Day archives: May 6th, 2016

Pew – Evaluating Online Nonprobability Surveys

“As the costs and nonresponse rates of traditional, probability-based surveys seem to grow each year, the advantages of online surveys are obvious – they are fast and cheap, and the technology is pervasive. There is, however, one fundamental problem: There is no comprehensive sampling frame for the internet, no way to draw a national sample …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

Metro announces year long repair program that will disrupt commuting

Washington Post – Metro to close sections of lines in year-long repair project – “Metro next month will begin a massive subway rebuilding effort that will inconvenience virtually everyone who uses the system, with portions of most rail lines shut down for up to a month at a time and reductions in train service throughout …

Subjects: Government Documents, Transportation

New Video and App Help to Identify Online Learning Preferences

Via OCLC: “How do you engage with and use technology? With which services and applications are you a visitor, someone who uses an application to accomplish a task, and which are you a resident, someone who leaves purposeful traces with an expectation of being involved with others there in the future? Watch this video and …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management, Libraries

GAO Reports – Force Structure, Medicaid Program Integrity, Troubled Asset Relief Program

Force Structure: Performance Measures Needed to Better Implement the Recommendations of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force, GAO-16-405: Published: May 6, 2016. Publicly Released: May 6, 2016. Medicaid Program Integrity: Improved Guidance Needed to Better Support Efforts to Screen Managed Care Providers, GAO-16-402: Published: Apr 22, 2016. Publicly Released: May 6, …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

WUD customised search engine for DPLA and Europeana

“WUD is a customised search engine helping you to pull, link and organise data from two major cultural heritage repositories: Europeana.eu and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). It was developed as part of the research and outreach activities of the Medicine and Society chair at University of Fribourg. This project was initially intended …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

NASA Makes Dozens of Patents Available in Public Domain to Benefit US Industry

“NASA has released 56 formerly-patented agency technologies into the public domain, making its government-developed technologies freely available for unrestricted commercial use. In addition to the release of these technologies, a searchable database now is available that catalogs thousands of expired NASA patents already in the public domain. These technologies were developed to advance NASA missions …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Patent and Trademark, Search Engines, Transportation

GAO Report – Retirement Security: Low Defined Contribution Savings May Pose Challenges

Retirement Security: Low Defined Contribution Savings May Pose Challenges, GAO-16-408: Published: May 5, 2016. Publicly Released: May 5, 2016. “An estimated 40 percent of all U.S. households had some retirement savings in a defined contribution (DC) plan, such as a 401(k) plan, in 2013, and account balances varied by household income and race in recent …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Poverty

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