Day archives: April 29th, 2015

CEOS’ Leadership Styles and Managers’ Innovative Behaviour

Kang, Jae Hyeung and Solomon, George T. and Choi, David Y., CEOS’ Leadership Styles and Managers’ Innovative Behaviour: Investigation of Intervening Effects in an Entrepreneurial Context (June 2015). Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 52, Issue 4, pp. 531-554, 2015. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2600320 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.12125 “We examine the relationships and intervening mechanisms between …

Subjects: Economy, Knowledge Management

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement April 29 2015

News release: “Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March suggests that economic growth slowed during the winter months, in part reflecting transitory factors. The pace of job gains moderated, and the unemployment rate remained steady. A range of labor market indicators suggests that underutilization of labor resources was little changed. Growth …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Olive Executable Archive – Enable libraries to achieve their mission of preserving the scholarly record

“Olive is a collaborative project seeking to establish a robust ecosystem for long-term preservation of software, games, and other executable content. Born at Carnegie Mellon University, Olive addresses the current gap in preservation technology by providing a curated environment for the preservation and distribution of executable content. Goals Enable libraries to achieve their mission of …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Ingredients Must Meet Strict Safety Standards

“There’s a new label hitting store shelves this spring and summer that will make it easier to find cleaning products that are safer for everyone, including our pets and the environment. To display the new Safer Choice label, a product must first be reviewed by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scientists to ensure every ingredient it …

Subjects: E-Government, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Health Care, Search Engines

Report – Why Classroom Diversity Matters in Early Education

A Better Start: Why Classroom Diversity Matters in Early Education, “a report authored by Jeanne Reid, NCCF post-doctoral research scientist, and NCCF Co-director Sharon Lynn Kagan, with Michael Hilton and Halley Potter, was published April 29, 2015 by the Policy and Race Research Action Council and The Century Foundation, and released at a briefing on …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Education, Knowledge Management

Google announces Digital News Initiative

Laurie Sullivan – MediaPost: “Google began rolling out a digital news partnership with eight European newspaper publishers acknowledging past mistakes with news organizations. On Tuesday the Mountain View, Calif. company pledged more than $164 million to nurture, support and fund digital journalism and news organizations. The Digital News Initiative’s road map focuses on working with …

Subjects: Copyright, E-Commerce, Internet, Libraries, Search Engines

Flying Under the Radar: Securing Washington D.C. Airspace

On April 29, 2015 the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing titled, “Flying Under the Radar: Securing Washington, D.C. Airspace [link includes Witness and Testimony Documents]This hearing examined how a small gyrocopter entered restricted airspace and landed on the West Lawn of the Capitol. HEARING BACKGROUND: “On April 15, 2015, an individual …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Government Documents, Transportation

NOAA study finds marshes, reefs, beaches can enhance coastal resilience

News release: “”The resilience of U.S. coastal communities to storms, flooding, erosion and other threats can be strengthened when they are protected by natural infrastructure such as marshes, reefs, and beaches, or with hybrid approaches, such as a “living shoreline” — a combination of natural habitat and built infrastructure, according to a new NOAA study. …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents