Privacy Protests: Surveillance Evasion and Fourth Amendment Suspicion, Elizabeth E. Joh, U.C. Davis School of Law – Arizona Law Review, Vol. 55, No. 4, (2013), Forthcoming” The police tend to think that those who evade surveillance are criminals. Yet the evasion may only be a protest against the surveillance itself. Faced with the growing surveillance… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2013
2013 State of Cybercrime Survey from PwC and CSO
“PwC US and CSO magazine today released the 2013 State of Cybercrime Survey, which reveals that while cybercrime threats are on the rise, current attempts to counter them remain largely unsuccessful. According to the report, organizations have made little progress in developing ways to defend themselves against both internal and external cyber opponents. Over 500… Continue Reading
Study on emerging technologies librarians
RADNIECKI, Tara (2013) Study on emerging technologies librarians: how a new library position and its competencies are evolving to meet the technology and information needs of libraries and their patrons. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 – 23 August 2013, Singapore. “This study examines the roles and responsibilities of the emerging… Continue Reading
Toward a sustainable energy future for all
Toward a sustainable energy future for all: directions for the World Bank Groups energy sector “As global energy markets evolve rapidly, producing and maintaining a reliable power supply for many countries in the developing world remains a significant issue. The World Bank Group will approach this energy crisis in partnership with the United Nations Sustainable… Continue Reading
Choices That Affect Retirement Income Adequacy – EBRI’s 72nd Policy Forum
Decisions, Decisions: Choices That Affect Retirement Income Adequacy – EBRI’s 72nd Policy Forum – Nevin E. Adams – Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), July 2013 EBRI Notes, Vol. 34, No. 7 (July 2013) “On May 9, 2013, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) convened its 72nd biannual policy forum in Washington, DC, where a wide… Continue Reading
Webinar – Careers in Federal Libraries
Katie Rapp, MLS – “The federal government offers many opportunities for LIS students and grads. July 20, 2013 from 10:30 – 11:30 AM EDT Maryland Library Association DEAL (Development of Emerging and Aspiring Librarians) presented a webinar about Careers in Federal Libraries. It was recorded and is available here. Speakers shared information about work at… Continue Reading
NYT – DOJ and EC Investigating Credit Default Swaps Market
Fair Game – Trying to Pierce a Wall Street Fog, By Gretchen Morgenson “Back in 2009, the Justice Department said it was investigating the large Wall Street banks for possible collusion in the huge and opaque credit default swaps market. The question was whether the big financial institutions had worked to keep transactions in these… Continue Reading
Six Sigma as Law Redesign
Six Sigma as Law Redesign: “Employment law firm Seyfarth Shaw has adapted the business process of Six Sigma into the law firm, and law-client, setting, while also mixing it in with Lean methodology. They call it ‘SeyfarthLean’. Their website gives a basic overview of what the method encompasses — much of which overlaps with human… Continue Reading
Open Law Lab is an initiative to design law – to make it more accessible, more usable, and more engaging
“Open Law Lab begins with the idea that law can be more engaging, more usable, and more useful. It proposes that bright law students, professors, researchers, professionals, and makers can build products and services to do exactly this. Under a broad mission of providing innovative ways to increase access to justice, the Lab ventures to… Continue Reading
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Renews Authority to Collect Telephony Metadata
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Renews Authority to Collect Telephony Metadata – July 19, 2013 “As indicated by a previously classified court order disclosed by the media on June 5, 2013, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court authorization requiring the production of certain telephony metadata under the “business records” provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA),… Continue Reading
Davis Polk: Dodd – Frank Progress Report, July 15, 2013
Dodd-Frank Progress Report Generated using the Davis Polk Regulatory Tracker™. July 15, 2013 – “As of July 15, 2013, a total of 279 Dodd-Frank rulemaking requirement deadlines have passed. This is 70.1% of the 398 total rulemaking requirements, and 99.6% of the 280 rulemaking requirements with specified deadlines. Of these 279 passed deadlines, 172 (61.6%)… Continue Reading
Computer and Internet Use in the United States: Population Characteristics
Computer and Internet Use in the United States: Population Characteristics – by Tom File, May 2013, Census Bureau “In 2011, more Americans connected to the Internet than ever before, although differences continued to exist between those with use and those without. Just as with differences in use, variation in the ways that people were connecting… Continue Reading
