“A UN climate talks in Marrakesh enter their final few days, leaders have a lot on their minds. Political support for a green agenda will wane in America next year. Barack Obama has led international environmental-protection efforts; Donald Trump plans to oppose them. The switch comes just as a new report from the World Meteorological… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2016
In Web Age, Library Job Gets Update
Library jobs, and the librarians who do them, have been evolving along with the needs of their communities and customer for decades. Librarians have often been first adopters of technology, from using listservs to share information, creating sites on the nascent world wide web, creating and sharing online catalogs and metadata, managing tools, services, teaching… Continue Reading
GAO Reports – Drug Compounding, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Hazardous Materials Rail Shipments, Youth with Autism
Certificated Expenditures: Executive Office of the President Fiscal Year 2015 Certificated Expenditures Were Spent for Authorized Purposes, GAO-17-116R: Published: Nov 17, 2016. Publicly Released: Nov 17, 2016. Drug Compounding: FDA Has Taken Steps to Implement Compounding Law, but Some States and Stakeholders Reported Challenges, GAO-17-64: Published: Nov 17, 2016. Publicly Released: Nov 17, 2016. Federal… Continue Reading
FTC “Sharing Economy” Report Explores Evolving Internet And App-Based Services
“A Federal Trade Commission staff report released today provides an in-depth assessment of evolving business models that rely on internet and app-based “sharing economy” platforms used by millions of Americans. The report summarizes a June 2015 FTC public workshop and highlights a number of competitive benefits and potential consumer protection challenges posed by disruptive business… Continue Reading
Smithsonian – Nature’s Best Photography Awards
Nature’s Best Photography Awards – A new Smithsonian exhibit showcases striking images of bears, leopards and more. By Alexandra Wolfe. Continue Reading
TIME: The Most Influential Images of All Time
“Explore the stories behind 100 images that changed the world, selected by TIME and an international team of curators.” About the project Continue Reading
The Intercept – NSA’s Spy Hub in New York, Hidden in Plain Sight
“…33 Thomas Street is different: An investigation by The Intercept indicates that the skyscraper is more than a mere nerve center for long-distance phone calls. It also appears to be one of the most important National Security Agency surveillance sites on U.S. soil — a covert monitoring hub that is used to tap into phone… Continue Reading
The Two Americas of the 2016 Presidential Election
Tim Wallace, New York Times: “For many Americans, it feels as if the 2016 election split the country in two. To visualize this, we took the election results and created two new imaginary nations by slicing the country along the sharp divide between Republican and Democratic Americas.” Continue Reading
2016 Global Terrorism Index
“LONDON, November 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ 10% fall in global deaths from terrorism in 2015 overshadowed by a rise in the overall impact of terrorism as more countries register record terrorist levels Military success against ISIL and Boko Haram resulted in fewer deaths in Iraq and Nigeria, however the two groups spread terror to neighbouring states and regions 23 countries registered their highest number of deaths from terrorism on record, compared to previous high of… Continue Reading
Gallup – Women Lead Men on Key Workplace Engagement Measures
Gallup, Jane Miller and Amy Adkins, November 16, 2016: Gender diversity strengthens a company’s financial performance. Research from Gallup and many other organizations demonstrates this. Women bring distinctive viewpoints, ideas and insights to the workplace, and diverse perspectives lead to superior performance at the business-unit level. Women bring another valuable advantage to their employers —… Continue Reading
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission 2016 Annual Report to Congress
11/16/2016 – “The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has released the 2016 Annual Report to Congress. This year’s report covers Chinese overcapacity, investment in the United States, state-owned enterprise reform, China’s military buildup, espionage threats to the United States, and China’s relationship with the world (including a special focus on Hong Kong, Taiwan, South… Continue Reading
Americans Moving at Historically Low Rates, Census Bureau Reports
“The percentage of Americans moving over a one-year period fell to an all time low in the United States to 11.2 percent in 2016, according to tables released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. “People in the United States are still moving, just not to the same extent as they did in the past,” David… Continue Reading
