Review of the Enterprise E-Mail System Acquisition, September 30, 2016. Reference Number: 2016-20-080. “The IRS purchased subscriptions for an enterprise e-mail system [Microsoft] that, as it turned out, it could not use. The purchase was made without first determining project infrastructure needs, integration requirements, business requirements, security and portal bandwidth, and whether the subscriptions were… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2016
Federal Judge approves $15B settlement in Volkswagen emissions case
USAToday – “A federal judge on Tuesday approved one of the largest consumer settlements in U.S. history, a nearly $15 billion U.S. deal concerning Volkswagen Group’s diesel car emissions scandal. The settlement sets in motion a massive vehicle buyback program and environmental remediation efforts.” See also previous posting –Volkswagen Agrees to Record Settlement in Emissions Case and Volkswagen… Continue Reading
Former Wells Fargo Employees File $2.6B Lawsuit
Via FindLaw – Alexander Polonsky, et al. v. Wells Fargo, Los Angeles Superior Court, September 22, 2016. “The lawsuit was filed by two former employees, but seeks compensation for any and all Wells Fargo employees penalized for not meeting sales quotas over the past 10 years. In September, the bank fired over 5,000 employees for… Continue Reading
Applying the Right to Be Forgotten: IFLA Publishes Open Letter
Application of Right to be Forgotten Rulings: The Library Viewpoint “See also IFLA’s background report on the right to be forgotten around the world, as well as the report from the workshop IFLA organised at the latest European Internet Governance Forum (EuroDIG).” Continue Reading
Amnesty International Reviews IM Applications, Privacy and Human Rights Risks
“Encryption helps protect people’s human rights online. By rendering digital data unintelligible, encryption helps ensure that private information sent over the internet stays private. Technology companies play a crucial role in keeping digital information safe. In this report, Amnesty International ranks 11 technology companies on whether they are meeting their human rights responsibilities by using… Continue Reading
The ultimate reading list by UKSG librarian conference delegates
Oxford University Press Blog: What do librarians like to read? – “Of a grand total of ninety entries, seven titles appeared twice in our perfect library, including The Master and Margarita, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and the Norwegian classic Hunger (Sult). We were pleased to see many librarians keeping in touch with their inner… Continue Reading
BBC – How the British Library is using SEO to become a digital media publisher
Ian Burrell – “The British Library is becoming a modern news publisher. Its expertise in the field of journalism is immense. The home of one of the greatest newspaper archives in the world, amounting to more than 15m pages of news, it also houses The Newsroom, a permanent resource charting the evolution of news in broadcast,… Continue Reading
BBC radio – A Natural History of the Banker
“New York Times financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin criss-crosses the Atlantic to trace the troubled reputation of bankers over the centuries, in the UK and the USA. With the global economy still recovering from the crash of 2008, the reputation of high finance often appears to be at an all time low. Banks and the… Continue Reading
Commentary – Why we still need to keep books in our campus libraries
Ann E. Michael is writing coordinator at DeSales University, and a poet. She blogs on poetry, nature, philosophy — and sometimes libraries — at www.annemichael.wordpress.com. “..Like many avid readers, I’ve been engaging with texts since I teethed on my first book of nursery rhymes. So I admit to a strong bias toward the presence of… Continue Reading
beSpacific nominated as one of Best Legal Tech Blogs – please vote
Dear Colleagues/Readers – beSpacific has been nominated in the The Expert Institute’s – Best Legal Tech Blogs category. It will take no more than one minute to complete your vote, and yes it does count. You read beSpacific free – the research conducted to publish this blog every day is time intensive, expert, focused and… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Are you using a cell phone for s-l-o-w reading? And how about other reading?
Via LLRX.com – Are you using a cell phone for s-l-o-w reading? And how about other reading? – David Rothman addresses an often overlook paradigm shift – using a smartphone for slow reading. You almost always have your smartphone with you. And with an estimated 190 million smartphone users in the US, Rothman posits that… Continue Reading
EveryCRSReport.com is making 8,255 CRS reports available to the general public
“Congressional Research Service reports are the best way for anyone to quickly get up to speed on major political issues without having to worry about spin — from the same source Congress uses. CRS is Congress’ think tank, and its reports are relied upon by academics, businesses, judges, policy advocates, students, librarians, journalists, and policymakers… Continue Reading
