“Consumer Watchdog today called on Google to release the reports of accidents involving its driverless cars that have been filed with the California Department of Motor Vehicles and to commit to making public all future driverless car accident reports. “It is important that the public know what happened,” wrote John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog’s Privacy… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2015
EPA – How Many Breaths Do You Take Each Day?
“The average person takes between 17,280 and 23,040 breaths a day. That is a lot of breaths…and each one is an opportunity to put pollutants into your lungs and body and to increase health risks if you are exposed to air pollution. For example: Research shows that air pollution is linked to health effects and… Continue Reading
Federal Spending Data Elements
“In conjunction with the recent enactment of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) (Pub. L. 113-101) and our ongoing efforts to improve federal spending data under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA), the federal government is working to establish government-wide financial data standards and increase the availability, accuracy, and usefulness of… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Medicaid, Telecommunications Relay Service
Medicaid: A Small Share of Enrollees Consistently Accounted for a Large Share of Expenditures, GAO-15-460: Published: May 8, 2015. Publicly Released: May 8, 2015: “A small percentage of Medicaid-only enrollees—that is, those who were not also eligible for Medicare—consistently accounted for a large percentage of total Medicaid expenditures for Medicaid-only enrollees. In each fiscal year… Continue Reading
Infographic – World War II: 70 Years On
“To commemorate this milestone anniversary of the Allied nations’ Victory in Europe (V-E) Day and Victory Over Japan (V-J) Day, the Census Bureau presents a wide range of statistics related to those who served in World War II. The topics covered include the number of living veterans at the time of each decennial census, a breakdown of those serving by… Continue Reading
Book Review – Mass Incarceration: The Silence of the Judges
New York Review of Books – Mass Incarceration: The Silence of the Judges, Jed S. Rakoff, May 21, 2015 Issue. What Caused the Crime Decline? a report by Oliver Roeder, Lauren-Brooke Eisen, and Julia Bowling, with a foreword by Joseph E. Stiglitz and an executive summary by Inimai Chettiar Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School,… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – How To Conduct Free Legal Research Using Google Scholar In 2015 (Part 2)
Via LLRX – How To Conduct Free Legal Research Using Google Scholar In 2015 (Part 2) – by Nicole L. Black. “Legal research is something lawyers do nearly every day. That’s why convenient, affordable access to legal research materials is so important. The advent of computer-based legal research was the first step toward leveling the… Continue Reading
Glossary of Library & Information Science
“Glossary of Library & Information Science is a glossary and dictionary of terms and acronyms of librarianship, library science, information science, and information technology. This is brought out by Salman Haider for the librarians all across the globe and the users of Librarianship Studies & Information Technology blog. Glossary will include everything from traditional library… Continue Reading
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Launches FOIA Complaint Site
Tell Us Your Experience with FOIA – Tell us about issues that you have had with Freedom of Information Act requests. What Happened? Excessive or inappropriate redactions Lengthy delays Administrative closures Requests to narrow or limit the scope Delayed appeals or refusals to mediate Unreasonable denial of fee waivers Other… Continue Reading
Towards the Preservation of the Scientific Memory
IJDC | Peer-Reviewed Paper. Towards the Preservation of the Scientific Memory. Brian Matthews, STFC Scientific Computing Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; Shirley Crompton, STFC Scientific Computing Department, Daresbury Laboratory. The International Journal of Digital Curation. ISSN: 1746-8256. “In this paper we consider the requirements for preserving the memory of science. This is becoming more challenging as… Continue Reading
What Administrative Law Can Teach the Trademark System
Wasserman, Melissa F., What Administrative Law Can Teach the Trademark System (May 7, 2015). Washington University Law Review, Vol. 93, 2016, Forthcoming. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2603890 “In 2014, the Patent and Trademark Office (Trademark Office or Agency) made national headlines when it cancelled the Washington Redskins’ trademark registration. The Washington Redskins, a National… Continue Reading
Implementation of Federal Prize Authority: Fiscal Year 2014 Progress Report
A Report from the Office of Science and Technology Policy In Response to the Requirements of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 April 2015 “EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed into the law the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (COMPETES). Section 105 of COMPETES added Section 24 (Prize Competitions)… Continue Reading
