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Conservation Ecology – Amy R. Knowlton, Jooke Robbins, Scott Landry, Henry A. McKenna, Scott D. Kraus and Timothy Werner. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12590 “Entanglement in fixed fishing gear is a conservation concern for whales worldwide, including in the United States where deaths of North Atlantic right and humpback whales have exceeded management limits for decades. We examined …
CDC provides a wide range of data from which users may create customized reports and charts by choosing among specific fields and date ranges – this data set was last updated on June 24, 2015. “CDC’s WISQARS™ (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, …
The Economist Data Team: “With one of the highest murder rates among OECD countries—second only to Mexico—America retains its reputation as a disproportionately dangerous country. The number of violent assaults in America is comparable to those of other western countries, yet murders are much more common. The prevalence of guns goes a long way toward explaining …
A comparison of legislature and SaaS websites shows stark differences: “An analysis of 54 state legislature websites shows that the technology they utilize trails industry standards significantly. A majority, 35 (65%), are programmed in ASP.NET and running on IIS servers – both, usually paired, are Microsoft technologies. This differs greatly from standards seen in leading …
Waller, Spencer Weber, The Fall and Rise of the Antitrust Class Action (August 10, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2641867 “Antitrust class actions have narrowed significantly in the United States in recent years but still remain robust compared to aggregate litigation in the rest of the world. While the Supreme Court continues to narrow …
“The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, together with the Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC), is pleased to announce the release of a new publication, “Designing Successful Governance Groups: Lessons for Leaders from Real-World Examples,” authored by Ryan Budish, Sarah Myers West, and Urs Gasser. Solutions to many of the world’s …
Federal Supply Schedules: More Attention Needed to Competition and Prices, GAO-15-590: Published: Jul 9, 2015. Publicly Released: Aug 10, 2015. Medicaid: Additional Reporting May Help CMS Oversee Prescription-Drug Fraud Controls, GAO-15-390: Published: Jul 8, 2015. Publicly Released: Aug 10, 2015. Federal Real Property: GSA Needs to Determine Its Progress toward Long-term Sustainability of Its Portfolio, …
LANGLEY, VA — [June 12, 2015] “The CIA has released to the public declassified versions of five internal documents related to the Agency’s performance in the lead-up to the attacks of September 11, 2001. The documents can be found at CIA’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) online reading room at http://www.foia.cia.gov/collection/declassified-documents-related-911-attacks. The first of these …
Google Investor Relations posting: August 10, 2015 – “G is for Google. As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.” As part of that, we also said that you could expect us to make “smaller bets in …
