fedscoop: “The Obama administration launched Thursday Code.gov, a new repository for government open source code now featuring nearly 50 open source projects from more than 10 agencies. Coders can expect to see more projects on the site in the coming months as agencies implement the recently released Federal Source Code Policy, U.S. CIO Tony Scott said in a blog post announcing the launch. The Federal Source Code Policy seeks to get agencies to release more of their custom-developed software. The policy notably establishes a pilot program requiring agencies to release at least 20 percent of new custom-developed code as open source software. Code.gov is not just a repository, however, but also a resource for agencies to use when implementing the policy, Scott wrote. For example, Code.gov features a metadata schema for agencies to use when building out their enterprise code inventories and includes information on how to build successful open source projects.”
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Daily Archives: November 4, 2016
Being Well in the Law: A Guide for Lawyers
Rowe, Margie and Tang, Stephen and Foley, Tony and Holmes, Vivien and James, Colin G. and Hickie, Ian, Being Well in the Law: A Guide for Lawyers (November 3, 2016). Being Well in the Law (2016) The Law Society of New South Wales. Available for download at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2861586 “Being Well in the Law is… Continue Reading
The Political Environment on Social Media
“In a political environment defined by widespread polarization and partisan animosity, even simple conversations can go awry when the subject turns to politics. In their in-person interactions, Americans can (and often do) attempt to steer clear of those with whom they strongly disagree…A new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults finds that political debate… Continue Reading
Size of U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Workforce Stable After the Great Recession
“There were 8 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. working or looking for work in 2014, making up 5% of the civilian labor force, according to new Pew Research Center estimates using government data. The number was unchanged and the share was down slightly since 2009, the year the Great Recession officially ended. The recent… Continue Reading
EFF – Open Access and Transforming the Future of Research
“EFF works to inform the world about breaking issues in the world of technology policy and civil liberties. And one of our best ways of communicating with our friends and members is through our nearly-weekly newsletter, EFFector. Last week, we sent out a very special EFFector: a deep dive, single-issue edition that got into the… Continue Reading
National Archives searchable database of historical gifs
“Welcome to the official Giphy channel for the National Archives [currently there are 179 gifs]. For the official source of information about the National Archives, please visit http://www.archives.gov. To learn more about our social media policies, visit http://www.archives.gov/social-media/policies/.” Continue Reading
2016 Pre-election Poll of African American Voters
November 4, 2016 – 2016 African American Voter Poll. Slides By: Ray Block Jr. and Jonathan E. Collins “Background on Poll Methodology: The poll [consists] of 1200 completed surveys. The national segment of the survey will contain a sample size of 300 completed surveys, with additional state-specific segments with 900 completes (300 completed surveys in… Continue Reading
Free access to NYT.com for all readers during election
“Readers will have unlimited access to NYTimes.com for 72 hours from 12:01 a.m. ET Monday, November 7 until 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 9.” Continue Reading
