Day archives: September 1st, 2015

Amtrak IG – Progress Made Implementing Positive Train Control, but Significant Challenges Remain

Amtrak IG Audit – Safety and Security – Progress Made Implementing Positive Train Control, but Significant Challenges Remain, 06/19/2015. OIG-A-2015-013 “The tragic derailment of Amtrak Train 188 in Philadelphia on May 12, 2015, continues to raise many questions, ranging from causation to safety systems that could have mitigated the excessive speed. In view of the …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research, Transportation

E.O. Wilson Wants Us to Leave Half of the Earth Alone Here’s Why

The famed naturalist’s newest book, written from a retirement home, is a provocative and urgent call to save the planet, and its species. By Claudia Dreifus, Audubon Magazine, September-October 2015. “At 86, Edward Osborne Wilson, Harvard University research professor emeritus of comparative zoology, is among the most famous scientists of our time. Only Jane Goodall and …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Knowledge Management

International Journal of Central Banking September 2015

Volume 11, Supplement 1 September 2015 International Journal of Central Banking – Special Supplemental Issue: Reflections on 25 Years of Inflation Targeting Opening Remarks Graeme Wheeler Day One Keynote Address: Forward Guidance Lars E.O. Svensson Trend Inflation in Advanced Economies Christine Garnier, Elmar Mertens, and Edward Nelson Inflation Targeting and Economic Reforms in New Zealand …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Legal Research

Bicycle Trauma Injuries and Hospital Admissions in the United States, 1998-2013

JAMA. 2015;314(9):947-949. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.8295  (fee req’d) “This study uses National Electronic Injury Surveillance System data to describe trends in adult cycling injuries and related hospital admissions in the United States. Cycling is associated with many health benefits, but also with the risk of injury. Trends in bicycle-related injuries are difficult to assess because the majority of …

Subjects: Health Care, Transportation

OPM, DoD Announce Identity Theft Protection and Credit Monitoring Contract

OPN News Release: ” The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) today announced the award of a $133,263,550 contract to Identity Theft Guard Solutions LLC, doing business as ID Experts, for identity theft protection services for 21.5 million individuals whose personal information was stolen in one of the …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, E-Records, ID Theft, Internet, Privacy