FCC Consumer Help Center focuses on Telephone, TV, Radio, Internet, Emergency Services and Accessibility. – “The FCC cannot resolve all individual complaints, but we can provide information about your possible next steps. Complaints about issues such as loud commercials, the Do Not Call List, robocalls, unwanted telephone calls, unsolicited faxes and similar issues covered by the Telephone Consumer… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Big Data Strategy and Metrics in U.S. Border Patrol Reports
“U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael J. Fisher is pleased to present the U.S. Border Patrol publication Holding the Line in the 21st Century, a trilogy of articles that outline the evolution of the Border Patrol’s border-security mission and strategy to achieve its goals. The first article, A Strategic Evolution: A Path to Border Security, explains the… Continue Reading
Ford Tries to Shut Down Independent Repair Tool with Copyright
EFF – “…The Ford Motor Company…recently sued Autel, a manufacturer of third-party diagnostics for automobiles, for creating a diagnostic tool that includes a list of Ford car parts and their specifications. Ford claims that it owns a copyright on this list of parts, the “FFData file,” and thus can keep competitors from including it in… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Defense Base Act Insurance, Troubled Asset Relief Program
Defense Base Act Insurance: State Department Should Evaluate Its Open Market System and Incorporate Leading Practices into Any Future Single Insurer Solicitation, GAO-15-194: Published: Jan 6, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 6, 2015: “The Department of State (State) did not follow leading acquisition practices in transitioning from a single insurer Defense Base Act (DBA) program to an… Continue Reading
Federal Reinsurance for Terrorism Risk: An Update
“The federal program that provides insurance against the risk of terrorism expired at the end of 2014. Without such a program, taxpayers will face less financial risk, but some businesses will lose or drop their terrorism coverage and economic activity might slow if a large terrorist attack occurs. Last year, the Congress considered legislation to… Continue Reading
Data and Research to Improve the U.S. Food Availability System and Estimates of Food Loss
Nancy J. Kirkendall, Rapporteur; Committee on National Statistics; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Research Council “The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Economic Research Service’s (ERS) Food Availability Data System includes three distinct but related data series on food and nutrient availability for consumption. The data serve as popular proxies for… Continue Reading
U.S. Air Force Strategic Deterrence Analytic Capabilities
Committee on U.S. Air Force Strategic Deterrence Military Capabilities in the 21st Century Security Environment; Air Force Studies Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Research Council, 2014 “Since the early 1960s, the U.S. strategic nuclear posture has been composed of a triad of nuclear-certified long-range bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.… Continue Reading
Public-sector digitization: The trillion-dollar challenge
McKinsey – The full benefits of digitization could be huge, but to realize them, governments need to tackle the factors that make many e-government efforts fall short of their promise. December 2014 | byCem Dilmegani, Bengi Korkmaz, and Martin Lundqvist “Citizens and businesses now expect government information to be readily available online, easy to find and… Continue Reading
Fracking Confirmed as Cause of Rare “Felt” Earthquake in Ohio
Seismological Society of America – “A new study links the March 2014 earthquakes in Poland Township, Ohio to hydraulic fracturing that activated a previously unknown fault. The induced seismic sequence included a rare felt earthquake of magnitude 3.0, according to research published online by the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA). In March 2014, a series of… Continue Reading
New Study Sheds Light on Which Seniors Are Driving the Rise in Medicare Advantage Enrollment
“A new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation counters the popular misperception that the steady rise in Medicare Advantage enrollment has been driven by members of the Baby Boom generation overwhelmingly choosing the private plans as they become eligible for Medicare. Instead, the study finds that a majority of new enrollees in Medicare Advantage in… Continue Reading
Statistics on payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPMI countries – Figures for 2013
Bank for International Settlements: “This is an annual publication that provides data on payments and payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPMI countries. This version of the statistical update contains data for 2013 and earlier years. There are detailed tables for each individual country as well as a number of comparative tables. A preliminary version was… Continue Reading
Big Data in Action for Development
“Data provide critical inputs in designing effective development policy recommendations, supporting their implementation, and evaluating results. In this new report “Big Data in Action for Development,” the World Bank Group collaborated with Second Muse, a global innovation agency, to explore big data’s transformative potential for socioeconomic development. The report develops a conceptual framework to work… Continue Reading
