Day archives: March 12th, 2015

OIG – Review of State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset and Record Email

Review of State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset and Record Email –  What OIG Inspected – March 15, 2015. “The review took place in Washington, DC, between January 24 and March 15, 2014. What OIG Recommended – OIG made seven recommendations to improve the use of record emails by Department of State employees and mission …

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

Helping Government Deliver II: The Obstacles and Opportunities Surrounding Shared Services

“Changing how government delivers services such as acquisition, financial management, human resources and information technology can improve performance and reduce overlap, duplication and overall costs. However, agencies’ efforts to move administrative functions to a shared services provider have been limited. So, what are the key barriers to implementing shared services strategies and how can the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

2014 General Social Survey includes data on wealth, social identity, civic participation

“Since 1972, the General Social Survey (GSS) has been monitoring societal change and studying the growing complexity of American society. The GSS aims to gather data on contemporary American society in order to monitor and explain trends and constants in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes; to examine the structure and functioning of society in general as …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Economy, Financial System, Free Speech

Who Retweets Whom? How Digital and Legacy Journalists Interact on Twitter

Michael L. Barthel, Ruth Moon, and William Mari. (March 5, 2015). Who Retweets Whom? How Digital and Legacy Journalists Interact on Twitter. Tow Center for Digital Journalism. Tow/Knight Report 030520151. 21 pp. New York, New York. “The digital environment would seem to offer exciting new opportunities for both competition and collaboration. Twitter, in particular, has …

Subjects: Blogs, Internet, Knowledge Management, Marketing, Social Media

Judicial Business of the United States Courts 2014

2014 Reports on Federal Courts Caseload and Activities Released “This report presents data and statistics on the work of the Federal Judiciary for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014. Separate sections of this report address the appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts; the probation and pretrial services system; and other components of the Federal Judiciary. …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

2013 Information and Communication Technology Survey

Census – “The Information and Communication Technology Survey provides data on both noncapitalized and capitalized spending for information and communication technology equipment and computer software by U.S. nonfarm businesses with employees. It covers all domestic, private and nonfarm businesses, including agricultural nonfarm (NAICS subsectors 113, 114 and 115) businesses.”

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Internet

An Analysis of the President’s 2016 Budget

‘This report by CBO presents an analysis of the proposals in the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2016. The analysis is based on CBO’s economic projections and estimating models (rather than on the Administration’s), and it incorporates estimates of the effects of the President’s tax proposals that were prepared by the staff of the …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

New GAO Reports – Defense Acquisitions, Egypt

Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Program, GAO-15-342SP: Published: Mar 12, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 12, 2015: “Over the past year, the overall size of DOD’s major defense acquisition program portfolio decreased, from 80 programs to 78, while the estimated cost has decreased by $7.6 billion. The size and cost of the portfolio is currently …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Government Documents

UN Report – Copyright policy and the right to science and culture

“Science and culture are not only of great importance to the knowledge economy; they are also fundamental to human dignity and autonomy [this is the link to the report, Word doc.] In that area, two influential paradigms of international law — intellectual property and human rights — have evolved largely separately. Recent developments, however, have …

Subjects: Copyright, Digital Rights, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management