Monthly archives: October, 2013

The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program

“The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) provides a set of guiding principles for exercise programs, as well as a common approach to exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. Exercises are a key component of national preparedness —they provide elected and appointed officials and stakeholders from across the whole …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Patriot Act

Gallup – In U.S., Online Education Rated Best for Value and Options

Viewed as weakest in terms of trusted grading and acceptance by employers by Lydia Saad, Brandon Busteed, and Mitchell Ogisi “Still something of a novelty, online education is seen relatively positively by Americans for giving students a wide range of curricula options and for providing good value for the money. However, Americans tend to think …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

WHO – Research for universal health coverage 2013

“Universal health coverage ensures everyone has access to the health services they need without suffering financial hardship as a result. In December 2012, a UN resolution was passed encouraging governments to move towards providing universal access to affordable and quality health care services. As countries move towards it, common challenges are emerging — challenges to …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Health Care

TRAC – Fewer Immigration Removal Filings Based on Criminal Activity

“Of all filings in the Immigration Courts seeking to deport noncitizens during fiscal year 2013, only one in seven (14.4 percent) have been based on alleged criminal activity. This proportion is roughly half what it was twenty years ago, when 28.5 percent — more than a quarter — of removal filings were based on criminal …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Myths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity

Myths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity. N Engl J Med 2013; 368:446-454 January 31, 2013 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1208051 “Passionate interests, the human tendency to seek explanations for observed phenomena, and everyday experience appear to contribute to strong convictions about obesity, despite the absence of supporting data. When the public, mass media, government agencies, and even academic scientists espouse unsupported …

Subjects: Health Care

New on LLRX – DNA Evidence: Brave New World, Same Old Problems

Via LLRX.com – DNA Evidence: Brave New World, Same Old Problems Criminal law expert Ken Strutin guides us through the critical facets that comprise the backbone of investigative forensics in the 21st Century – the database. Ken states that of all information gathering techniques, genetic databanking has become the holy grail of prosecutions and the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

New on LLRX – Education and Academic Resources on the Internet

Via LLRX.com – Education and Academic Resources on the Internet Marcus P. Zillman’s guide links researchers to a wide range of reliable resources for all professions and skill levels. Marcus covers topics including: education, chemistry, economics, mathematics, philosophy, engineering, MBA and PhD/Dissertation/Thesis/Academic Writing resources, as well as increasingly popular MOOCS/Open Courseware (OCW) resources.

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

New on LLRX – Shutdown Cuts Off Public Access to Gov Docs

Via LLRX.com – Shutdown Cuts Off Public Access to Government Information Access to government information is important in the daily lives of the people of the United States. During the shutdown of the federal government, paper and digital versions of government publications are either not available at all or the web sites are not being …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Paper – Micro-Units and Accessory Dwelling Units

Housing Changing Households: Regulatory Challenges for Micro-Units and Accessory Dwelling Units, John Infranca, Suffolk University Law School; Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, October 10, 2013. Stanford Law & Policy Review, 2014, Forthcoming “The existing stock of affordable rental housing falls significantly short of the need in many areas of the country. In …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Legal Research

New university consortium service allows users to create citation links that will never break

“Perma.cc is a service [Built and Run by Libraries], currently in beta, that allows users to create citation links that will never break. When a user creates a Perma.cc link, Perma.cc archives a copy of the referenced content, and generates a link to an unalterable hosted instance of the site. Regardless of what may happen …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Search Engines

Gov. shutdown web snapshots

To view the shutdown snapshots, click here. “Shutdown Government Websites – includes a snapshot of each government website listed in the USA.gov A-Z list, taken during the Oct 2013 government shutdown. It also includes captures of government social media. URLs for government social media are from the 2012 End of Term Harvest. This collection was …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Libraries