the Go – Recommendations for the Mobile Ecosystem, Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, California Department of Justice. January 2013 “Today, 85 percent of American adults own a cell phone and over half of them use their phones to access the Internet. The mobile app marketplace is also booming with more than 1,600 new… Continue Reading
NYT- independent arms-trafficking researchers trace ammunitions manufacture to Iran
A Trail of Bullet Casings Leads From Africas Wars Back to Iran: “For six years, a group of independent arms-trafficking researchers worked to pin down the source of the mystery cartridges. Exchanging information from four continents, they concluded that someone had been quietly funneling rifle and machine-gun ammunition into regions of protracted conflict, and had… Continue Reading
Federal Advisory Committee Draft Climate Assessment Report Released for Public Review
“A 60-person Federal Advisory Committee (The “National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee” or NCADAC) has overseen the development of this draft climate report. The NCADAC, whose members are available here (and in the report), was established under the Department of Commerce in December 2010 and is supported through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration… Continue Reading
New York State Equine Breakdown, Death, Injury and Incident Database
Equine Breakdown, Death, Injury and Incident Database. Search fields include: Horse Name; Year or Date; Trainer Last Name; Track; Jockey/Driver Last Name; Racing Type; Equine Deaths Only. Continue Reading
NOAA to work with 10 nations to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and stem the bycatch of protected species
“As part of its overall efforts to ensure that the U.S. fishing industry isnt undermined by unsustainable or illegal activities, NOAA today submitted a Congressionally mandated report identifying 10 nations whose fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in 2011 or 2012, or had ineffective measures to prevent the unintended catch of… Continue Reading
