2020 Census: Key Challenges Need to Be Addressed to Successfully Enable Internet Response, GAO-15-225: Published: Feb 5, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 9, 2015. Comparative Effectiveness: Initial Assessment of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, GAO-15-301: Published: Mar 9, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 9, 2015. Federal Workforce: Improved Supervision and Better Use of Probationary Periods Are Needed… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Network Neutrality Revisited: Challenges and Responses in the EU and in the US
DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT A : ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC POLICY – Network Neutrality Revisited: Challenges and Responses in the EU and in the US, December 2014. This document was requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Authored by J. Scott Marcus. “This analytical study provides background… Continue Reading
Stormy Seas, Rising Risks: What Investors Should Know About Climate Change Impacts at Oil Refineries
Union of Concerned Scientists – “When we think about fossil fuel companies in connection with climate change, we’re likely to focus on the role of their products in generating carbon emissions. But these companies are also, like everyone else, subject to the impacts of climate change. Oil refineries, in particular, are highly vulnerable to climate… Continue Reading
Insider Trading in Commodities Markets
Verstein, Andrew, Insider Trading in Commodities Markets (February 21, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2568140 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2568140 “In securities markets, insider trading is a crime. In commodities, insider trading is almost completely legal. This divergent treatment has long been accepted as appropriate, given perceived differences between the markets. For example, it has been thought… Continue Reading
Leveraging Libraries in the 10-Year Capital Plan – NYC
“Now that the de Blasio Administration is breathing new life into the 10-year capital plan, public libraries have an important role to play. In testimony before the City Council’s Committees on Finance, Cultural Affairs & Libraries, CUF research director David Giles lays out what could be done” – This testimony was presented on February 24,… Continue Reading
UK Call to end violence against women and girls: progress report 2010 to 2015
“Last year around 1.4 million women suffered domestic abuse and around 350,000 were sexually assaulted. This is wholly unacceptable and we remain determined to end violence against women and girls. In November 2010, we set out our strategy to achieve this ambitious vision. Our main themes of prevention, provision of good quality services, improved partnership… Continue Reading
Repeat Photography of Alaskan Glaciers – USGS
Glacier and Landscape Change in Response to Changing Climate – “Repeat photography is a technique in which a historical photograph and a modern photograph, both having the same field of view, are compared and contrasted to quantitatively and qualitatively determine their similarities and differences. The following sections depict how this technique was used at a… Continue Reading
The Unprecedented Expansion of School Surveillance Authority Under Cyberbullying Laws
Suski, Emily, Beyond the Schoolhouse Gates: The Unprecedented Expansion of School Surveillance Authority Under Cyberbullying Laws (2014). Case Western Reserve Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 1, 2014. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2573390 “For several years, states have grappled with the problem of cyberbullying and its sometimes devastating effects. Because cyberbullying often occurs between students,… Continue Reading
Canada’s Proposed Antiterrorism Act
Via Darlene Fichter [who notes a key difference between Canadian and US legislation is no oversight body] postings by Canadian law professors Craig Forcese and Kent Roach – [Note – Prof. Forcese also posts on national security issues here.] “Parliamentary committee hearings on bill C-51 begin next week. We have created a table consolidating recommended… Continue Reading
Seven ways to grow the e-book business while helping libraries and readers: Ideas based on my two decades of writing about it
Via LLRX.com – Seven ways to grow the e-book business while helping libraries and readers: Ideas based on my two decades of writing about it – E-book sales are not posting impressive sales increases, at least not among big publishers. One major reason is that much of the technology is difficult to use. Even increased… Continue Reading
Book review: ‘Bexar BiblioTech: The Evolution of the Country’s First All-digital Public Library’
Via LLRX.com – Book review: ‘Bexar BiblioTech: The Evolution of the Country’s First All-digital Public Library’ – David Rothman describes why the BiblioTech library in Bexar County, Texas is a landmark achievement worthy of implementation and iteration in towns and cities throughout the US. His article describes the success of this variation on a library… Continue Reading
Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community – 2015
Statement for the Record Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, Senate Armed Services Committee, James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence February 26, 2015. Cyber Strategic Assessment – “Cyber threats to US national and economic security are increasing in frequency, scale, sophistication, and severity of impact. The ranges of cyber threat actors, methods… Continue Reading
