Day archives: December 24th, 2014

Federal Agencies’ Steps to Improve Mobile Access to Government Information and Services

Federal Agencies’ Steps to Improve Mobile Access to Government Information and Services, GAO-15-69: Published: Dec 22, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 22, 2014. “According to Pew Research Center, in 2013, some demographic groups relied more on cellphones to access the Internet than others. Those who are young, earn more income, have a graduate degree, or are African American had …

Subjects: E-Government, Education, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Wireless Web

Spillovers of US unconventional monetary policy to Asia: the role of long-term interest rates

Spillovers of US unconventional monetary policy to Asia: the role of long-term interest rates by Ken Miyajima, Madhusudan Mohanty and James Yetman, December 2014. “This paper reviews the role of long-term interest rates in international monetary transmission and related policy challenges in the wake of exceptionally easy US monetary policy. It employs a panel VAR model …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

EPIC – Senator Rockefeller Proposes Drone Privacy Bill

“Senator Rockefeller, the outgoing Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee and a leading privacy champion, introduced a bill to require privacy safeguards in the commercial operation of drones. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Privacy Act of 2014 would prohibit surveillance of individuals by companies unless explicit prior consent is obtained and would require the development of …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Legislation, Privacy, Transportation

Census posts report on Children’s Well-Being

A Child’s Day: Living Arrangements, Nativity, and Family Transitions: 2011 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being) Household Economic Studies By Lynda Laughlin Issued December 2014. “The well-being of children is a growing area of interest to researchers and policy makers who focus on the social, cognitive, and economic security of children as they transition from preadolescents to young adults. This report uses a variety of …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Government Documents, Housing, Poverty

US Internet to roll out a faster, 10-gigabit fiber-optic service in Minneapolis

Adam Belz, Star Tribune: “US Internet is rolling out ultrafast Internet service in parts of Minneapolis and planning to push eastward with its high-speed, low-cost fiber network in the summer. The Minnetonka firm that offers fiber-optic service to about 30,000 households in southwest Minneapolis announced Tuesday that it will use that network to offer 10-gigabit-per-pecond Internet …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet