Day archives: September 28th, 2011

New GAO Reports: Defense Acquisition Workforce, Contingency Contracting, Veterans Health Care

Defense Acquisition Workforce – Better Identification, Development, and Oversight Needed for Personnel Involved in Acquiring Services, GAO-11-892, September 28, 2011 Contingency Contracting – Improved Planning and Management Oversight Needed to Address Challenges with Closing Contracts, GAO-11-891, September 28, 2011 Veterans Health Care, Monitoring Is Needed to Determine the Accuracy of Veteran Copayment Charges, GAO-11-795, September …

Subjects: Government Documents

EPIC: Bankrupt Borders Sells Customer Data to Barnes & Noble

News release: “A bankruptcy court in New York has approved the sale of customer information, including email addresses, phone numbers, mailing addresses, and birth dates, from Borders to Barnes & Noble, following an earlier determination that the transfer violated Border’s privacy policy. The judge has now required that former Borders customers receive an email notification …

Subjects: Privacy

ACLU: How Long Is Your Cell Phone Company Hanging On To Your Data?

News release: “What do you think about when choosing a cell phone provider? Their prices? Their coverage area? Whether they have spiffy, high-tech phones? Whether their phones work overseas or in the subway? What about how long they retain information about you and under what circumstances they turn it over to law enforcement? All of …

Subjects: Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

DHS IG Reports on Challenges for Coast Guard Information Technology Management

Coast Guard Has Taken Steps To Strengthen Information Technology Management, but Challenges Remain, OIG-11-108, September 2011. “…the Coast Guard could improve information technology management in a number of areas. Specifically, Coast Guard systems and infrastructure do not fully meet mission needs. For example, Coast Guard field personnel do not have sufficient network availability, and the …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

US News: Statistics About the Jobs Market

“Next week, the Labor Department will release its much-anticipated monthly jobs report. Last month, the economy added exactly zero jobs overall, and 14 million Americans still remain unemployed. Economists expect September’s numbers to be a slight improvement, but not enough to make a noticeable dent in the unemployment rate. In the meantime, here are 15 …

Subjects: Government Documents

The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls

“The Israel Museum welcomes you to the Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project, allowing users to examine and explore these most ancient manuscripts from Second Temple times at a level of detail never before possible. Developed in partnership with Google, the new website gives users access to searchable, fast-loading, high-resolution images of the scrolls, as well …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

BIS – Global imbalances: current accounts and financial flows

Global imbalances: current accounts and financial flows, Stephen G. Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of the Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlement – Remarks made 27 September 2011 “Central bankers must maintain monetary stability, at the same time as they work to reduce boom-bust cycles. Fiscal policies must be put on sustainable trajectories …

Subjects: Government Documents

European Banking Authority Publishes Guidelines on Internal Governance

News release: “The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published today its Guidelines on Internal Governance aiming at enhancing and consolidating supervisory expectations and to ultimately improving the sound implementation of internal governance arrangements. Effective internal governance is fundamental if individual institutions and the banking system as a whole are to operate well. Article 22 of …

Subjects: Government Documents

Networks, Hiring, and Inter-Organizational Mobility: Evidence from Law Firm Dissolutions

Networks, Hiring, and Inter-Organizational Mobility: Evidence from Law Firm Dissolutions, Christopher I. Rider, Emory University – Goizueta Business School. Posted July 8, 2011 “Social networks are widely believed to facilitate the matching of individual job candidates and employing organizations. Causal effects of various network contacts on hiring and attainment are unclear, though, because networks probably …

Subjects: Marketing

Pew: How people learn about their local community

How people learn about their local community: “Contrary to much of the conventional understanding of how people learn about their communities, Americans turn to a wide range of platforms to get local news and information, and where they turn varies considerably depending on the subject matter and their age, according to a survey by the …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

Representatives Barton, Markey Urge FTC To Investigate Use Of Supercookies

News release: “Representatives Joe Barton (R-Texas) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Co-Chairmen of the House Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking the agency to investigate so-called supercookies, files that can be installed on computers without a user’s knowledge. Supercookies allow websites to collect detailed personal data about users, …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketing, Privacy

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