CNN: “Drones both dazzled and worried senators at a hearing Wednesday about their use within the United States, and lawmakers and experts said that new legislation may be needed to protect the privacy and safety of citizens. Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, held and studied a small plane weighing just 2 pounds before beginning the hearing. “I am convinced that the domestic use of drones to conduct surveillance and collect other information will have a broad and significant impact on the everyday lives of millions of Americans,” said Leahy. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the panel, said the technology may require lawmakers to develop a new definition of an unreasonable search, which is banned under the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment.”
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Daily Archives: March 22, 2013
Speech – Focusing on Low- and Moderate-Income Working Americans
Speech by Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin At the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. March 22, 2013 “In my remarks, I will start by discussing the types of jobs being generated in the current recovery. Certainly, the pace of recovery in employment has improved, but it’s important to look at the types of… Continue Reading
NPR Report – The startling rise of disability in America
Unfit for Work – The startling rise of disability in America, by Chana Joffe-Walt: “In the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. The rise has come even as medical advances have allowed many more people to remain on the job, and new laws have banned workplace discrimination against… Continue Reading
Learning from Iraq: Final Report from Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Learning from Iraq: Final Report from Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, March 2013 “The foregoing litany of data, interviews, analyses, and history provides a substantial and sound basis from which to derive lessons about the Iraq reconstruction program. The Iraqis, the recipients of the United States’ extraordinary reconstruction largesse, largely lament the lost potential… Continue Reading
NASA Technical Reports Server Shut Down in Wake of Security Investigation
Via Space.com: “NASA has taken its huge database of technical reports offline in response to the arrest last weekend of a former contractor suspected of spying for China. The space agency decided to shut down the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) as part of a broad security review spurred by the arrest of Bo Jiang,… Continue Reading
NYT – New Reasons to Change Light Bulbs
David Pogue: “…LED bulbs are a gigantic improvement over incandescent bulbs and even the compact fluorescents, or CFLs, that the world spent several years telling us to buy. LEDs last about 25 times as long as incandescents and three times as long as CFLs; were talking maybe 25,000 hours of light. Install one today, and… Continue Reading
