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Facing Change: A Perspective on Government Publications Services in Canadian Academic Libraries in the Internet Age
Facing Change: A Perspective on Government Publications Services in Canadian Academic Libraries in the Internet Age. Sherry Smugler, Government Publications and Reference Librarian, University of Toronto. November 2013. Government Documents Round Table – American Library Association – GODORT Occasional Papers. ISSN 1948-6499. Number 9, November 2013. “This paper provides a librarian’s perspective on government publications services in Canadian academic libraries over the past… Continue Reading
Canadian Parliament’s Historical Debates are now available online
“The Library of Parliament, in collaboration with Canadiana.org, is launching its Historical Debates of the Parliament of Canada digital portal. The portal provides free public access to digital versions of the historical debates of the Parliament of Canada in both official languages. It includes all published debates of both the Senate and the House of Commons from Parliament 1,… Continue Reading
Census Bureau Releases New Interactive Visualization of Jobs, Businesses and Other Key Economic Statistics
“Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released a new interactive tool designed to visualize the key economic findings found in the statistical agency’s most recent Business Dynamics Statistics report released in July. The Business Dynamics Statistics Visualization Tool spans four decades of information about America’s economy – providing key insights on job creation and loss during the most recent recession.… Continue Reading
Cancellation of Nongroup Health Insurance Policies
Cancellation of Nongroup Health Insurance Policies, Bernadette Fernandez, Specialist in Health Care Financing – Annie L. Mach, Analyst in Health Care Financing. November 19, 2013 “Congress has expressed interest in health insurance cancellations, in light of media reports stating that individuals have received cancellation letters. While cancellations are not a new industry practice, additional attention has focused on the… Continue Reading
WaPo: D.C. area had slower income growth than any other major metro area last year
Neil Irwin: “As Greg Jaffe and Jim Tankersley documented Monday, it has been a boomtown featuring incomes and wealth that have risen much faster than in the rest of the country. But 2012, as it turns out, was not a great year for Washington. Personal income per capita in the region rose only 1.5 percent – the lowest among large metropolitan areas and… Continue Reading
Over 1000 Appeals Court Documents Added to FOIAProject.org
“Thanks to generous support from the CS Fund/Warsh-Mott Legacy, the FOIA Project has been able to expand FOIA lawsuit coverage to include many Court of Appeals cases filed or closed since the start of fiscal year 2001 (October 1, 2000). The archive currently includes over 800 docket reports on cases for which the nature of… Continue Reading
Commentary – Is There a Future for Solos and Small Firms?
Sam Glover: “Susskind’s most-recent book, Tomorrow’s Lawyers, is short and worth a read, but I will try to do it justice in brief. Basically, the future according to Susskind will come about due to three drivers of change: Clients, who are demanding more work for less money 2. Liberalization, or the spread of non-lawyer ownership; and 3. Technology… Continue Reading
Paper – The New Speech
The New Speech – Andrew Tutt, Yale University – Information Society Project, Yale University – Law School. July 17, 2013. 41 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, 2014 “Could the government prevent Facebook from deleting an individual’s Facebook account without first following government-prescribed procedures? Intervene to require Google to conduct its search engine rankings in a certain manner, or subject Google… Continue Reading
Advocacy Groups – General Assembly Should Pass Strong Resolution on Right to Privacy in the Digital Age
Human Rights Watch: “The United Nations General Assembly should approve a new resolution and make clear that indiscriminate surveillance is never consistent with the right to privacy, five human rights organizations said in a November 20, 2013 letter to members of the United Nations General Assembly. After heated negotiations, the draft resolution on digital privacy initiated by Brazil and Germany emerged on… Continue Reading
OECD Health at a Glance 2013
“This seventh edition of Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries. It provides striking evidence of large variations across countries in the costs, activities and results of health systems. Key indicators provide information on health status, the determinants of health, health… Continue Reading
BEA – Local Area Personal Income: New Estimates for 2012
“Personal income growth slowed in 2012 in most of the nation’s 381 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income growth slowed in 311 MSAs, accelerated in 65 MSAs, and remained unchanged in 5 MSAs. On average, MSA personal income rose 4.2 percent in 2012,… Continue Reading
