Day archives: August 8th, 2015

Detailed Report Shows Most Railroads Will Miss Positive Train Control Deadline

News release: “The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today sent its Status of Positive Train Control Implementation report to Congress. The report is mandated by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee and shows that after seven years and significant assistance from FRA, most railroads will miss the Dec. 31, 2015 positive train control (PTC) implementation deadline …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Government Documents, Legal Research, Transportation

Search for FDA Guidance Documents

FDA expands transparency and access to critical documents: “The table [at this link] lists all official FDA Guidance Documents and other regulatory guidance. You can search for documents using key words, and you can narrow or filter your results by product, date issued, FDA organizational unit, type of document, subject, draft or final status, and …

Subjects: E-Government, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Legal Research, Search Engines

Supporting Learners to Search Comprehensively Across Databases

Lost in Translation: Supporting Learners to Search Comprehensively Across Databases – JCHLA / JABSC 36: 54–58 (2015) doi: 10.5596/c15-014, Robin Parker and Maggie Neilson. “Health sciences librarians play the key role of expert searcher for knowledge synthesis research projects. When students and trainees conduct systematic reviews as academic assignments, academic librarians train learners to search …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

GasPot Experiment: Unexamined Perils in Using Gas-Tank-Monitoring Systems

TrendMicro Report, Kyle Wilhoit and Stephen Hilt Forward-Looking Threat Research (FTR) Team: “…In places like the United States (US) and others worldwide, gas stations are primarily privately owned. Some business owners can be described as independent, tech-savvy, and modern. Gas retailers are aware of the risks tied to their business and so heavily invest in …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Transportation

Report on How Shadowy Cyberlocker Businesses Use Credit Card Companies to Make Millions

Behind the Cyberlocker Door: A Report on How Shadowy Cyberlocker Businesses Use Credit Card Companies to Make Millions A NetNames Report for Digital Citizens Alliance “As a society, we can no longer shrug off content theft as the isolated activity of high school and college students who want to watch a movie or listen to …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Education, Financial System, ID Theft, Internet