CLEAN WATER ACT – Changes Needed If Key EPA Program Is to Help Fulfill the Nation’s Water Quality Goals, GAO-14-80, Dec 5, 2013 CRUISE VESSELS – Most Required Security and Safety Measures Have Been Implemented, but Concerns Remain About Crime Reporting, GAO-14-43, Dec 20, 2013 SPACE ACQUISITIONS – Assessment of Overhead Persistent Infrared Technology Report, GAO-14-287R, Jan 13, 2014 VA… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2014
GAO Report – IT DASHBOARD: Agencies Are Managing Investment Risk
Agencies Are Managing Investment Risk, but Related Ratings Need to Be More Accurate and Available, GAO-14-64, Dec 12, 2013 “As of August 2013, the Chief Information Officers (CIO) at the eight selected agencies rated 198 of their 244 major information technology (IT) investments listed on the Federal IT Dashboard (Dashboard) as low risk or moderately low… Continue Reading
Ancient human ancestor ‘Nutcracker Man’ lived on tiger nuts
“An Oxford University study has concluded that our ancient ancestors who lived in East Africa between 2.4 million and 1.4 million years ago survived mainly on a diet of tiger nuts. Tiger nuts are edible grass bulbs still eaten in parts of the world today. The study, published in the journal PLOS One, also suggests that these early… Continue Reading
Results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Mental Health Findings
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Mental Health Findings, NSDUH Series H-47, HHS Publication No. (SMA) 13-4805. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2013. “In 2012, an estimated 43.7 million adults aged 18 or older in the United States had any mental… Continue Reading
New Report on Women and Poverty in America available free until January 15, 2013
The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink “reveals this national crisis through the eyes of women. In an era when women have solidified their position as half of the U.S. workforce and a whopping two-thirds of the primary or co-breadwinners in American families, the reality is that a third of all American… Continue Reading
State Regulations and Their Protection of Electronic Book Data
A New Approach to Digital Reader Privacy: State Regulations and Their Protection of Electronic Book Data, Andrew A. Proia. Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 88, No. 4, 2013. “On October 3, 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Reader Privacy Act into law. Currently, book service providers within California are prohibited from disclosing to third parties personal… Continue Reading
ESET Releases Annual Threat Trends Predictions for 2014
“ESET, the global leader in proactive digital protection…has released today its annual predictions for the threatscape in the upcoming year Trends 2014 – The Challenge of Internet Privacy. This year, in wake of revelations of Edward Snowden related to the US National Security Agency (NSA), the main topic focuses on the growing concern expressed by… Continue Reading
E-Government Information and Public Access – Impact of the government shutdown
Via LLRX – E-Government Information and Public Access: Online electronic government information and the impact of the government shutdown on public access Crystal Vicente’s paper focuses on the impact of the dramatic termination of e-government access during the October 2013 federal funding gap that resulted in a shutdown of government processes. As she documents, the public’s access… Continue Reading
Small San Francisco mobile company first to release transparency report
Wired – Kim Zetter: “A small telecom believed to be at the center of a historic court battle over government surveillance published its first transparency report on Thursday, noting that it had received 16 government requests for customer data in 2013. But the report may be most significant for what it doesn’t say. Credo Mobile, the… Continue Reading
BLS – Labor force participation projected to fall for people under age 55 and rise for older age groups
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor’s Desk, Labor force participation projected to fall for people under age 55 and rise for older age groups “The labor force participation rate increased in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and reached an all-time high during the 1997–2000 period. The rate declined during and after the… Continue Reading
BLS – Health care and social assistance expected to add 5.0 million jobs, 2012 to 2022
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor’s Desk, Health care and social assistance expected to add 5.0 million jobs, 2012 to 2022 “BLS projects that total employment in the United States will reach 161.0 million in 2022, up 15.6 million from the 2012 level of 145.4 million. The 2012 employment level was 3.1… Continue Reading
Report on Wasteful Spending by the Federal Government
Wastebook 2013, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) – “U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today released his annual oversight report “Wastebook 2013” highlighting 100 examples of wasteful and low-priority spending totaling nearly $30 billion. “Had Congress, in particular, been focused on doing its job of setting priorities and cutting… Continue Reading
