“The open data movement has been alive at the Department of Commerce for a very long time. The predecessors to the National Weather Service have been providing open weather reports since the founding of our nation and regular weather reports have been around since the early 1900s. The Census Bureau, one of our nation’s leading… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2016
Survey – A Quarter of American Adults Volunteered in 2015
“Approximately a quarter of all American adults volunteered through an organization in 2015, while nearly two-thirds helped their neighbors in some manner, an annual report from the Corporation for National and Community Service finds. According to the report, Volunteering and Civic Life in America, 62.6 million adults (24.9 percent) volunteered in 2015, providing nearly 7.8… Continue Reading
Pew – Who doesn’t read books in America?
Pew FactTank – “About a quarter of American adults (26%) say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year, whether in print, electronic or audio form. So who, exactly, are these non-book readers? Several demographic traits correlate with non-book reading, Pew Research Center surveys have found. For instance, adults… Continue Reading
WaPo – Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election
Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say – Craig Timberg – “Researchers found that Russians used sophisticated tools to boost Donald Trump and target Hillary Clinton, and exploited various platforms to attack U.S. democracy at a particularly vulnerable moment. The techniques may complicate efforts by Facebook and Google to crack down… Continue Reading
UK bill opens government sweeping access to citizen browsing history
Belfast Telegraph – “The Investigatory Powers Bill…forces internet providers to keep a full list of Internet Connection Records (ICRs) for a year, and make them available to the government if it asks….Those include expected law enforcement organisations like the police, the military and the secret service – but also contain bodies like the Food Standards… Continue Reading
Copyright Infringement Litigation Fell 22 Percent in FY 2016
“New federal lawsuits over issues of copyright infringement fell 22 percent last year. Case-by-case court records compiled and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University found a total of 3,944 new federal copyright infringement cases were filed in the U.S. District Courts during fiscal year 2016. This is down from the… Continue Reading
Gallup – Manager Bias in Hiring
Gallup – Manager Bias in Hiring – Adam Hickman and Kevin Campbell Leaders need to understand their managers’ biases Systematic hiring processes will counteract unconscious biases Aim talent decisions toward measurable business objectives… Continue Reading
Explore the Lives and Work of 5 Native American Artists
Via Google – “Film, fashion, comedy, photography: There isn’t a single creative medium that Native American culture hasn’t influenced. In honor of the writer James Welch’s birthday and to celebrate Native American History Month, here are 6 more artists we love from Indian country.” Continue Reading
Audit of OPM Security Systems Shows Continued Material Weakness
OPM IG Federal Information Security Modernization Act Audit – FY 2016: “This audit report again communicates a material weakness related to OPM’s Security Assessment and Authorization (Authorization) program. In April 2015, the then Chief Information Officer issued a memorandum that granted an extension of the previous Authorizations for all systems whose Authorization had already expired,… Continue Reading
Enhanced Cyber Risk Management Standards: Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
“The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies) are inviting comment on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) regarding enhanced cyber risk management standards (enhanced standards) for large and interconnected entities under their supervision. The agencies… Continue Reading
Report – Stanford researchers find students have trouble judging credibility of information online
Via Stanford – November 22, 2016 – By Brooke Donald – “Education scholars say youth are duped by sponsored content and don’t always recognize political bias of social messages. When it comes to evaluating information that flows across social channels or pops up in a Google search, young and otherwise digital-savvy students can easily be… Continue Reading
Disruptive Change in the Taxi Business: The Case of Uber
Disruptive Change in the Taxi Business: The Case of Uber – Judd Cramer, Alan B. Krueger – NBER Working Paper No. 22083 – Issued in March 2016 “In most cities, the taxi industry is highly regulated and utilizes technology developed in the 1940s. Ride sharing services such as Uber and Lyft, which use modern internet-based… Continue Reading
