Home Broadband 2013 by Kathryn Zickuhr, Aaron Smith. August 26, 2013 “Some 70% of American adults ages 18 and older have a high-speed broadband connection at home as of May 2013, according to a nationally representative survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. The survey also found that 3% of American… Continue Reading
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IRS IG – Desktop and Laptop Software License Management Is Not Being Adequately Performed
Desktop and Laptop Software License Management Is Not Being Adequately Performed, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, June 25, 2013. Reference Number: 2013-20-025. “The IRS is not adequately performing software license management and is not adhering to Federal requirements and recommended industry best practices. The IRS does not have enterprisewide or local policies, procedures, and… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Army and Marine Corps Training, Army Networks, IP, Medicare Program Integrity
Army and Marine Corps Training- Better Performance and Cost Data Needed to More Fully Assess Simulation-Based Efforts, GAO-13-698, Aug 22, 2013 Army Networks – Opportunities Exist to Better Utilize Results from Network Integration Evaluations, GAO-13-711, Aug 22, 2013 Intellectual Property – Assessing Factors That Affect Patent Infringement Litigation Could Help Improve Patent Quality, GAO-13-465, Aug… Continue Reading
New Infographic: Good News in Fair Use for Libraries
“A new infographic released today tells the story of library fair use and the Code of Best Practices in a clear and compelling way. There’s an embeddable PNG for your own blogs, and there’s also a print-ready 8.5” x 11” version in case you need hardcopies to hand out at events.” Continue Reading
If We Share Data, Will Anyone Use Them?
Wallis JC, Rolando E, Borgman CL (2013) If We Share Data, Will Anyone Use Them? Data Sharing and Reuse in the Long Tail of Science and Technology. PLoS ONE 8(7): e67332. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067332 “Research on practices to share and reuse data will inform the design of infrastructure to support data collection, management, and discovery in the… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – A User Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty
Via LLRX.com – A User Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty: Jonathan Band provides a comprehensive guide to the recent international adoption of the “Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled.” The Treaty is intended to promote the making and distribution of copies of… Continue Reading
Historic Treaty Adopted, Boosts Access to Books for Visually Impaired Persons Worldwide
News release: “International negotiators meeting under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted [on June 27, 2013] a landmark new treaty that boosts access to books for the benefit of hundreds of millions of people who are blind, visually impaired and print-disabled. The treaty, approved after more than a week of intense… Continue Reading
2013 University of California Open Access Policy
News release: “The Academic Senate of the University of California has passed an Open Access Policy, ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC will be made available to the public at no charge. “The Academic Council’s adoption of this policy on July 24, 2013, came after a six-year… Continue Reading
Report – MIT and the Prosecution of Aaron Swartz
Follow up to previous postings on Aaron Swartz, see this Report to the President: – “MIT and the Prosecution of Aaron Swartz: “In January 2013, MIT President L. Rafael Reif asked Professor Hal Abelson to lead a thorough analysis of MIT’s involvement in the Aaron Swartz matter, from the time that MIT first perceived unusual… Continue Reading
Social Mobilization and the Networked Public Sphere: Mapping the SOPA-PIPA Debate
“The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to announce the release of a new publication from the Media Cloud project, Social Mobilization and the Networked Public Sphere: Mapping the SOPA-PIPA Debate, authored by Yochai Benkler, Hal Roberts, Rob Faris, Alicia Solow-Niederman, and Bruce Etling. In this paper, we use a new set of… Continue Reading
Economic Impact of Cybercrime and Cyber Espionage
Center for Strategic and International Studies July 2013: “The wide range of existing estimates of the annual loss—from a few billion dollars to hundreds of billions—reflects several difficulties. Companies conceal their losses and some are not aware of what has been taken. Intellectual property is hard to value. Some estimates relied on surveys, which provide very imprecise results unless… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Elder Justice, Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, Financial and Performance Management, Counterfeit and Pirated Goods in U.S. Economy
Elder Justice More Federal Coordination and Public Awareness Needed, GAO-13-498, Jul 10, 2013 Federal Employees’ Compensation Act Analysis of Benefits Under Proposed Program Changes, GAO-13-730T, Jul 10, 2013 Financial and Performance Management More Reliable and Complete Information Needed to Address Federal Management and Fiscal Challenges, GAO-13-752T, Jul 10, 2013 Medicare Outpatient Therapy Implementation of the… Continue Reading
