Day archives: May 1st, 2011

The Am Law 100 2011

The Am Law 100 2011 – American Lawyer.com: “After watching profits per partner sink 4.3 percent in 2008 and revive only 0.3 percent in 2009, Am Law 100 firms finally posted a healthy increase–8.4 percent–in 2010. But much of that gain is attributable to firms’ aggressive cost-control measures, especially in the area of headcount, which …

Subjects: Marketing

Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements

Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements: M-1l-20 – Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies from Jacob Lew, director of the Office of Management and Budget, April 28, 2011 “Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements: “On December 9,2010, President Obama signed into law the Telework Enhancement Act of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Legislation

Study: U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2010

U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2010 – April 2011, Zeth Lietzau, Jamie Helgren. This study was funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) by the Colorado State Library, Colorado Department of Education. “It’s well known that technology is changing at an increasingly rapid pace and that many public libraries …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Marketing

DC Circuit overturns preliminary injunction barring NIH funding of human embryonic stem cells research

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, James Sherley v. Kathleen Sebelius, April 29, 2011: “GINSBURG, Circuit Judge – Two scientists brought this suit to enjoin the National Institutes of Health from funding research using human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) pursuant to the NIH’s 2009 Guidelines. The district court granted their motion for a …

Subjects: Courts, Legal Research

DOJ OIG: FBI's Ability to Address the National Security Cyber Intrusion Threat

DOJ OIG: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Ability to Address the National Security Cyber Intrusion Threat (Redacted Version), Audit Report 11-22, April 2011 “…Despite these efforts, the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) needs to continue to improve its capabilities to combat cyber attacks.”

Subjects: Cybercrime, ID Theft, Knowledge Management, PC Security

Paper: Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy

Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy, Jerry Brito & Tate Watkins, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Apr 26, 2011. “Over the past two years there has been a steady drumbeat of alarmist rhetoric coming out of Washington about potential catastrophic cyber threats. For example, at a Senate Armed …

Subjects: Cybercrime

Study: Rural Broadband Subsidy Program Wastes Funds in Areas Already Served by Broadband

“A new economic analysis of federal government broadband stimulus projects awarded by the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) concludes that the program’s funding of duplicative broadband networks has resulted in an extremely high cost to reach a small number of unserved households. The study, Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of RUS Broadband Subsidies: Three Case …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

Investigation: Potentially 10 Million Credit Cards Exposed in Sony PlayStation Security Breach

EPIC: “Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder asking that the Department of Justice open an investigation into the Sony PlayStation security breach. Sony recently informed PlayStation Network customers that an “unauthorized user” had obtained the personal and financial information of 70 million gamers, including minors. Blumenthal wrote that whomever hacked into …

Subjects: Cybercrime, ID Theft