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Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders — Disposition of Comments Report, October 6, 2011. HHS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. “This is an extremely detailed report that, to a large extent, summarizes well the state of the science with respect to what is known about the efficacy of therapies for …
“The Air Traffic Activity Data System (ATADS) contains the official NAS air traffic operations data available for public release. On the 20th of each month, data for the previous month is made available. The first year of data available is FY 1990.” Airport Operations │ Tower Operations │ TRACON Operations │ Total Terminal Operations │ …
Screening for Prostate Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement DRAFT Summary of Recommendation and Evidence, October 2011 “The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer. This is a grade D recommendation. This recommendation applies to men in the U.S. population that do not have symptoms …
Citizen Media Law Project – A Citizen’s Guide to Reporting on #OccupyWallStreet: “We at the Citizen Media Law Project have taken great interest in the ongoing “Occupy Wall Street” protest in New York. Much of what we know about the protest has come from independent reporters and citizen journalists covering the story from the ground. …
Identification of Methane Emissions in an Urban Setting – E. Crosson, N. Phillips, L. Hutyra, J. Turnbull, C. Sweeney, R. Ackley and S. Tan See also Global Monitoring Annual Conference 2011, Program and Abstracts, Boulder, Colorado May 17th – 18th. Hosted by: NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Division Fueling Global Warming, Not Homes …
UK Telegraph: “Research published [October 7, 2011] suggests that many people with private pensions will be as much as 30 per cent worse off compared with those with similar savings who finished work in 2008, because of a combination of tumbling stock markets and interest rates at a record low. PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accountants, said those …
Executive Order — Structural Reforms to Improve the Security of Classified Networks and the Responsible Sharing and Safeguarding of Classified Information, October 07, 2011 “This order directs structural reforms to ensure responsible sharing and safeguarding of classified information on computer networks that shall be consistent with appropriate protections for privacy and civil liberties. Agencies bear …
News release: “NASA has awarded the largest prize in aviation history, created to inspire the development of more fuel-efficient aircraft and spark the start of a new electric airplane industry. The technologies demonstrated by the CAFE Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, competitors may end up in general aviation aircraft, spawning new jobs and new …
The Economist: “The beauty of Twitter, the popular microblogging service, is that users have to keep it short: messages can only be 140 characters long. But companies that mine the stream of tweets for marketing and other purposes (see article in this week’s issue of The Economist) get much more information. [Here is a map] …
Six Provocations for Big Data, Danah Boyd and Kate Crawford “The era of Big Data has begun. Computer scientists, physicists, economists, mathematicians, political scientists, bio-informaticists, sociologists, and many others are clamoring for access to the massive quantities of information produced by and about people, things, and their interactions. Diverse groups argue about the potential benefits …
Danger Room: “A computer virus has infected the cockpits of Americas Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the militarys Host-Based Security System, has not prevented pilots at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada from …
Data Mining: DHS Needs to Improve Executive Oversight of Systems Supporting Counterterrorism, GAO-11-742, Sep 7, 2011 National Cord Blood Inventory: Practices for Increasing Availability for Transplants and Related Challenges, GAO-12-23, Oct 7, 2011 On-the-Job Training: Federal Highway Administration Needs to Strengthen Program Assessment, GAO-11-703, Sep 7, 2011 Tax Administration: IRS’s Information Exchanges with Other Countries …
