Monthly archives: September, 2012

New GAO Reports – DHS Investment Management, Medicare Private Health Plans, Military Readiness, Driver's License Security, Auditing and Financial Management

Homeland Security – DHS Requires More Disciplined Investment Management to Help Meet Mission Needs, GAO-12-1029T, Sep 21, 2012 Medicare Private Health Plans – Selected Current Issues, GAO-12-1045T, Sep 21, 2012 Military Readiness – Navy Needs to Assess Risks to Its Strategy to Improve Ship Readiness, GAO-12-887, Sep 21, 2012 Driver’s License Security – Federal Leadership …

Subjects: Government Documents

Study – History, As Recorded on Twitter, Is Vanishing From The Web

Technology Review: “Almost 30 per cent of recorded history, shared over social media such as Twitter, has disappeared, according to a new study of the Egyptian uprising and other significant events.” Ref: arxiv.org/abs/1209.3026: How Many Resources Shared on Social Media Have Been Lost?

Subjects: Blogs, Internet, Knowledge Management

Google Keywords and search queries using metatags

Google News blog: “…today were excited to announce a news_keywords metatag. The goal is simple: empower news writers to express their stories freely while helping Google News to properly understand and classify that content so that its discoverable by our wide audience of users. Similar in spirit to the plain keywords metatag, the news_keywords metatag …

Subjects: Search Engines

August global temperatures are fourth highest on record; Arctic sea ice extent shrinks to record low

“According to NOAA’s NCDC, the combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for August was the fourth highest on record for August at 61.22°F (16.22°C), or 1.12°F (0.62°C), above the 20th century average. On August 26, Arctic sea ice dipped below the record smallest daily extent, previously set on Sept. 18, 2007.”

Subjects: Government Documents

Pew – The Future is Yesterday: Public Relations in the Networked Era

The Future is Yesterday: Public Relations in the Networked Era by Lee Rainie, Sep 20, 2012, at Public Relations Society “Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet Project, described the new media ecology and how networked individuals get, share and create information. This new environment has disrupted the old models of public relations and requires …

Subjects: Marketing

New GAO Reports – Critical Infrastructure Protection, Prepositioned Materiel and Equipment, Coast Gaurd

Critical Infrastructure Protection – Summary of DHS Actions to Better Manage Its Chemical Security Program, GAO-12-1044T, Sep 20, 2012 Prepositioned Materiel and Equipment – DOD Would Benefit from Developing Strategic Guidance and Improving Joint Oversight, GAO-12-916R, Sep 20, 2012 Department of Homeland Security – Continued Progress Made Improving and Integrating Management Areas, but More Work …

Subjects: Government Documents

CRS – Poverty in the United States: 2011

Poverty in the United States: 2011. Thomas Gabe, Specialist in Social Policy. September 13, 2012 “In 2011, 46.2 million people were counted as poor in the United States, the same number as in 2010 and the largest number of persons counted as poor in the measures 53-year recorded history. The poverty rate, or percent of …

Subjects: Government Documents

Wired: The New MakerBot Replicator Might Just Change Your World

Chris Anderson: “The BotCave is home to MakerBot, a company that for nearly four years has been bringing affordable 3-D printers to the masses. But nothing MakerBot has ever built looks like the new printer these workers are currently constructing. The Replicator 2 isnt a kit; it doesnt require a weekend of wrestling with software …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

International Competitiveness: Who Competes Against Whom and for What?

International Competitiveness: Who Competes Against Whom and for What? – Eric Toder, The Urban Institute, September 19, 2012 “Political leaders and commentators frequently claim that the policies they favor will make the United States more competitive, without defining what competitiveness between countries means. This paper defines competitiveness as a contest between nations for scarce and …

Subjects: Government Documents

Census Bureau Releases 2011 American Community Survey Estimates

“The U.S. Census Bureau released findings from the 2011 American Community Survey. The survey provides a wide range of important statistics about our nation’s people, housing and economy for all communities in the country. The results are used by everyone from retailers, homebuilders and police departments, to town and city planners. The survey is the …

Subjects: Government Documents

FHFA's Oversight of the Enterprises' Management of High-Risk Seller/Servicers

OIG – FHFA’s Oversight of the Enterprises’ Management of High-Risk Seller/Servicers (AUD-2012-007) – 09/18/2012 “FHFAs 2012 draft examination manual provides guidance to Agency examiners concerning how to review contingency plans. FHFA has been field testing the draft manual and expecting that the Enterprises will develop contingency plans after learning that the Agency instructs its examiners …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports – Military Disability System, Medicare, DHS, Worker and Family Assistance, Suspension and Debarment

Military Disability System – Improved Monitoring Needed to Better Track and Manage Performance, GAO-12-676, Aug 28, 2012 Medicare Special Needs Plans – CMS Should Improve Information Available about Dual-Eligible Plans’ Performance, GAO-12-864, Sep 13, 2012 Homeland Security – DHS Requires More Disciplined Investment Management to Help Meet Mission Needs, GAO-12-833, Sep 18, 2012 Next Generation …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

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