Monthly archives: March, 2013

Google Search Quality Rating Guidelines, November 2012

Search Quality Rating Guidelines, November 2012 “Google relies on raters, working in countries and languages around the world, to help us measure the quality of our search results, ranking, and search experience. These raters perform a variety of different kinds of “rating tasks” designed to give us information about the quality of different kinds of …

Subjects: Search Engines

NY Fed – The Implementation of Current Asset Purchases

The Implementation of Current Asset Purchases. March 1, 2013. Simon Potter, Executive Vice President. Remarks at the Annual Meeting with Primary Dealers, New York City “The Federal Reserve’s asset purchase programs were designed to remove risk from the portfolios of private investors. For example, Treasury and agency MBS purchases remove duration risk, thereby lowering longer-term …

Subjects: Government Documents

National Pipeline Mapping System

The NPMS Public Map Viewer enables the user to view National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) data one county at a time. NPMS data consists of gas transmission pipelines and hazardous liquid trunklines. It does not contain gathering or distribution pipelines, such as lines which deliver gas to a customer’s home. Therefore, not all pipelines in …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports – Presidential Appointments, End-Stage Renal Disease, Export Promotion

Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Fees – Major Changes Needed to Align Fee Revenues with Program Costs, GAO-13-268, Mar 1, 2013 Government Operations – Characteristics of Presidential Appointments that do not Require Senate Confirmation, GAO-13-299R, Mar 1, 2013 End-Stage Renal Disease – CMS Should Improve Design and Strengthen Monitoring of Low-Volume Adjustment, GAO-13-287, Mar 1, 2013 Export …

Subjects: Government Documents

How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms

How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms, by Kristen Purcell, Alan Heaps, Judy Buchanan, Linda Friedrich, Feb 28, 2013 “A survey of teachers who instruct American middle and secondary school students finds that digital technologies have become central to their teaching and professionalization. At the same time, the internet, mobile phones, …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management