Day archives: October 17th, 2015

The Hidden Data Economy

The Marketplace for Stolen Digital Information – McAfee – This report was researched and written by: Charles McFarland, François Paget, Raj Saman. Raj Samani, CTO of Intel Security for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa: “Data is the “oil” of the digital economy. The commercial market for personal data is booming, with large databases of …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Internet, Privacy

GPO MetaLib Search Engine expands coverage

“Welcome to MetaLib, a service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)! MetaLib is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online. To learn more, view additional brief or detailed search information.” See this link for the …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Search Engines

Emerald Group Publishing launches new contribution to Open Access debate

“Bingley, United Kingdom, 19 October 2015 – Emerald Group Publishing is marking International Open Access Week (19-25 October) with the launch of a Special Issue on Open Access (OA) from Online Information Review, with contributions from some of the world’s leading experts on the debate. The aim of this Special Issue is to contribute insights, analysis and commentary towards …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Improving the Way the Government Buys IT

White House, October 16, 2015: “Today, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the first in a series of information technology (IT) directives to improve how the Federal Government buys and manages one of the most common IT purchases made every year – basic laptops and desktops.  From the start, this Administration …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Estimation of countries’ interdependence in plant genetic resources provisioning national food supplies and production systems

“The Contracting Parties of the International Treaty recognize that plant genetic resources for food and agriculture are a common concern of all countries, in that all countries depend largely on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture that originated elsewhere. Nearly 20 years ago, an initial research on interdependence mong countries on crop diversity provided information …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research