Day archives: May 15th, 2015

GAO – Additional Actions Are Needed to Meet Requirements of Managing Government Records Directive

Information Management: Additional Actions Are Needed to Meet Requirements of the Managing Government Records Directive, GAO-15-339: Published: May 14, 2015. Publicly Released: May 14, 2015. “The federal government collects large amounts of information, increasingly in electronic form, to accomplish its missions. This greater reliance on electronic communication and information technology systems has, as a result, …

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

New GAO Reports: Broadband Performance, Financial Audit Congressional Award Foundation

Broadband Performance: Additional Actions Could Help FCC Evaluate Its Efforts to Inform Consumers, GAO-15-363: Published: Apr 17, 2015. Publicly Released: May 15, 2015: “FCC should take additional steps to evaluate its efforts to provide consumers with broadband performance information. This should include: (1) conducting or commissioning research on the effectiveness of its efforts and making …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet

Beyond college rankings: A value-added approach to assessing two- and four-year schools

Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, Jonathan Rothwell and Siddharth Kulkarni: “The choice of college is among the most important investment decisions individuals and families make, yet people know little about how institutions of higher learning compare along important dimensions of quality. This is especially true for colleges granting credentials of two years or less, which graduate …

Subjects: Economy, Education

10 Facts About the Internet’s Undersea Cables

“In describing the system of wires that comprises the Internet, Neal Stephenson once compared the earth to a computer motherboard. From telephone poles suspending bundles of cable to signs posted warning of buried fiber optic lines, we are surrounded by evidence that at a basic level, the Internet is really just a spaghetti-work of really …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

NARA proposed rules – how Executive Branch offices and agencies handle Controlled Unclassified Information

NARA issues proposed rules on how Executive Branch offices and agencies handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). “President Obama issued a memorandum on January 21, 2009 that articulated his plan to make government activity more open and accessible to ordinary citizens. In that memo, the president explains that a fundamental characteristic of democracy is transparency and …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Immigration Court Backlog Reaches Another New High

“The number of new cases awaiting resolution before the Immigration Courts climbed to a new all-time high of 445,607 as of the end of April 2015, according to very timely government court data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). The backlog has risen 9.2 percent since the start of FY 2015 and is …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Legal Research

GAO – Additional Actions Are Needed to Meet Requirements of Managing Government Records Directive

New GAO Reports: Broadband Performance, Financial Audit Congressional Award Foundation

Beyond college rankings: A value-added approach to assessing two- and four-year schools

10 Facts About the Internet’s Undersea Cables

NARA proposed rules – how Executive Branch offices and agencies handle Controlled Unclassified Information

Immigration Court Backlog Reaches Another New High

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