Day archives: January 18th, 2016

New on LLRX – The Growing Need to Standardize and Validate Online Education Credentials for the Job Market

Via LLRX.com – The Growing Need to Standardize and Validate Online Education Credentials for the Job Market – Learning new skills to support more effective engagement in a competitive job market has attracted many job seekers and employees to online education, most often through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Alan Rothman is proficient in the …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Marketing

New on LLRX – Student Research Resources on the Internet 2016

Via LLRX.com – Student Research Resources on the Internet 2016 – Marcus Zillman’s comprehensive, actionable guide provides links to hundreds of resources that assist students of all ages to leverage free and low cost resources to facilitate more efficient, effective learning – either as an individual, as part of a team, in a classroom, or …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media, Wiki

UN Global Humanitarian Overview 2016

“The outlook for 2016 is grim. Millions of civilians, uprooted from their homes by violent and prolonged conflict, will remain in desperate need of protection and humanitarian assistance. About 60 million people are displaced around the world, and more than a quarter of these displacements are due to the conflicts in Iraq, South Sudan and …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Education, Energy, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care, Housing, Poverty

RealtyTrac – Nearly 1.1 Million US Properties with Foreclosure Filings in 2015

“RealtyTrac …released its Year-End 2015 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 1,083,572 U.S. properties in 2015, down 3 percent from 2014 and down 62 percent from the peak of 2,871,891 properties with foreclosure filings in 2010. The nearly 1.1 million properties …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Housing

NSA Civil Liberties and Privacy Office Report to Congress

NSA – Transparency Report – The USA FREEDOM Act Business Records and FISA Implementation – January 16, 2016 “The National Security Agency’s Civil Liberties and Privacy Office (CLPO) conducted a civil liberties and privacy impact assessment examining how the National Security Agency (NSA) is implementing the changes effected by the USA FREEDOM Act to the …

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