OED – Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2016 Enhancing Regional Ties. DOI:10.1787/saeo-2016-en. “The annual Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India examines Asia’s regional economic growth, development and regional integration process.”
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Daily Archives: February 25, 2016
Absence of Equality and Human Dignity Values Makes American Sentencing Systems Fundamentally Different from Those in Other Western Countries
Tonry, Michael, The Absence of Equality and Human Dignity Values Makes American Sentencing Systems Fundamentally Different from Those in Other Western Countries (February 23, 2016). 45 Crime & Justice, 2016; Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-08. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2736961 “Concern for equality and human dignity is largely absent from American sentencing.… Continue Reading
Google – Protecting the world’s news from digital attack
Google Official Blog: “The web is an increasingly critical tool for news organizations, allowing them to communicate faster, research more easily, and disseminate their work to a global audience. Often it’s the primary distribution channel for critical, investigative work that shines a light into the darkest corners of society and the economy—the kind of reporting… Continue Reading
The Rosa Parks Collection is Now Online
“The Rosa Parks Collection at the Library of Congress has been digitized and is now online. The collection, which contains approximately 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs, is on loan to the Library for 10 years from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. The Library received the materials in late 2014, formally opened them to researchers in… Continue Reading
GAO Reports – NASA Major Acquisitions Projects, Hospital Patient Safety
NASA: Preliminary Observations on Major Acquisition Projects and Management Challenges, GAO-16-461T: Published: Feb 25, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 25, 2016. Patient Safety: Hospitals Face Challenges Implementing Evidence-Based Practices, GAO-16-308: Published: Feb 25, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 25, 2016. Continue Reading
GAO reports on DHS HR IT failures
Homeland Security: Oversight of Neglected Human Resources Information Technology Investment Is Needed, GAO-16-253: Published: Feb 11, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 25, 2016: “DHS’s human resources administrative environment includes fragmented systems, duplicative and paper-based processes, and little uniformity of data management practices, which according to DHS, are compromising the department’s ability to effectively carry out its… Continue Reading
GAO Audit of US Government Consolidated Financial Statements finds material weaknesses
Financial Audit: U.S. Government’s Fiscal Years 2015 and 2014 Consolidated Financial Statements, GAO-16-357R: Published: Feb 25, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 25, 2016. “To operate as effectively and efficiently as possible and to make difficult decisions to address the federal government’s fiscal challenges, Congress, the administration, and federal managers must have ready access to reliable and… Continue Reading
