Monthly archives: August, 2017

Lost Art Foundation project searches small libraries for Nazi looted books

“Nazi-looted books found in German libraries Sensational finds of art works make headlines in provenance research, but books were also looted by the Nazis. Looking for them in small libraries is the goal of a new project….The Lost Art Foundation has organized a program called “Initial Check” in order to enable the search for stolen …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries

National Information Center – central repository of data about banks and other institutions in which Federal Reserve has supervisory, regulatory, or research interest

“The National Information Center (NIC) provides comprehensive information on banks and other institutions for which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest including both domestic and foreign banking organizations operating in the U.S. The NIC Public Web Site is an interface to the NIC data, which may be accessed by selecting “Institution …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Search Engines

Bank of America, Samsung pilot iris-scan logins

American Banker – “This month, Bank of America will begin piloting technology from Samsung that lets customers log in to mobile banking by taking a picture of their eye. The pilot is part of a broader effort to gauge customers’ affinity for various forms of biometric authentication, says Michelle Moore, head of digital banking at …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research, Privacy

New Tool for Looking at Federal Cybersecurity Spending

“With malicious hacking and other cyber threats on the rise, Taxpayers for Common Sense recently turned our attention to how much the federal government spends to keep us safe from cyber threats and where it spends that money.  Our analysts spent two years reviewing hundreds of thousands of pages of federal budget documents in an attempt to answer those questions. When …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Economy

UK Open standards for government

“The UK government is selecting a set of open standards for use in government technology. The aim is to apply these consistently across government bodies, making our services better for users. The profiles listed here include the open standards that have been chosen after a period of peer review and public comment through the Standards …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Pew – State of the News Media 2017

“Since 2004, Pew Research Center has issued an annual report on key audience and economic indicators for a variety of sectors within the U.S. news media industry. These data speak to the shifting ways in which Americans seek out news and information, how news organizations get their revenue, and the resources available to American journalists …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Partisan Shifts in Views of the Nation, but Overall Opinions Remain Negative

Pew – “Republicans have become far more upbeat about the country and its future since before Donald Trump’s election victory. By contrast, Democrats have become much less positive. As a result, opinions among the public overall have shown little change – and remain about as negative they were in Barack Obama’s final year in office. …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System