“While disparities in Internet use persist among racial and ethnic groups, smartphones appear to be helping to bridge the digital divide, according to a report issued today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The findings are part of the latest Census Bureau report, Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2011, which provides analysis of… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2013
EIA – Shale oil and shale gas resources are globally abundant
News release: “Estimated shale oil and shale gas resources in the United States and in 137 shale formations in 41 other countries represent 10% of the world’s crude oil and 32% of the world’s natural gas technically recoverable resources, or those that can be produced using current technology without reference to economic profitability, according to… Continue Reading
Moving Beyond Passwords: Consumer Attitudes on Online Authentication
Moving Beyond Passwords: Consumer Attitudes on Online Authentication A Study of US, UK and German Consumers, Ponemon Institute, April 2013: “In this study we investigate consumers’ perceptions about how organizations are confirming their identity and determine what they would consider to be the ideal steps and technologies used to ensure their identity is protected.” Continue Reading
UN Syria Regional Refugee Response
UN Refugee Agency – Syria Regional Refugee Response Inter-agency Information Sharing Portal – “Emergency Information Sharing Web Portal – A unique access point for population displacement emergency operational data. The relevance of the web portal depends entirely on its maintenance. The administration of the portal requires the constant attention of all stakeholders as well as… Continue Reading
Brief of Digital Humanities and Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Authors Guild v. Hathitrust
Jockers, Matthew L., Sag, Matthew and Schultz, Jason, Brief of Digital Humanities and Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Authors Guild v. Hathitrust (June 4, 2013). Available at SSRN “This Amicus Brief was filed in the United States Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit in the case of Authors Guild v. Hathitrust on June… Continue Reading
Report – How Raising the Minimum Wage Promotes Fair Pay for Women
National Women’s Law Center, Closing the Wage Gap: How Raising the Minimum Wage Promotes Fair Pay for Women – “Women working full time, year round typically make only 77 percent of what their male counterparts make – leaving a wage gap of 23 cents on the dollar. One reason for this gap is that women… Continue Reading
BirdLife Europe releases Annual Report 2012
“BirdLife Europe released its Annual Report for 2012 [May 31, 2013]. It contains an overview of key achievements in the fields of EU policy work, nature conservation and corporate partnership. As a special feature it includes a pull-out centre fold…The report also emphasizes that the EU is racing towards its goal to halt the loss… Continue Reading
NYT and WaPo: How the U.S. Uses Technology to Mine More Data More Quickly
Follow up to related postings, via the New York Times: “Today, a revolution in software technology that allows for the highly automated and instantaneous analysis of enormous volumes of digital information has transformed the N.S.A., turning it into the virtual landlord of the digital assets of Americans and foreigners alike. The new technology has, for… Continue Reading
UK Guardian identifies leak of NSA Surveillance memo, EPIC cites Presidential Policy Directive 20, Atlantic highlights use of metadata
Follow up to previous postings: UK Guardian – Verizon forced to hand over telephone data – full court ruling; EPIC: Sweeping NSA Domestic Surveillance Order Approved Without Any Ties to Foreign Intelligence Collection and EPIC – Congress Begins Investigation of NSA Domestic Surveillance Program see: Via EPIC: “Presidential Policy Directive 20 orders the creation of… Continue Reading
Notable Government Documents of 2012: Looking Back, Moving Ahead
Notable Government Documents of 2012 (Federal, State and Local) – determined by the ALA/GODORT PANEL “While the 2012 presidential campaign raged, and the brink of the fiscal cliff loomed large, government information continued to be disseminated unabated. One year ago, there was a great hue and cry because the 2012 edition of the Statistical Abstract… Continue Reading
Paper – News-Driven Return Reversals: Liquidity Provision Ahead of Earnings News
News-Driven Return Reversals: Liquidity Provision Ahead of Earnings News – Eric C. So, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Sloan School of Management; Sean Wang, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. June 7, 2013 “This study documents a six-fold increase in short-term return reversals during earnings announcements relative to non-announcement periods. Following prior research,… Continue Reading
Consistent regulatory implementation to keep markets integrated
Consistent regulatory implementation to keep markets integrated – Remarks by Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, for the panel discussion on “Regulatory landscapes” at the 2013 International Monetary Conference, Shanghai, 3 June 2013. Continue Reading
