Biosurveillance: Ongoing Challenges and Future Considerations for DHS Biosurveillance Efforts, GAO-16-413T: Published: Feb 11, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 11, 2016. Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Funds’ 2015 and 2014 Financial Statements, GAO-16-300: Published: Feb 11, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 11, 2016. GAO: Summary of Performance and Financial Information, Fiscal Year 2015, GAO-16-4SP: Published: Feb… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Law Schools and the University
Rasmussen, Bob, Law Schools and the University (February 9, 2016). Syracuse Law Review, Forthcoming. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2729889 “This piece, written for a symposium celebrating Rick Matasar’s scholarship, charts a course for law schools over the coming years. In particular, it suggests that law schools need to adjust to the changing environment in… Continue Reading
How Litigants Evaluate the Characteristics of Legal Procedures: A Multi-Court Empirical Study
Shestowsky, Donna, How Litigants Evaluate the Characteristics of Legal Procedures: A Multi-Court Empirical Study (February 9, 2016). UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 49, 2016; UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 477. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2729893 “This Article presents findings from the first multi-court field study examining how civil litigants evaluate the characteristics… Continue Reading
GAO Reports – FAA, Medicaid, VA Health Care Budget
Federal Aviation Administration: Preliminary Observations of Potential Air Traffic Control Restructuring Transition Issues, GAO-16-386R: Published: Feb 10, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 10, 2016: “Based on our literature review and preliminary discussions with experts, several transition issues would need to be addressed if the U.S. air traffic control (ATC) system were to be restructured, including transition… Continue Reading
The movie plays on: a lens for viewing the global economy
The movie plays on: a lens for viewing the global economy. Speech by Mr Claudio Borio, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, at the FT Debt Capital Markets Outlook, London, 10 February 2016. “This presentation suggests an alternative lens through which to view the global economy’s struggle to achieve sustainable and… Continue Reading
Open Data Institute News
“Stay ahead of the curve with the latest open data news, blogs and comment from the ODI team, global network and industry experts around the world. From practical tips for publishing open data to inspiring accounts of how open data has changed lives, we’re publishing new blogs all the time…We connect, equip and inspire people… Continue Reading
H.R. 957, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection – Inspector General Reform Act of 2015
CBO: “H.R. 957 would direct the President to appoint an Inspector General for the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) within 60 days of enactment, and would require the CFPB to set aside 2 percent of its annual funding to operate the office of the Inspector General. Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer… Continue Reading
RDA Metadata Standards Directory Working Group: Final Report
RDA Metadata Standards Directory Working Group: Final Report. Alex Ball, Jane Greenberg, Keith Jeffery, Rebecca Koskela. 2016-01-22. “The Metadata Standards Directory Working Group set out to develop a directory that would enable researchers, and those who support them, to discover metadata standards that would be appropriate for documenting their research data, regardless of their academic… Continue Reading
Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community
Statement for the Record Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community. Senate Armed Services Committee, James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence. February 9, 2016. Global threats include: Cyber and Technology; Terrorism; Weapons of Mass Destruction and Proliferation; Space and Counterspace; Counterintelligence; Transnational Organized Crime; Economics and Natural Resources; Human Security. “..The consequences of… Continue Reading
Study – women struggle with student loan debt more than men
American Association of University Women (AAUW): “Updated regularly with the most current statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau, The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap [Spring 2016] is a commonsense guide that provides key facts about the gender pay gap in the United States. Topics covered in the report… Continue Reading
Sci-Hub, BookFi and LibGen defy court order and move to Dark Web
Via Torrent Freak: “A few days ago several large online repositories of free books and academic articles were pulled offline. Sci-Hub, BookFi and LibGen had their domain names taken away after Elsevier beat them in court. However, the site’s operators are not planning to cease their activities and are continuing their operations through alternative domains… Continue Reading
Twitter launches new Timeline Feature
Mike Jahr, Twitter Senior Engineering Manager: “Introducing a new Home timeline feature, giving you the option to see the best Tweets first. You follow hundreds of people on Twitter — maybe thousands — and when you open Twitter, it can feel like you’ve missed some of their most important Tweets. Today, we’re excited to share… Continue Reading
