Day archives: July 5th, 2010

Key findings of IPCC on regional climate – change impacts found to be robust

The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) is the national institute for strategic policy analysis in the field of environment, nature and spatial planning: “PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency found no errors that would undermine the main conclusions in the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on possible future regional impacts of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Report: China and India nullify global reduction in CO2 emissions

News release: “Despite the continued economic crisis, global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, have remained constant in 2009, as strong increases in CO2 emissions from fast-growing developing countries, such as China and India, have completely nullified CO2 emission reductions in the industrialised world. This according to calculations in the report No growth …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

2010 Federal Community Social Media Study

“This study captured online survey responses from 321 Federal Defense and Civilian Agency personnel and 167 Government Contractors, as well as five in-depth interviews with government contractor senior executives. Secondary research into social media trends and federal government social media policies was also incorporated into the overall study. This research serves as an excellent benchmark …

Subjects: E-Government

2010 Open Government Research Report

News release: “On December 8, 2009, the White House issued the Open Government Directive, requiring federal agencies, “to take immediate, specific steps to achieve key milestones in transparency, participation, and collaboration.” However, according to the 2010 Open Government Research Report, a Harris Interactive® study commissioned by RightNow, nearly 60 percent of constituents don’t think the …

Subjects: E-Government

Internet Archive's Launches Digital Lending Library

“Checking out digital versions of books that are automatically returned after two weeks is as easy as logging onto the Internet Archive’s Open Library site, announced digital librarian and Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle. By integrating this new service, more than seventy thousand current books – best sellers and popular titles – are borrowable by …

Subjects: Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2009

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2009, Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2010: “The National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, the incidence of benefits, and detailed benefit provisions. This bulletin presents estimates of occupational pay for the Nation. These national estimates originate from the NCS …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Plan New Critical Info Infrastructure

Polishing Technology’s Golden Triangle: “Each side of the Golden Triangle represents one of three areas of research that together are transforming the technology landscape today: information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. Information technology (IT) encompasses all technologies used to create, exchange, store, mine, analyze, and evaluate data in its multiple forms. Biotechnology uses the basic components …

Subjects: E-Government, Knowledge Management

America Speaks Out -Yet Another E-Gov Site Reaches out for Comments and Collaboration

America Speaks Out: “This site was developed as part of an official effort to increase the dialogue between Americans and their Congress. Here, Americans are provided a new platform to share their priorities and ideas for a national policy agenda. As House Republicans, we are committed to our principles of limited, more accountable government; economic …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Free Speech

The Decline: The Geography of a Recession

LaToya Egwuekwe: “In the face of the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression, millions of Americans are hurting. The Decline: The Geography of a Recession is a vivid representation of just how much. It’s an interactive map I created as a graduate student at American University, Washington, D.C. Watch the deteriorating transformation of the …

Subjects: Government Documents