Google and the Misinformed Public, By Safiya U. Noble January 15, 2017, The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Digital media platforms like Google and Facebook may disavow responsibility for the results of their algorithms, but they can have tremendous — and disturbing — social effects. Racist and sexist bias, misinformation, and profiling are frequently unnoticed byproducts… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Risk.net’s Top 10 operational risks for 2017
“In a series of interviews that took place in November and December 2016, Risk.net spoke to chief risk officers, heads of operational risk and other op risk practitioners at financial services firms, including banks, insurers and asset managers. Based on the op risk concerns most frequently selected by those practitioners, we present our ranking of… Continue Reading
FCC White Paper – Cybersecurity Risk Reduction
Cybersecurity Risk Reduction – Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau – Federal Communications Commission – David Simpson, Rear Admiral (ret.) USN, Bureau Chief, January 18, 2017. “The White Paper describes the risk reduction portfolio of the current FCC and suggests actions to affirmatively reduce cyber risk in a manner that incents competition, protects consumers, and… Continue Reading
Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze
Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze – January 23, 2017 MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: Hiring Freeze “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees to… Continue Reading
CBO Reports on Economic Outlook 2017-2027
CBO Director’s Statement About the Budget and Economic Outlook for 2017 to 2027 – January 24, 2017 Presentation – Highlights From The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2017 to 2027 – January 24, 2017 Report – The Economic Outlook for 2017 to 2027 in 16 Slides – January 24, 2017 Report – The Budget Outlook for… Continue Reading
Changes in Family Wealth, 1989 to 2013
Changes in Family Wealth, 1989 to 2013 – January 18, 2017 Presentation by Nadia Karamcheva, an analyst in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies Division, to the Savings and Retirement Foundation in Washington, D.C. “From 1989 to 2013, family wealth grew at significantly different rates for different segments of the U.S. population, and the distribution among the nation’s families… Continue Reading
KPMG – The largest cyber fraud in UK Courts since 2008 – £113 million
Hitesh N Patel, UK Forensic Partner at KPMG – “The Fraud Barometer recorded a rise in cyber-enabled fraud, up 1266 percent on 2015 figures. The cases include a £113 million cyber fraud, the largest recorded in UK Courts since 2008, as professional criminals cold-called bank customers and stole their money to fund their luxury lifestyle. Sophisticated… Continue Reading
WaPo Trump officials order agencies to restrict dispatches to public
Washington Post: “The new limits on public communications appear to be targeting agencies that are charged with overseeing environmental and scientific policy, prompting criticism from officials within the agencies and from outside groups focused on climate change. A memo to EPA communications staff said “no social media will be going out” and incoming media requests… Continue Reading
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EPA staff directed to cease use of social media, blogs, press releases, agency site content updates
Via MediaITE: “In a memo sent out to staff at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Trump Administration has prohibited press releases, social media postings, blog posts or new content placed on the agency’s website.” Continue Reading
Missed this? Proclamation – National Day of Patriotic Devotion
Proclamation 9570 of January 20, 2017 National Day of Patriotic Devotion – A Presidential Document by the Executive Office of the President on 01/24/2017 A Proclamation – “A new national pride stirs the American soul and inspires the American heart. We are one people, united by a common destiny and a shared purpose. Freedom is… Continue Reading
Wall St 24/7 – 15 Companies Making the Most From the Government
“U.S. government federal contract spending totaled $436.9 billion in 2015, with an estimated 64% of the spending going to national defense contracts. The U.S. defense budget is by far the largest in the world, and the government relies heavily on the private sector to meet its needs. Likewise, many contractors rely on the government for… Continue Reading
