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Daily Archives: July 16, 2015

Major repository networks agree to collaborate on data exchange, technological development, and metadata

Via COAR: “On July 9 and 10, three major regional open access repository networks and aggregators (OpenAire, LA Referencia, and SHARE), along with the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and Center for Open Science (COS) met in Charlottesville, Virginia to discuss synergies and potential areas of collaboration. Open access repositories are being adopted around the world to support and promote open science, a trend which maximizes our investments in research by making research outputs freely available to the world. Many of these repositories are connected via regional aggregators, which form sustainable, distributed repository networks that provide access to and preservation of the valuable content created through research and scholarship. However, research is international, with researchers collaborating across regions and continents to solve the world’s most critical problems such as climate change, health, economics, and so on.  The aim of this meeting was to ensure that regional repository networks are complementary, more integrated, and working together to create a seamless global network.”

New visualization maps almost all jobs in America

Washington Post: “Among all the things that distinguish American cities from one another — their architecture, their demographics, their history and their terrain — their economies vary widely, too. Washington is, of course, a city of government work. Charlotte is a banking hub, Manhattan a financial center, Boston an education mecca. Metropolitan Cleveland remains relatively industrial, while Las Vegas runs… Continue Reading

GAO Reports – DOD Business Systems Modernization, Insider Threats, Patient Protection, Senate Public Records, Space Launch System

DOD Business Systems Modernization: Additional Action Needed to Achieve Intended Outcomes, GAO-15-627: Published: Jul 16, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 2015. Insider Threats: DOD Should Improve Information Sharing and Oversight to Protect U.S. Installations, GAO-15-543: Published: Jul 16, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 2015. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Observations on 18 Undercover Tests… Continue Reading

Is There a Judicial Remedy for Victims of Federal Data Breaches?

CRS Legal Sidebar – Is There a Judicial Remedy for Victims of Federal Data Breaches? “The scope of information believed to have been compromised by a series of cyber-intrusions at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) continues to grow. OPM recently announced that further investigation of the initial breach affecting 4.2 million current and former… Continue Reading

CRS Report – Women in Combat, Issues for Congress

Women in Combat: Issues for Congress, Kristy N. Kamarck, Analyst in Military Manpower. July 14, 2015. “Over the past two decades of conflict, women have served with valor and continue to serve on combat aircraft, naval vessels, and in support of ground combat operations. The expansion of roles for women in the armed forces has… Continue Reading

CRS Report, The Dark Web

Dark Web, Kristin Finklea, Specialist in Domestic Security. July 7, 2015: “The layers of the Internet go far beyond the surface content that many can easily access in their daily searches. The other content is that of the Deep Web , content that has not been indexed by traditional search engines such as Google. The… Continue Reading

Representation Makes Fourteen-Fold Difference in Outcome

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “Results in “women with children” cases before the Immigration Court continue to show that the single most important factor determining outcome is whether or not these individuals are represented in their court proceedings.  For the 14,269 cases concluded as of the end of June 2015, the odds of being allowed to… Continue Reading

Limit Your Google Search to Official US State Web Sites

Via ResearchBuzz who created this very useful app – “So I made a list of the fifty states, with these three domain types for each state, and dumped it into a custom Google search engine that’s available at http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=017167864583314760984:iecnygefhky. Put in any keywords you want and your search results will be restricted to official state… Continue Reading