Eyes in the Sky: The Domestic Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems, House Judiciary Committee, May 17, 2013. Serial No. 113–40. “The United States remains at the forefront of technological progress. Every day we hear of some advancement in communications or computer technology that promses vast improvements in our daily lives. We have become a much… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
A Periodic Table Of Elements That The World Is Running Out Of
FastCompany – “You might not realize it, but almost everywhere around you are rare metals from the earth. In your phone, computer, or any other LCD screen, for example, you’ll find a dash of indium, a soft, malleable metal that is in short supply in the Earth’s crust. Gallium, which can emit light from a… Continue Reading
Latest Federal Tax Return Info by County, State
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse – “Based on adjusted gross income (AGI), the richest county in the country during filing year 2013 was Teton County, Wyoming where the average AGI reported was $296,778. At the other end of the ranking was Gooding County, Idaho with an average AGI of $15,379. New York County (Manhattan) topped the… Continue Reading
U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015
Pew – Aaron Smith: “The traditional notion of “going online” often evokes images of a desktop or laptop computer with a full complement of features, such as a large screen, mouse, keyboard, wires, and a dedicated high-speed connection. But for many Americans, the reality of the online experience is substantially different. Today nearly two-thirds of… Continue Reading
Governor Brown Directs First Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions
News release: “Following the lowest snowpack ever recorded and with no end to the drought in sight, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced actions that will save water, increase enforcement to prevent wasteful water use, streamline the state’s drought response and invest in new technologies that will make California more drought resilient. “Today we… Continue Reading
Research by college student and mentor decreases caloric intake of world food – rice
Washington Post – Roberto A. Ferdman: “An undergraduate student at the College of Chemical Sciences in Sri Lanka and his mentor have been tinkering with a new way to cook rice that can reduce its calories by as much as 50 percent and even offer a few other added health benefits. The ingenious method, which at its core… Continue Reading
FEMA – State Mitigation Plan Review Guide
“The State Mitigation Plan Review Guide is FEMA’s official policy on, and interpretation of, the requirements for State Standard and Enhanced Mitigation Planning found at 44 Code of Federal Regulations Part 201 Mitigation Planning. The intended use of the State Mitigation Plan Review Guide is to facilitate consistent evaluation and approval of State Mitigation Plans… Continue Reading
White House Announces A New Tool Against Cyber Threats
“It’s one of the great paradoxes of our Information Age — the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used by adversaries to inflict great harm. The same technologies that help keep our military strong are used by hackers in China and Russia to target our defense contractors and systems that support… Continue Reading
Legal, Political and Institutional Constraints on the Financial Crisis Policy Response
Legal, Political, and Institutional Constraints on the Financial Crisis Policy Response. March 2015. Phillip Swagel is Professor in International Economic Policy, University of Maryland School of Public Policy, College Park, Maryland. From December 2006 to January 2009, he was Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the US Department of the Treasury. “The story of the… Continue Reading
EPIC Sues FAA, Challenges Failure to Create Drone Privacy Safeguards
EPIC – “Today EPIC filed suit in the federal appeals court in Washington, DC arguing that the Federal Aviation Administration failed to establish privacy rules for commercial drones as mandated by Congress. Congress had required the FAA to develop a “comprehensive plan” for drone deployment. In 2012 EPIC and more than 100 organizations and experts… Continue Reading
International Statistical Agencies
Via Census – International Statistical Agencies – links to data from around the world. “The U.S. Census Bureau conducts demographic, economic, and geographic studies of other countries and strengthens statistical development around the world through technical assistance, training, and software products. For over 60 years, the Census Bureau has performed international analytical work and assisted… Continue Reading
The information professions: knowledge, memory, heritage
Bates, M.J. (2015). The information professions: knowledge, memory, heritage. Information Research, 20(1), paper 655. Retrieved from http://InformationR.net/ir/20-1/paper655.html (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/…) “Introduction. Along with leading to growth in the numbers of people doing information work, the increasing role of information in our contemporary society has led to an explosion of new information professions as… Continue Reading
