DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, April 15, 2016. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2016
GAO reports – Counterterrorism, CFTC Leasing Guidance, DoD and mental health, national flood insurance, VA health care
Counterterrorism: DOD Should Enhance Management of and Reporting on Its Global Train and Equip Program, GAO-16-368: Published: Apr 18, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 18, 2016. Federal Real Property: Commodity Futures Trading Commission Needs Better Leasing Guidance to Improve Cost-effectiveness, GAO-16-434: Published: Apr 18, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 18, 2016. Foreign Aid: USAID Generally Complied with… Continue Reading
Read this please – WHO – Hand Hygiene: Why, How & When?
World Health Organization: Why you should read and follow these instructions on hand hygiene: • Thousands of people die every day around the world from infections acquired while receiving health care. • Hands are the main pathways of germ transmission during health care. • Hand hygiene is therefore the most important measure to avoid the… Continue Reading
Poynter – Winners of the 2016 Pulitzer Prizes
Poynter Institute: “The recipients of the 2016 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday. We’ve collected the winners below, along with reactions from newsrooms across the country.” Please note – via Margot Williams, The Intercept – “Congratulations to all the researchers who have contributed so much to winning and finalist stories! I am so proud of you.… Continue Reading
Google Books case ends as Supreme Court will not intervene
WSJ.com: “The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a case examining whether Alphabet Inc.’s Google engaged in copyright infringement when it scanned millions of books and made them searchable online, a final blow to authors who sued the company. The justices, in a brief written order, said they won’t take up an appeal by the… Continue Reading
ProPublica Wins Third Pulitzer Prize for ‘An Unbelievable Story of Rape’
Via ProPublica: “Christian Miller, a senior reporter for ProPublica, and Ken Armstrong, a writer for The Marshall Project, won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” their harrowing account of the hunt for a serial rapist. The award is the third Pulitzer Prize for ProPublica, and the first for… Continue Reading
Six of the Government’s Best Mobile Apps
“There’s an app for everything in this digital age, including hundreds developed by the federal government. Here are six apps that we found especially useful. Smart Traveler – Planning a trip out of the country this year? Smart Traveler by the State Department is great for all your trips abroad. Get the latest travel alerts… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Legal Research at Your Fingertips: Lexis Views, Bestlaw, and Google for Lawyers?
Via LLRX.com – Legal Research at Your Fingertips: Lexis Views, Bestlaw, and Google for Lawyers? – Ashley Ahlbrand is the Educational Technology at Librarian Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. Her expert teaching and training skills offer readers insights into the role of Google as well as integrative browser add-ons like Lexis Views in preparing… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Feat First: New Findings on the Relationship Between Walking and Creativity
Via LLRX.com – Feat First: New Findings on the Relationship Between Walking and Creativity – Many cities in America offer regular opportunities to experience the benefits of daily outdoor exercise, an activity now universally acknowledged beneficial to mental and physical health. New Yorker Alan Rothman’s perspective on the positive experience of regularly walking in his… Continue Reading
GAA Reports – Prepositioned Stocks, Quadrennial Homeland Security Review
Prepositioned Stocks: DOD Has Addressed Required Reporting Elements but Needs to Develop a Department-wide Policy and Joint Service Approach, GAO-16-418:Published: Apr 15, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 15, 2016. Quadrennial Homeland Security Review: Improved Risk Analysis and Stakeholder Consultations Could Enhance Future Reviews, GAO-16-371:Published: Apr 15, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 15, 2016: “The Department of Homeland… Continue Reading
OECD Factbook 2015-2016
“The OECD’s dynamic and comprehensive statistical annual showing a wide range of key statistics for its member countries and major additional countries. For each indicator presented, there is explanatory text including a definition, explanation of long-term trends, and references; a table showing the indicator over a significant time span for all countries covered, and graphics… Continue Reading
WSJ – Librarian Who Saved Timbuktu’s Cultural Treasures From al Qaeda
“A middle-aged book collector in Mali helped keep the fabled city’s libraries, books and manuscripts safe from occupying jihadists…” Continue Reading
