Monthly archives: February, 2015

Monetary spillovers? Boom and bust? Currency wars? The international monetary system strikes back

Monetary spillovers? Boom and bust? Currency wars? The international monetary system strikes back speech by Fabrizio Saccomanni, BIS Special Governors’ Meeting. Manila, 6 February 2015. “In recent years, the global financial system has witnessed several episodes of instability due to the external repercussions of monetary policy measures by major countries, the development of financial cycles characterised …

Subjects: Education, Financial System, Government Documents

The Measles: Background and Federal Role in Vaccine Policy

CRS Report – The Measles: Background and Federal Role in Vaccine Policy. Matthew B. Barry, Section Research Manager; Jared P. Cole, Legislative Attorney. February 9, 2015. “The earliest accounts of measles date back over 1,000 years. This report presents basic information about this infectious disease, its history in the United States, available treatments to prevent …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

Controversy surrounds $500 million commercial development project on Grand Canyon rim

Who Can Save the Grand Canyon? by David Roberts, Smithsonian magazine: “When Teddy Roosevelt declared the Grand Canyon a national monument, in 1908, he famously said: “Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it.” In that sense, the Escalade …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Legal Research

A Tutorial on Using Dynamic Network DEA to Benchmark Organizational Performance

Avkiran, Necmi, A Tutorial on Using Dynamic Network DEA to Benchmark Organizational Performance (July 4, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2567557 “In investigating organizational performance or efficiency, two perennial problems confront us, namely, loss of information in aggregated data, and determining the influence of lower level variables when they are not explicitly identified in …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Most Americans confused about Net Neutrality – seek more information

Follow up to previous posting – Role of the Networked Public Sphere in the U.S. Net Neutrality Policy Debate, an article from The Register that contributes more resources and perspective to the debate: “With commissioners at US watchdog the FCC due to vote on proposed net neutrality rules next week, a poll of Americans has …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Sensors and Journalism

Tow Center for Data Journalism – December 3, 2014. Sensors and Journalism: “This report you have opened is not monolithic. You can match its sections to your needs. The first section introduces our topic. It starts by describing the landscape where sensors and journalism combine, and continues on to define necessary terms for understanding this …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Report – Largest global manufacturer of SIM cards hacked

The Intercept – Jeremy Scahill and Josh Begley – “American and British spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe, according to top-secret documents provided to The Intercept by National Security Agency …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Patriot Act, PC Security, Privacy, Wireless Web

EPIC Prevails in “Stingray” Case Against FBI

“EPIC has obtained nearly $30,000 in litigation fees as a result of a Freedom of Information Act case against the FBI concerning a new surveillance technology. EPIC’s lawsuit produced the release of more than 4,000 pages of documents about a phony cell tower technique called “Stingray.” The documents obtained by EPIC revealed that the FBI …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

TV Station Profiles & Public Inspection Files

“This site provides summary information about licensed television broadcast stations and access to each station’s “public inspection file” (or “public file”). The Commission first adopted rules requiring broadcast stations to keep a public file more than 40 years ago and certain political programming files have been public for nearly 75 years. The public file contains …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Housing Assistance Matters Initiative

Via the Urban Institute – “Decent and affordable housing has far-reaching consequences for people’s health, quality of life, and access to opportunities, but these consequences are not always well understood. To inform public debate about assisted housing policy and strengthen policy outcomes, Housing Assistance Matters highlights research and analysis about the need for and benefits …

Subjects: Housing

Insights into Advanced Distribution Management Systems

Insights into Advanced Distribution Management Systems, February 2015, U.S. Department of Energy, ADMS Working Group Guide. “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 spurred investments in smart grid technology and programs at utilities across the country. The Smart Grid Investment Grant program and Smart Grid Demonstration projects that it funded provided unprecedented …

Subjects: E-Government, Environmental Law, Government Documents

What is the Smart Grid?

“Maybe you have heard of the Smart Grid on the news or from your energy provider. But not everyone knows what the grid is, let alone the Smart Grid. “The grid,” refers to the electric grid, a network of transmission lines, substations, transformers and more that deliver electricity from the power plant to your home …

Subjects: Energy, Knowledge Management

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