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Daily Archives: September 26, 2014

Information Sharing Environment: Annual Report to Congress – 2014

“This report is submitted by the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE) on behalf of the President, as required by Section 1016 (h) (2) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004, as amended. Accompanying, but distinct from this report, are substantial performance data and links to best practices, lessons learned, frameworks, and initiatives that are increasingly being packaged as reusable tools and accessed broadly via the Information Sharing Environment’s Web site: www.ise.govIn past years this material was directly integrated into this report. Accomplishments, opportunities, and the way forward described in this report are based on this qualitative and quantitative performance data, as reported to the Office of the Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment by various agencies; on performance trends year-by-year; and on the evolution of priority threats as they have been identified, and changes in our operating environment. Readers of this report are encouraged to dig deeper into specific topics of interest via our Web site.”

“Our national security and public safety rely upon responsible information sharing between federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, private sector entities, and international partners. Collaboration between all of these stakeholders is essential in order to create an enduring Information Sharing Environment (ISE) in which information is managed as a national asset, sharing and safeguarding are effectively integrated, and information sharing informs the decisions made to ensure the security of the nation and the safety of the American people. In order to progress we must strengthen and mature our management processes to better align disparate and independent efforts, within a strong foundation of protection for privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.”

The Art and Science of Data-driven Journalism

Alexander Benjamin Howard – Columbia Journalism School | TOW CENTER FOR DIGITAL JOURNALISM “Journalists have been using data in their stories for as long as the profession has existed. A revolution in computing in the 20th century created opportunities for data integration into investigations, as journalists began to bring technology into their work. In the… Continue Reading

The FRBNY DSGE Model Forecast

Matthew Cocci, Marco Del Negro, Stefano Eusepi, Marc Giannoni, and Sara Shahanaghi – Fifth in a five-part series “This series examines the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (FRBNY DSGE) model—a structural model used by Bank researchers to understand the workings of the U.S. economy and provide economic forecasts.The U.S. economy has been in… Continue Reading

U.S. Creates Largest Protected Area in the World, 3X Larger Than California

Brian Clark Howard, National Geographic – “The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will create the largest marine reserve in the world by expanding an existing monument around U.S.-controlled islands and atolls in the central Pacific. The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument will now be nearly 490,000 square miles, about three times the size of California and six times… Continue Reading

Minimum efficiency standards for electric motors will soon increase

“Nearly half of the electricity consumed in the manufacturing sector is used for powering motors, such as for fans, pumps, conveyors, and compressors. About two thirds of this machine-drive consumption occurs in the bulk chemicals, food, petroleum and coal products, primary metals, and paper industries. For more than three decades the efficiency of new motors has been regulated by… Continue Reading

New GAO Reports – Freight Transportation, Managing for Results, U.S. Currency

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION: Developing National Strategy Would Benefit from Added Focus on Community Congestion Impacts, GAO-14-740: Published: Sep 19, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 26, 2014. MANAGING FOR RESULTS: Agencies’ Trends in the Use of Performance Information to Make Decisions – GAO-14-747: Published: Sep 26, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 26, 2014 U.S. CURRENCY: Reader Program Should Be Evaluated While Other Accessibility Features for Visually Impaired… Continue Reading

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

“The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.” Locate a Collection Site Near You For use by the general public to locate a collection site by Zip Code or County/City/State. Law… Continue Reading

Congress.gov: Removing the Beta Label and New Enhancements

Via Emily Carr – Andrew Weber‘s news: The Library of Congress launched Congress.gov in beta two years ago.  Today, I’m happy to announce we officially removed the beta label. That’s roughly three years quicker than Gmail took to remove its beta label, but we won’t give you the option of putting it back on Congress.gov.  URLs that… Continue Reading

SACOG Information Center has a new website

Via Tina Glover – Sacramento Area Council of Governments – “The SACOG Info Center is pleased to announce that it has developed a new Information Resources Center website located at here. This new site organizes multiple SACOG data products and information services including:  Data Library – under the Demographics & Other Data tab are static data summaries downloadable in Excel… Continue Reading