“[On July 8, 2013] the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), along with 22 other good-government groups, sent a letter to the US Department of Justice urging Attorney General Eric Holder to make public any reports by Inspector General Michael Horowitz regarding the collection of Americans’ telephone records under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Transforming Our Conversation of Information Architecture with Structure
Transforming Our Conversation of Information Architecture with Structure by Nathaniel Davis “Information architecture has been characterized as both an art and a science. Because there’s more evidence of the former than the latter, the academic and research community is justified in hesitating to give the practice of information architecture more attention. If you probe the… Continue Reading
Foreign Surveillance and the Future of Standing to Sue Post- Clapper
CRS – Foreign Surveillance and the Future of Standing to Sue Post-Clapper – Andrew Nolan, Legislative Attorney, July 10, 2013 “Recent news accounts (and government responses to those news accounts) have indicated that the government is reportedly engaged in a surveillance program that gathers vast amounts of data, including records regarding the phone calls, emails,… Continue Reading
CRS – Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress
Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress – Andrew Feickert, Specialist in Military Ground Forces; Paul K. Kerr, Analyst in Nonproliferation, July 9, 2013 “Cluster munitions are air-dropped or ground-launched weapons that release a number of smaller submunitions intended to kill enemy personnel or destroy vehicles. Cluster munitions were developed in World War II and… Continue Reading
UN World Drug Report 2013
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: United Nations, 2013 World Drug Report, May 2013 “The findings of the World Drug Report 2013 deliver important lessons for the forthcoming high-level review of the commitments that countries reaffirmed in 2009 on the measures for drug control. These measures are laid out in the Political Declaration and… Continue Reading
Global corruption barometer 2013
Transparency International – Global corruption barometer 2013 “More than one person in two thinks corruption has worsened in the last two years, according to the world’s largest public opinion survey on corruption from Transparency International, but survey participants also firmly believe they can make a difference and have the will to take action against graft.… Continue Reading
Health of U.S. Streams Reduced by Streamflow Modifications and Contaminants
“A new USGS report [Ecological Health in the Nation’s Streams, 1993—2005] describes how the health of our Nation’s streams is being degraded by streamflow modifications and elevated levels of nutrients and pesticides. The national assessment of stream health was unprecedented in the breadth of the measurements—including assessments of multiple biological communities as well as streamflow… Continue Reading
Developing an E-Curriculum in Law and Technology
Developing an E-Curriculum: Reflections on the Future of Legal Education and on the Importance of Digital Expertise – Oliver R. Goodenough, Vermont Law School; Harvard University – Berkman Center for Internet & Society, April 22, 2013 Chicago-Kent Law Review, Summer 2013, Forthcoming Vermont Law School Research Paper 13-13 “Legal practice and legal education are both… Continue Reading
Pew – The politics and demographics of food stamp recipients
Rich Morin: “Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to have received food stamps at some point in their lives—a participation gap that echoes the deep partisan divide in the U.S. House of Representatives, which on Thursday produced a farm bill that did not include funding for the food stamp program. Overall, a Pew… Continue Reading
Bank of England – Financial Stability Report, June 2013
Bank of England – Financial Stability Report, June 2013 “For much of the period since the previous Report, prices of risky assets rose and balance sheets across the financial system strengthened. More recently, however, asset prices have fallen and financial markets have been volatile, reflecting shifting expectations of the path of monetary policy in some… Continue Reading
WSJ Essay – Who Ruined the Humanities?
Lee Siegel: “The literary classics are a haven for that part of us that broods over mortal bewilderments, over suffering and death and fleeting happiness. They are a refuge for our secret self that wishes to contemplate the precious singularity of our physical world, that seeks out the expression of feelings too prismatic for rational… Continue Reading
White House – Why Immigration Reform Is Good For Our Economy
White House White Board: Why Immigration Reform Is Good For Our Economy,” narrated by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest Continue Reading
