“Research McKinsey conducted in partnership with the World Economic Forum suggests that companies are struggling with their capabilities in cyberrisk management. As highly visible breaches occur with growing regularity, most technology executives believe that they are losing ground to attackers. Organizations large and small lack the facts to make effective decisions, and traditional “protect the… Continue Reading
Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002
Author Archives: Sabrina I. Pacifici
Report Highlights Status of Independent Foreclosure Review Payment Agreement
News Release, April 30, 2014: “The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a status report on Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR) Payment Agreements that required the large mortgage servicers to provide $3.9 billion in payments to 4.4 million eligible borrowers and $6.1 billion in other loss mitigation and foreclosure prevention assistance. Because servicers… Continue Reading
Forthcoming – Anonymous Login and an Updated Facebook Login
[On April 30, Facebook ] “announced Anonymous Login, a brand new way to log into apps without sharing any personal information from Facebook, along with a new version of Facebook Login with even better privacy controls. People tell us they’re sometimes worried about sharing information with apps and want more choice and control over what personal… Continue Reading
Analyzing Food Security Using Household Survey Data
“Moltedo, Ana; Troubat, Nathalie; Lokshin, Michael; Sajaia, Zurab. 2014. Analyzing Food Security Using Household Survey Data : Streamlined Analysis with ADePT Software. Washington, DC: World Bank. “Since the end of the Second World War, the international community has been focusing on reducing the number and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Over time it… Continue Reading
Investing in Place: Two Generations’ View on the Future of Communities
[The American Planning Association] – APA’s 2014 research poll is designed to probe in more depth the relationship between planning in local communities and spurring of economic development. This poll attempts to better understand how two key demographic groups — Millennials (aged 21 to 34) and ‘Active Boomers’ (aged 50 to 65) with at least some college… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Defense Acquisitions, Defense Transportation, DOE Loan Programs
DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS: Observations on Whether the Military Service Chiefs’ Role in Managing and Overseeing Major Weapon Programs Should Be Expanded, GAO-14-520: Published: May 1, 2014. Publicly Released: May 1, 2014. DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION: DOD Needs to Take Actions to Improve the Transportation of Hazardous Material Shipments, GAO-14-375: Published: May 1, 2014. Publicly Released: May 1, 2014: “Over 3 billion tons of HAZMAT… Continue Reading
WHO’s first global report on antibiotic resistance reveals serious, worldwide threat to public health
“Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi. An increasing number of governments around the world are devoting efforts to a problem so serious that it threatens the achievements of modern medicine. A post-antibiotic era – in which common infections and… Continue Reading
For First Time Over 50 Percent of Current Year Models Get More Than 23 MPG
“For the first time ever, over 50 percent of the current year’s vehicles get more than 23 miles per gallon (mpg) according to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA). After categorizing 1,099 2014 passenger vehicle models into 10 different mpg rating categories, CFA concludes that 2014 is a historic year for automakers. This finding is especially significant… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Fargo Brings An Outliner to Your Browser
Via LLRX.com – Fargo Brings An Outliner to Your Browser – Elmer Masters explains the pragmatic as well as technological value of Dave Winer’s new full featured outliner, Fargo. Fargo runs in your web browser and stores your data in your Dropbox folder. According to Masters, this combination of browser and cloud puts the outliner everywhere, making it a… Continue Reading
NIST Revises Guide to Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) in Networks
“The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released an update to a document that helps computer administrators maintain the security of information traveling across their networks. The document, NIST Special Publication 800-52 Revision 1: Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations, updates the original SP 800-52, released in 2005. Sensitive data—from… Continue Reading
Point of Sale disclosure in the insurance, banking and securities sectors – final report
“The Joint Forum released today its final report on Point of Sale Disclosure in the insurance, banking and securities sectors. The report identifies and assesses differences and gaps in regulatory approaches to point of sale (POS) disclosure for investment and savings products across the insurance, banking and securities sectors, and considers whether the approaches need to be further aligned… Continue Reading
CBO’s Major Recurring Reports
“We’ve created a new collection to make it easier to find our major recurring reports. Looking for our Budget and Economic Outlook or Analysis of the President’s Budget? This new collection has links to versions of those reports that we’ve published since 2000 along with our other major recurring reports. Some documents you’ll find include: Budget and Economic Outlook… Continue Reading
