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… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
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… Continue Reading
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.… Continue Reading
Preparing the Workforce for Digital Curation
“The massive increase in digital information in the last decade has created new requirements for institutional and technological structures and workforce skills. Preparing the Workforce for Digital Curation focuses on education and training needs to meet the demands for access to and meaningful use of digital information, now and in the future. This study identifies… Continue Reading
Bing Maps now provides coverage of more than 3000 transit agencies
Bing Blogs: “With coverage of more than 3000 transit agencies across 30 countries, Bing Maps can help you to plan your daily commute, or schedule your next vacation…In North America, Bing can help you to find your commute options in all major metros. We provide routes for 375 cities in the US and 59 in… Continue Reading
Bike Law University
“Bike Law University is a resource series created by the League to present state traffic laws related to bicyclists in a reader-friendly, layperson format. These resources give greater depth and context — including comparative charts — to our state law resources and our bicycle friendly state rankings. Click on a topic… to see how your… Continue Reading
Review of USDA’s Approach to Meat and Poultry Safety
The Promise and Problems of HACCP: A Review of USDA’s Approach to Meat and Poultry Safety was made possible by support from The Pew Charitable Trusts. The findings and conclusions are exclusively the work of Consumer Federation of America and do not necessarily reflect the views of Pew. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Continue Reading
DHS Defends Government Secrecy in “Internet Kill Switch” Case
EPIC – “The Department of Homeland Security has filed a brief in response to EPIC’s petition for rehearing in the “Internet Kill Switch” case. EPIC is seeking the release of the public policy that allows the government to suspend cell phone service. The D.C. Circuit previously ruled that DHS may withhold the policy. EPIC pursued… Continue Reading
Using consumer health data: Some considerations for companies
“As the FTC staff discussed at a seminar about consumer generated and controlled health data, people are turning to apps, devices, and websites to manage their own health information. Yesterday we talked about the contours of the compliance landscape. Especially when it comes to the sensitive subject of health data, one key takeaway is the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Broadband Networks, Yemen, Budgeting for Disasters, DOE Loan Programs, Aviation Alternatives
Public-Safety Broadband Network: FirstNet Should Strengthen Internal Controls and Evaluate Lessons Learned, GAO-15-407: Published: Apr 28, 2015. Publicly Released: Apr 28, 2015. Yemen: DOD Should Improve Accuracy of Its Data on Congressional Clearance of Projects as It Reevaluates Counterterrorism Assistance, GAO-15-493: Published: Apr 28, 2015. Publicly Released: Apr 28, 2015. Budgeting for Disasters: Approaches to… Continue Reading
2012 Economic Census Geographic Area Series: Health Care, Social Assistance
“This is a series of state-, county-, place- and metro area-level data files providing statistics on the number of establishments, receipts or revenue, payroll, number of employees and other items by industry. The first data were released today for the following sectors: Health Care and Social Assistance — Includes statistics for offices of physicians, outpatient care centers,… Continue Reading
2014 Report on Security Clearance Determinations April 2015
FAS – “The number of persons holding security clearances for access to classified information decreased by more than 635,000 (or 12.3 percent) last year, according to a new report to Congress from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. It was the first reported drop in the total security-cleared population since the government began… Continue Reading
