Survey of Federal Whistleblower and Anti-Retaliation Laws, Jon O. Shimabukuro, Legislative Attorney; L. Paige Whitaker, Legislative Attorney; Emily E. Roberts, Law Librarian. April 22, 2013 “This report provides an overview of federal whistleblower and anti-retaliation laws. In general, these laws protect employees who report misconduct by their employers or who engage in various protected activities,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Preliminary international banking statistics at end-December 2012
“Statistics at end-December 2012 are preliminary and subject to change. Developments in the latest data are highlighted in the Statistical release. Data are available on the BIS website, via the BIS WebStats query tool, or in a single PDF in detailed annex tables. Final statistics and an analysis of recent trends will be released in… Continue Reading
Working Paper – Structural bank regulation initiatives
Structural bank regulation initiatives: approaches and implications, by Leonardo Gambacorta and Adrian Van Rixtel. Working Papers No 412, April 2013 The paper examines the basic rationale and features of the proposals adopted to separate specific investment and commercial banking activities (Volcker rule, Vickers and Liikanen proposals). In particular, it focuses on the likely implications of… Continue Reading
Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative Update
Privacy Impact Assessment for the Office of Operations Coordination and Planning – Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative, DHS, Update April 1, 2013 “To monitor social media, National Operations Center Media Monitoring analysts only use publicly available search engines, content aggregators, and site-specific search tools to find items of potential interest to… Continue Reading
As CO2 Approaches Symbolic Milestone, Scripps Launches Daily Keeling Curve Update
Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego: “For the first time in human history, concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) could rise above 400 parts per million (ppm) for sustained lengths of time throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere as soon as May 2013. To provide a resource for understanding… Continue Reading
Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers
Current Intelligence Bulletin 65: Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers: “NIOSH issues Current Intelligence Bulletins (CIBs) to disseminate new scientific information about occupational hazards. A CIB may draw attention to a formerly unrecognized hazard, report new data on a known hazard, or disseminate information about hazard control. CIBs are distributed to representatives of academia,… Continue Reading
TRAC – Domestic Terror Cases Outnumbering International Two-to-One in FY 2013
“During February 2013, there were 16 new federal criminal prosecutions for terrorism and national internal security offenses, according to the latest available data from the Justice Department. So far during fiscal year 2013 (which began October 2012), a total of 83 such cases have been filed. These criminal prosecutions have been brought in a surprisingly… Continue Reading
DHS Releases Revises Privacy Impact Assessment on Internet Monitoring Program
EPIC: “The Department of Homeland Security has released a Privacy Impact Assessment for Einstein 3 – Accelerated. Einstein 3 is a government cybersecurity program that monitors Internet traffic. The monitoring includes scanning email destined for .gov networks for malicious attachments and URLs. According to DHS, the basis of the governments authority to perform the monitoring… Continue Reading
Persons With A Disability: Barriers to Employment, Types of Assistance, and other Labor-Related Issues Summary
News release: “In May 2012, half of all persons with a disability who were not working reported some type of barrier to employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Lack of education or training, lack of transportation, the need for special features at the job, and a person’s own disability were among the… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve announces issue date of redesigned $100 note
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced that the redesigned $100 note will begin circulating on October 8, 2013. This note, which incorporates new security features such as a blue, 3-D security ribbon, will be easier for the public to authenticate but more difficult for counterfeiters to replicate. The new design for the… Continue Reading
EPIC FOIA Request Reveals Details About Government Cybersecurity Program
EPIC: “New documents obtained by EPIC in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit reveal that the Department of Defense advised private industry on how to best circumvent federal wiretap law. The documents concern a collaboration between the Defense Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and private companies to allow government monitoring of private Internet networks.… Continue Reading
Pew presentation – The changing world of librarians
The changing world of librarians by Lee Rainie, Apr 24, 2013 at DC/SLA Spring Workshop Lee Rainie discussed the Projects latest research about how people use technology and how people use libraries, and the implications of this work for libraries. As librarians, we communicate with our users, staff, C-Level, patrons, and each other every day… Continue Reading
