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Building a Collaborative Digital Collection, a Necessary Evolution in Libraries, Michelle M. Wu, Georgetown University Law Center, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 11-47, Law Library Journal, Forthcoming “Law libraries are losing ground in the effort to preserve information in the digital age. In part, this is due declining budgets, user needs, and a caution …
Via Pogo’s Nick Schwellenbach, see the “..Project On Government Oversight’s (POGO) new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revolving door database. It is based on post-government employment statements that former SEC employees are required to file 2 years after they leave the SEC if they plan on representing clients before the Commission. Right now, the database …
“The Economic Complexity Observatory is a multidisciplinary effort between the Macro Connections group at the MIT Media Lab and the Center for International Development at Harvard University. The goal of the observatory is to develop new tools that can help visualize and make sense of large volumes of data that are relevant for macroeconomic development …
The Social Life of Health Information, 2011 – by Susannah Fox, May 12, 2011 “The internet has changed peoples relationships with information. Our data consistently show that doctors, nurses, and other health professionals continue to be the first choice for most people with health concerns, but online resources, including advice from peers, are a significant …
Fuhrmann, Matthew, Splitting Atoms: Why Do Countries Build Nuclear Power Plants? (May 4, 2011). “Why do countries build nuclear power plants? This article develops a series of arguments for national reliance on nuclear power relating to economic development, energy security, nuclear proliferation, the supply side, norms, and nuclear accidents. Statistical tests of these arguments using …
Jonathan Rosenthal in the Economist: “The near collapse of the worlds banking system two-and-a-half years ago has prompted a fundamental reassessment of the industry. Perhaps the biggest casualty of the crisis has been the idea that financial markets are inherently self-correcting and best left to their own devices. After decades of deregulation in most rich …
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2010 Data Mining Report For the Period January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 [via FAS, May 10, 2011] “The ODNI did not engage in any activities to use or develop data mining functionality in the reporting period.”
“The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released the Quarterly Household Debt and Credit Report for the first quarter of 2011 today, which showed signs of healing in the consumer credit markets. Evidence of improvement includes: an increase in credit limits, by about $30 billion or 1%, for the first time since the third quarter …
