“Reducing motor vehicle crash deaths was one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century for the US. However, more than 32,000 people are killed and 2 million are injured each year from motor vehicle crashes. In 2013, the US crash death rate was more than twice the average of other high-income countries.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Victimhood and Agency: How Taking Charge Takes its Toll
Mueller, Pam, Victimhood and Agency: How Taking Charge Takes its Toll (May 1, 2016). Pepperdine Law Review, Forthcoming. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2804124 “This project addresses an unexplored tension in the civil justice system with regard to victims. The civil justice process generally depends on victims taking action – but “active” victims may face… Continue Reading
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, June 14-15, 2016
“The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on June 14-15, 2016. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes. The minutes for… Continue Reading
Google posts latest diversity report
Official Google Blog: “It’s been two years since we first shared our workforce demographics and helped spark a conversation about the need to improve diversity at Google and across the tech industry. Today we’re updating google.com/diversity with our 2015 demographics, and sharing some areas where we’ve seen progress in building a more diverse and inclusive… Continue Reading
Commission on Care Final Report
“In Section 202 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, Congress established the Commission on Care, charging it to examine veterans’ access to Department of Veterans Affairs health care and to examine strategically how best to organize the Veterans Health Administration, locate health resources, and deliver health care to veterans during the next… Continue Reading
Modernizing Crime Statistics: Report 1: Defining and Classifying Crime
The National Academies: “To derive statistics about crime – to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approaches to prevent it – a conceptual framework for defining and thinking about crime is virtually a prerequisite. Developing and maintaining such a framework is no easy task,… Continue Reading
Paper – The Emotional Arcs of Stories Are Dominated by Six Basic Shapes
The emotional arcs of stories are dominated by six basic shapes – Andrew J. Reagan, Lewis Mitchell, Dilan Kiley, Christopher M. Danforth, Peter Sheridan Dodds (Submitted on 24 Jun 2016). arXiv:1606.07772v1 “Advances in computing power, natural language processing, and digitization of text now make it possible to study our a culture’s evolution through its texts… Continue Reading
GAO Reports – Compact of Free Association, Federal Real Property, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Compact of Free Association: Proposed U.S. Assistance to Palau for Fiscal Years 2016 to 2024, GAO-16-788T: Published: Jul 6, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 6, 2016. Federal Real Property: Actions Needed to Enhance Information on and Coordination among Federal Entities with Leasing Authority, GAO-16-648: Published: Jul 6, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 6, 2016. Federal Real Property:… Continue Reading
The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – UK
The Report of the Iraq Inquiry [The Chilcot Enquiry] was published on 6 July 2016 (the site includes a search engine). Sir John Chilcot’s (Chair of the Inquiry) public statement can be read here. It states: “We were appointed to consider the UK’s policy on Iraq from 2001 to 2009, and to identify lessons for… Continue Reading
Essay – Metaknowledge – a commentary challenges the wisdom of crowds
Metaknowledge – Crowds aren’t as smart as we thought, since some people know more than others. A simple trick can find the ones you want by George Musser “Dražen Prelec, a behavioural economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is working on a way to smarten up the hive mind. One reason that crowds… Continue Reading
A Case Study of New York State’s Response to Extreme Weather Events
“Researchers from the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) and the Rockefeller Institute of Government of the State University of New York (SUNY) have released a study evaluating New York State’s planning efforts to reduce the state’s vulnerability to future disasters. Such efforts form part of the state’s adaptations to climate change. The study analyzed… Continue Reading
Measuring the impact of digitized theses: a case study from the London School of Economics
Bennett, L. & Flanagan, D., (2016). Measuring the impact of digitized theses: a case study from the London School of Economics. Insights. 29(2), pp.111–119. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.300. Published 5 July 2016. “This study tests the assertion that the online dissemination of theses has a positive impact on the research profile of the institution and sets out… Continue Reading
