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Via LLRX.com – Basic Search Set-up in “Out of the Box” SharePoint: IT Librarian and SharePoint expert Lorette Weldon provides guidance on requisite questions for staff and other users to ask for content in Microsoft SharePoint out of the box (OOTB). The research requires you to ask the four “W”‘s: What; Who; Where; When. What …
Long-Term Implications of the 2011 Future Years Defense Program “In most years, the Department of Defense (DoD) provides a five- or six-year plan, called the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), associated with the budget that it submits to the Congress. Because decisions made in the near term can have consequences for the defense budget well …
10 Conservative Principles for Cybersecurity Policy, by Paul Rosenzweig, George Washington University School of Law; Posted FEbruary 10, 2011 “In the age of the Internet, which now determines daily life for Americans, many threats to the U.S. now exist in the cyber domain. Cybersecurity is a near constant theme in Washington, as well as for …
Legatum Prosperity Index Report – Methodology, Data, Findings, and Country Profiles. “The Prosperity Index assesses 110 countries, accounting for over 90 percent of the worlds population, and is based on 89 different variables, each of which has a demonstrated effect on economic growth or on personal wellbeing. The Index consists of eight sub-indexes, each of …
Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin, At the 2011 Midwinter Housing Finance, Conference, Park City, Utah, February 11, 2011 – Putting the Low Road Behind Us “A better business model–one that might attract more entrants and increase competition–would more closely tie expenses with compensation and reduce many of the principal-agent problems that currently exist. Rather than rolling …
Extended Mass Layoffs – Fourth Quarter 2010 – Annual Totals 2010 “In the fourth quarter 2010, 1,910 extended mass layoff events resulted in 295,571 separations, both down from fourth quarter 2009. Sixty percent of employers expected to recall some laid-off workers, the highest fourth quarter percentage since 2005. Permanent worksite closures accounted for 6 percent …
Labor market moving in two directions at the same time, Heidi Shierholz, February 4, 2011 “This months Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows the labor market moving in two directions at the same time, with employers reporting disappointing payroll job growth of only 36,000, but households reporting large employment gains (after removing the effect of …
“The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the launch of a beta Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) website, ConsumerFinance.gov, a critical link to the American public for soliciting ideas on the bureaus creation and priorities and for answering questions on its work. We have the opportunity to create a brand new consumer agency from the …
WSJ: Looking like a massive computer chip or the disc of the sun rising up from the Mediterranean coast, the hypermodern successor to the ancient library of Alexandria stands out as a beacon of hope, efficiency and enlightenment among the crumbling buildings of Egypt’s second-largest city…In less than 10 years of operation, the library has …
