“Morto il più grande scrittore contemporaneo” 14 febbraio 2014 Eugenio Corti Ieri si sono svolti nel suo paese natale (Besana Brianza) i funerali del grande scrittore Eugenio Corti. ”Corti – ha detto il vicario episcopale monsignor Patrizio Garascia che ha concelebrato la funzione funebre – è stato un testimone dei nostri tempi. Un uomo giusto… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Lorcan Dempsey’s slides from Offline Conference
“OCLC Vice President, Research, and Chief Strategist Lorcan Dempsey presented “Scale, engagement, innovation: library directions” at the Montana Library Association’s Offline Conference on 7 February 2014 in Helena, Montana. Infrastructure, engagement, innovation: library directions from Lorcan Dempsey Key highlights from the presentation include: Montana in the cultural record: fictional accounts of ranch life, Indian wars Libraries deliver distinctive value locally by… Continue Reading
Public libraries providing citizens with tools and access to health care information
Libraries Serve As Health Insurance Info Hubs: “Libraries have always been more than book lenders, providing services that include early childhood education, employment assistance and computer literacy skills. The economic downturn heightened the need for those services, and health information has long been in demand. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) estimates 28 million people sought health information from… Continue Reading
Searchable data on CEO compensation
“CEO pay is determined by a company’s board of directors. Those directors are compensated for the time they spend shaping the company’s strategy. Here’s what the Fortune 100 executives paid each other from 2008 to 2012. The Pay Pals project relies on financial research conducted by the Center for Economic Policy and Research.” Continue Reading
Snowden Leaked Documents Reveal NSA Monitoring of Global Law Firm
James Risen reported from Washington, and Laura Poitras from Berlin. Charlie Savage contributed reporting from Washington: “The list of those caught up in the global surveillance net cast by the National Security Agency and its overseas partners, from social media users to foreign heads of state, now includes another entry: American lawyers. A top-secret document, obtained by the… Continue Reading
CFPB – Free Guide to Managing Someone Else’s Money
Managing someone else’s money by NAOMI KARP Millions of Americans are managing money or property for a loved one who is unable to pay bills or make financial decisions. This can be very overwhelming. But, it’s also a great opportunity to help someone you care about, and protect them from scams and fraud. We are releasing four… Continue Reading
Annual Report on Assistance Related to International Terrorism: Fiscal Year 2013
U.S. Dept. of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Bureau of Counterterrorism, February 11, 2014. Annual Report on Assistance Related to International Terrorism, Fiscal Year 2013 “This report is submitted pursuant to the requirements for a congressionally mandated annual report codified at 22 U.S.C. § 2349aa-7(b). During Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, the U.S. government provided assistance related to… Continue Reading
Youth Perspectives on Tech in Schools: From Mobile Devices to Restrictions and Monitoring
Youth Perspectives on Tech in Schools: From Mobile Devices to Restrictions and Monitoring Published January 15, 2014 Download Paper (SSRN) “This research brief is a contribution by the Youth and Media team at the Berkman Center to its Student Privacy Initiative, which seeks to explore the opportunities and challenges that may arise as educational institutions adopt cloud… Continue Reading
EC Commission obtains from Google comparable display of specialised search rivals
“The European Commission has obtained an improved commitments proposal from Google in the context of the ongoing antitrust investigation on online search and search advertising. In its proposal, Google has now accepted to guarantee that whenever it promotes its own specialised search services on its web page (e.g. for products, hotels, restaurants, etc.), the services… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Contingency Contracting for State and USAID, and Managing for Results
CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING: State and USAID Made Progress Assessing and Implementing Changes, but Further Actions Needed, GAO-14-229: Published: Feb 14, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 14, 2014: “For more than a decade, State and USAID have used contractors extensively to help carry out missions in contingency operations, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan. While State and USAID transition to… Continue Reading
Results in Relating Quality Attributes to Acquisition Strategies
Results in Relating Quality Attributes to Acquisition Strategies, Brownsword, Lisa; Albert, Cecilia; Carney, David J.; and Place, Patrick R., (2-2014). Software Engineering Institute. Paper 779. “In the acquisition of a software-intensive system, the relationship between the software architecture and the acquisition strategy is typically not specifically examined. The first phase of our research discovered an initial… Continue Reading
Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century
James W. Pellegrino and Margaret L. Hilton, Editors; Committee on Defining Deeper Learning and 21st Century Skills; Center for Education (CFE); Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA); Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE); National Research Council “Americans have long recognized that investments in public education contribute to the common good, enhancing national… Continue Reading
