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Hoofnagle, Chris Jay, Urban, Jennifer M. and Li, Su, Privacy and Modern Advertising: Most US Internet Users Want ‘Do Not Track’ to Stop Collection of Data about their Online Activities (October 8, 2012). Amsterdam Privacy Conference, 2012. Available at SSRN. Most Americans have not heard of ‘Do Not Track,’ a proposal to allow Internet users …
“In collaboration with the Financial Times (FT), Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda of Brookings have developed a set of composite indexes which track the global economic recovery. The Financial Times has produced the Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery (TIGER) interactive map, which appears on the Financial Times Web site. The global economic recovery …
Mac Sithigh, Daithi, App Law within: Rights and Regulation in the Smartphone Age (September 2012). Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2012/22. Available at SSRN. “This paper assesses the regulation of smartphone ‘app stores.’ At the outset, the adoption of smartphones and apps is noted, alongside the ways in which scholars and journalists have …
“When used appropriately, educational technology is a tool to assist with implementation of the Common Core Standards, help raise graduation rates, and prepare students for life beyond K-12 education. Technology employed in isolation, without direct instruction, or highly qualified guidance, fails to address these concerns. It is the intent of this AASL [American Association of …
“Manufacturing plays a large role in our economy. To highlight this contribution, the Census Bureau has released an infographic focusing on manufacturing employment, cost of materials, value of shipments and exports. Part of the How Do We Know? series, this infographic helps celebrate Manufacturing Day (Oct. 5) and highlights key Census Bureau data programs that …
ALA Library Fact Sheet Number 22 – “This fact sheet lists the top 100 largest libraries in the United States by volumes held. See below for definitions of “volume” for both public libraries and academic (college and university) libraries.”
CRS – Fannie Maes and Freddie Macs Financial Status: Frequently Asked Questions. N. Eric Weiss, Specialist in Financial Economics, September 27, 2012 “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are charted by Congress as government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to provide liquidity in the mortgage market and promote homeownership for underserved groups and locations. They purchase mortgages, guarantee them, …
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An Unreliable Chart of Accounts Affected Auditability of Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System Financial Data (Report No. DODIG-201 2-140), September 28, 2012. “The U.S. Air Forces (USAF) auditability is dependent on successfully deploying the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS). The current DEAMS life-cycle cost estimate is $2.1 billion. As of March 31, …
News release: “The Department of Defense released the DoD Western Hemisphere Defense Policy Statement [on October 4, 2012]. The statement explains how the January 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance will shape DoD engagement in the Western Hemisphere. The statement also describes DoD defense policy goals of promoting mature, professional national defense institutions; fostering integration and interoperability …
Open data and charities, A State of the Art Review written for Nominet Trust by Wendy Hall, Nigel Shadbolt, Thanassis Tiropanis, Kieron OHara and Tim Davies, July 2012. “Although most of the recent stories of progress and success in the open data field come from government and research where open data is more established, this …
