Gallup: “Americans tilt toward the view that the government is doing too little to protect the environment — at 47% — while 16% say it is doing too much. Another 35% say the government’s efforts on the environment are about right. These views have not changed much since 2010, although Americans in most years between… Continue Reading
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Law review article – The Dangers of Surveillance
The Dangers of Surveillance, Neil M. Richards. Washington University in Saint Louis – School of Law, March 25, 2013. Harvard Law Review, 2013. Via SSRN “From the Fourth Amendment to George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four, our law and literature are full of warnings about state scrutiny of our lives. These warnings are commonplace, but they are… Continue Reading
New FTC Graphic Highlights Key Information About Mobile Apps for Kids
“For parents, the growing universe of mobile applications targeted at kids can be overwhelming. Knowing which app is the right fit for your family poses a major challenge to parents on the go. A new informational graphic produced by the staff of the Federal Trade Commission helps with a useful visual tool for parents and… Continue Reading
EPA Proposes Achievable Cleaner Fuels and Cars Standard
News release: “Based on extensive input from auto manufacturers, refiners, and states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed sensible standards for cars and gasoline that will significantly reduce harmful pollution, prevent thousands of premature deaths and illnesses, while also enabling efficiency improvements in the cars and trucks we drive. These cleaner fuels and cars… Continue Reading
Analysis of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
CRS – Analysis of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013, March 11, 2013 “Hurricane Sandy caused extensive human suffering and damage to public and private property. In response to this catastrophic event, Congress considered legislation to provide supplemental appropriations to federal disaster assistance programs. In addition, Congress considered revisions to the Robert T. Stafford… Continue Reading
Commentary – We Need a Better, Simpler Narrative of US Privacy Laws
Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel for Google: “On the global stage, Europe is convincing many countries around the world to implement privacy laws that follow the European model. The facts speak for themselves: in the last year alone, a dozen countries in Latin America and Asia have adopted euro-style privacy laws. Not a single country,… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Statistics Resources and Big Data on the Internet 2013
Via LLRX.com – Statistics Resources and Big Data on the Internet 2013: Marcus P. Zillman has updated his best practices bibliography of sites and reliable sources focused on the hot topic of statistics and big data. These sources are representative of multiple publishers, national and global – government, academia, NGOs, and industry, many of which… Continue Reading
Report – Why are Recent College Graduates Underemployed?
Why are Recent College Graduates Underemployed? University Enrollments and Labor Market Realities, By Richard Vedder, Christopher Denhart, and Jonathan Robe | January 2013. Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP) “Political leaders, prominent foundations, and college presidents have argued that the nation must increase the proportion of adults with college degrees in order for America… Continue Reading
EIA – Iran holds the world's fourth-largest proven oil reserves and the world's second-largest natural gas reserves
Iran Country Report: “Iran, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ranks among the world’s top four holders of both proven oil and natural gas reserves. In 2012, Iran saw unprecedented drops in its oil exports as sanctions by the United States (U.S.) and European Union (EU) were tightened, targeting Iranian… Continue Reading
Report – 100 Years of Broken-Record Opposition to the Minimum Wage
Consider the Source – 100 Years of Broken-Record Opposition to the Minimum Wage. National Employment Law Project / Cry Wolf Project March 2013 “In her Congressional testimony from 1959, Eleanor Roosevelt noted the repetitive quality of objections raised by minimum wage opponents over the previous five decades. More than 50 years later, it appears that… Continue Reading
Urban Institute: Unemployment from a Child's Perspective
Unemployment from a Child’s Perspective, Julia Isaacs, March 25, 2013 “This issue brief examines unemployment from a child’s perspective, reporting that 6.2 million children lived in families with unemployed parents in 2012. Many of these children live with parents who have been out of work six month or longer. Unemployment insurance covers only 36 percent… Continue Reading
Paper – Understanding Why Users Tag
Understanding Why Users Tag: A Survey of Tagging Motivation Literature and Results from an Empirical Study, Markus Strohmaier, Christian Körner, Roman Kern. Journal of Web Semantics, preprint server. “While recent progress has been achieved in understanding the structure and dynamics of social tagging systems, we know little about the underlying user motivations for tagging, and… Continue Reading
