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Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues – Alison M. Smith, Legislative Attorney, May 9, 2012 “The recognition of same-sex marriages generates debate on both the federal and state levels. Either legislatively or judicially, same-sex marriage is legal in seven states. Other states allow civil unions or domestic partnerships, which grant all or part of state-level rights, benefits, …
“This report offers a quick environmental scan of the repository landscape and then focuses on disciplinary repositories–those subject-based, often researcher-initiated loci for research information. Written by Senior Program Officer Ricky Erway, Lasting Impact: Sustainability of Disciplinary Repositories is intended to help librarians support researchers in accessing and disseminating research information. The report includes profiles of …
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Privacy Stewardship, OIG-12-78, April 2012 “CBP has made limited progress toward instilling a culture of privacy that protects sensitive personally identifiable information. This is in part because it has not established a strong organizational approach to address privacy issues across the component. To strengthen its organizational approach to privacy, CBP …
Mobile, Social Networking Three-quarters of smartphone owners use location-based services, by Kathryn Zickuhr, May 11, 2012 “A new report finds that 74% of smartphone owners use their phone to get real-time location-based information, and 18% use a geosocial service to check in to certain locations or share their location with friends. Over the past year, …
Defense Management – Actions Needed to Evaluate the Impact of Efforts to Estimate Costs of Reports and Studies, GAO-12-480R, May 10, 2012 Homelessness – Fragmentation and Overlap in Programs Highlight the Need to Identify, Assess, and Reduce Inefficiencies, GAO-12-491, May 10, 2012 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute – Review of the Audit of the Financial Statements …
