New York Times: “The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news. The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Pew Survey – The New Sick Man of Europe: the European Union
“Support for European economic integration the 1957 raison detre for creating the European Economic Community, the European Unions predecessor is down over last year in five of the eight European Union countries surveyed by the Pew Research Center in 2013. Positive views of the European Union are at or near their low point… Continue Reading
CREW Releases New Report Examining the Influence of High Frequency Traders in Washington
“Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a new report, Rise of the Machines, detailing the growing political influence of high frequency traders in the nations capital. High frequency trading, a complicated and controversial method of securities trading, has begun drawing scrutiny from government regulators, prompting skyrocketing lobbying spending and campaign contributions… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: USDA, Defense Logistics, IRS Internal Controls, AIDS Relief
Agricultural Research – Two USDA Agencies Can Enhance Safeguards against Project Duplication and Strengthen Collaborative Planning, GAO-13-255, Apr 12, 2013 Defense Logistics – The Department of Defense’s Report on Strategic Seaports Addressed All Congressionally Directed Elements, GAO-13-511R, May 13, 2013 Management Report – Improvements Are Needed to Enhance the Internal Revenue Service’s Internal Controls, GAO-13-420R,… Continue Reading
McKinsey – Big data: Whats your plan?
Many companies dont have one. Heres how to get started. March 2013 | by Stefan Biesdorf, David Court, and Paul Willmott “The payoff from joining the big-data and advanced-analytics management revolution is no longer in doubt. The tally of successful case studies continues to build, reinforcing broader research suggesting that when companies inject data and… Continue Reading
Executive Compensation at Public Colleges, 2012 Fiscal Year
Executive Compensation at Public Colleges, 2012 Fiscal Year: “Use The Chronicle’s exclusive tool to explore the salaries of chief executives at 191 research institutionsand to get a sense of what the numbers mean.” Related article: 4 Public-College Presidents Pass $1-Million Mark in Pay Continue Reading
Improving the Financial Aid System to Increase College Completion
Key Ideas from a Stakeholder Discussion at the 2013 Building a Grad Nation Summit – May 2013: “For a variety of reasons, students and families find it difficult to be smart consumers when it comes to choosing a college that provides a quality education at a reasonable cost. Many students end up saddled with enormous… Continue Reading
A Further Investigation into 3D Printing and 3D Scanning at the Dalhousie University Libraries
A Further Investigation into 3D Printing and 3D Scanning at the Dalhousie University Libraries: a Year Long Case Study, By Michael Groenendyk, April 26th, 2013 While libraries become increasing involved in the digitization of their various textual collections,little work has been done digitizing and preserving physical collections containing items such as artwork, textiles, insignias, and… Continue Reading
Rethinking Macro Policy II: Getting Granular
Rethinking Macro Policy II: Getting Granular. Olivier Blanchard, Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, Paolo Mauro, IMF Staff Discussion Note, April 15, 2013. “The 200809 global economic and financial crisis shook the consensus on how to run macroeconomic policy. It reminded us of the dangers associated with financial sector imbalances; showed the limitations of monetary policy and cast doubt… Continue Reading
TRAC: Southern District of Texas Leading in Record Year for Immigration Prosecutions
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “Very timely Justice Department data show that during the first six months of FY 2013, the rate of federal criminal prosecutions for immigration offenses is up 9.8 percent over the previous year, with 50,468 such prosecutions reported as of the end of March. If this pace continues, more individuals will have… Continue Reading
Quantifying the benefit of early climate change mitigation in avoiding biodiversity loss
Quantifying the benefit of early climate change mitigation in avoiding biodiversity loss. Nature Climate Change (2013). doi:10.1038/nclimate1887. “Climate change is expected to have significant influences on terrestrial biodiversity at all system levels, including species-level reductions in range size and abundance, especially amongst endemic species. However, little is known about how mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions… Continue Reading
Commentary on Google's upcoming release of new browser engine
The Evolution of the Web, in a Blink, by Vijith Assar. The New Yorker, May 11, 2013 “On April 3rd, just a hair shy of four and a half years after Google unveiled its Web browser, Chromenow the most popular desktop browser in the world by some countsGoogle announced that future versions of it will… Continue Reading
