Day archives: December 18th, 2015

Digital Preservation Coalition Report – Personal Digital Archiving

Digital Preservation Coalition Technology Watch Report ‘Personal Digital Archiving’, by Gabriela Redwine, Digital Archivist at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. “This free peer-reviewed report is aimed at individuals who are concerned about how best to manage and preserve their own personal digital archives, as well as professionals who advise people …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

EU Report – Gender Equality in Power and Decision-Making

Report – Gender Equality in Power and Decision-Making Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States “The vision of the European Institute for Gender Equality is to make gender equality a reality for all women and men in the European Union (EU) and beyond. Besides a fundamentally essential …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Agencies Issue Statement on Prudent Risk Management for Commercial Real Estate Lending

“The agencies have observed substantial growth in many CRE asset and lending markets, increased competitive pressures, rising CRE concentrations in banks, and an easing of CRE underwriting standards. Financial institutions should maintain underwriting discipline and exercise prudent risk-management practices to identify, measure, monitor, and manage the risks arising from CRE lending. Financial institutions should have …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Pew – Parenting in America

Outlook, worries, aspirations are strongly linked to financial situation: “A new Pew Research Center survey conducted Sept. 15-Oct. 13, 2015, among 1,807 U.S. parents with children younger than 18 finds that for lower-income parents, financial instability can limit their children’s access to a safe environment and to the kinds of enrichment activities that affluent parents …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Knowledge Management

GAO Reports – Defense Health Care, Littoral Combat Ship, Medicare

Defense Health Care: Research on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, GAO-16-154: Published: Dec 18, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 18, 2015. Littoral Combat Ship: Knowledge of Survivability and Lethality Capabilities Needed Prior to Making Major Funding Decisions, GAO-16-201: Published: Dec 18, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 18, 2015. Medicare: Increasing …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

America’s 10 best new bike lanes of 2015

People for Bikes: “In its 2010 ranking of the country’s best biking cities, Bicycling Magazine opened with a question: Remember when a striped bike lane was a big deal? Five years later, it’s time for an update. Remember when plastic posts were a big deal? We still love separating bike lanes with posts, and preference …

Subjects: Transportation

Commentary and data analysis – How To Predict Bad Cops In Chicago

How To Predict Bad Cops In Chicago By Rob Arthur “In addition to the outsize number of complaints, Kalven said, repeaters have broader, cultural impacts, both within and outside of the department. Within the department, repeaters might normalize misconduct toward residents, pushing other cops toward wrongdoing. Outside of the department, the behavior of these officers …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Intercept – A secret catalogue of government gear for spying on your cellphone

“The Intercept has obtained a secret, internal U.S. government catalogue of dozens of cellphone surveillance devices used by the military and by intelligence agencies. The document, thick with previously undisclosed information, also offers rare insight into the spying capabilities of federal law enforcement and local police inside the United States. The catalogue includes details on the Stingray, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Legislation, Patriot Act, Privacy