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“European Justice Minister Vivian Reding said today that Google’s March 1 changes to its terms of service violate European Union law “in numerous respects.” Commissioner Reding pointed to the failure of the company to obtain user consent, the lack of transparency, and the fact that most users do not read privacy policies. European privacy officials …
Department of Homeland Security – Continued Progress Made Improving and Integrating Management Areas, but More Work Remains, GAO-12-365T, Mar 1, 2012 Drug Pricing – Research on Savings from Generic Drug Use, GAO-12-371R, Jan 31, 2012 Endangered Sea Turtles – Better Coordination, Data Collection, and Planning Could Improve Federal Protection and Recovery Efforts, GAO-12-242, Jan 31, …
News release: “In 2011, annual average unemployment rates declined in 48 states and rose in 2 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment-population ratios decreased in 24 states and the District of Columbia, increased in 19 states, and were unchanged in 7 states. The U.S. jobless rate …
Misinformation and Fact-checking: Research Findings from Social Science, by Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler, February 2012 “Citizens and journalists are concerned about the prevalence of misinformation in contemporary politics, which may pollute democratic discourse and undermine citizens ability to cast informed votes and participate meaningfully in public debate. Academic research in this area paints a …
IMF – Labor Market Flexibility and Unemployment: New Empirical Evidence of Static and Dynamic Effects, Lorenzo E. Bernal-Verdugo, Davide Furceri, and Dominique Guillaume March 01, 2012 “The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between labor market flexibility and unemployment outcomes. Using a panel of 97 countries from 1985 to 2008, the results …
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports – Collected by: Stanford University, Social Sciences Resource Group – Archived since: Jun, 2008 “Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a “think tank” that provides research reports to members of Congress on a variety of topics relevant to current political events. However, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) does not provide direct …
Pew – Global Digital Communication: Texting, Social Networking Popular Worldwide “Cell phones are owned by overwhelmingly large majorities of people in most major countries around the world, and they are used for much more than just phone calls. In particular, text messaging is a global phenomenon across the 21 countries surveyed, a median of …
Petroleum Supply Monthly – With Data for December 2011 | Release Date: February 29, 2012 – “Supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products on a national and regional level. The data series describe production, imports and exports, movements and inventories. PDF and CSV files and Petroleum Data Tables included in this release.” Use …
“Use the DOE Data Explorer (DDE) to find scientific research data – such as computer simulations, numeric data files, figures and plots, interactive maps, multimedia, and scientific images – generated in the course of DOE-sponsored research in various science disciplines. The DOE Data Explorer provides access both to collections and to individual datasets that have …
NASA Cybersecurity: An Examination of the Agencys Information Security – Testimony before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 29, 2012 – Statement of Paul K. Martin, NASA Inspector General: “My testimony today highlights five issues that we believe, based on our extensive audit and investigative work, constitute …
