Day archives: January 25th, 2016

The Original Meaning of Natural Born

Ramsey, Michael D., The Original Meaning of ‘Natural Born’ (January 7, 2016). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2712485 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2712485 “Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution provides that no one but a “natural born Citizen” is eligible to be President of the United States. Modern conventional wisdom generally holds that the phrase “natural born Citizen” …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

The Natural Born Citizen Clause as Originally Understood

McManamon, Mary Brigid, The Natural Born Citizen Clause as Originally Understood (2015). Catholic University Law Review, v. 64, no. 2 (2015); Widener Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-21. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2444766 “Article II of the Constitution requires that the President be a “natural born Citizen.” The phrase is derived from …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

PPP Knowledge Lab – Online Resource for Public-Private Partnerships

World Bank – “Multilateral development agencies from around the world have collaborated to produce the PPP Knowledge Lab, the first comprehensive online resource that pools the knowledge and experience of industry leaders in public-private partnerships (PPPs). Although the use of public-private partnerships to design, build, and deliver infrastructure worldwide has grown enormously in the past …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Federal Background Investigations Tasked to New Agency

Via the White House Blog, January 22, 2016 – “The Government has a responsibility to determine the fitness of Federal employees, members of the Armed Forces, and contractors for the jobs they are hired into and for the sensitive work they do on behalf of the American people each and every day. At the same …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, ID Theft, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Gun Deaths Surpass Motor Vehicle Deaths in 21 States and DC

Violence Policy Center – “Gun deaths outpaced motor vehicle deaths in 21 states and the District of Columbia in 2014, the most recent year for which data is available, a new analysis from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) finds. This is the fifth edition of the VPC report comparing gun deaths to motor vehicle deaths …

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

Crowdfunded Journalism: A Small but Growing Addition to Publicly Driven Journalism

Pew – Projects funded through Kickstarter cut across more than 60 countries – “Over the past several years, crowdfunding via the internet has become a popular way to engage public support – and financial backing – for all kinds of projects, from the Coolest Cooler to a virtual reality gaming headset to a prototype of …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management

Pew – Budget Deficit Slips as Public Priority

“As Barack Obama begins his final year in office, the goal of reducing the budget deficit, which the public once ranked among the most pressing objectives for his administration, has continued its recent decline in perceived importance. Overall, 56% say that reducing the budget deficit should be a top priority for the president and Congress …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

New Report Compares U.S. Education System other G-20 Countries on 29 Indicators

National Center for Education Statistics – Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-20 Countries: 2015 (December 31, 2015). US Department of Education. “Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-20 Countries: 2015 is a comparison of the education system in the United States with those in the other Group …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Paper – Research integrity: Don’t let transparency damage science

Via the journal Nature – “Stephan Lewandowsky and Dorothy Bishop explain how the research community should protect its members from harassment, while encouraging the openness that has become essential to science…We have identified ten red-flag areas that can help to differentiate healthy debate, problematic research practices and campaigns that masquerade as scientific inquiry (see ‘Ten …

Subjects: Knowledge Management