News release: “The Federal Communications Commission today released the results of its ongoing, nationwide performance study of residential broadband service in its third Measuring Broadband America report. The report continues the Commissions efforts towards bringing greater clarity and competition to the home broadband services marketplace. This years report reveals that most broadband providers continue to… Continue Reading
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Paper – Risks of Friendships on Social Networks
Risks of Friendships on Social Networks – Cuneyt Gurcan Akcora, Barbara Carminati, Elena Ferrari. DISTA, Universit`a degli Studi dellInsubria, Via Mazzini 5, Varese, Italy “In this paper, we explore the risks of friends in social networks caused by their friendship patterns, by using real life social network data and starting from a previously defined risk… Continue Reading
America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation
“The electric power delivery system that carries electricity from large central generators to customers could be severely damaged by a small number of well-informed attackers. The system is inherently vulnerable because transmission lines may span hundreds of miles, and many key facilities are unguarded. This vulnerability is exacerbated by the fact that the power grid,… Continue Reading
EU – Surveying how European workplaces have managed in the economic downturn
“(Dublin, Ireland) In 2009, more than 60% of employees in Europe were covered by a trade union or a works council at the workplace, according to the European Company Survey. At the same time, four out of five workplaces were found to have a good work climate. This week across 32 countries, Eurofound launches the… Continue Reading
Fact Sheet: The Presidents Plan to Make America a Magnet for Jobs by Investing in Manufacturing
Fact Sheet: “President Obama is committed to making America a magnet for jobs and manufacturing so we continue to build things the rest of the world buys. After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 over the past three. Manufacturing production has grown since the end of the recession… Continue Reading
North Koreas Nuclear Weapons: Technical Issues
North Koreas Nuclear Weapons: Technical Issues, Mary Beth Nikitin, Specialist in Nonproliferation, February 12, 2013 “This report summarizes what is known from open sources about the North Korean nuclear weapons programincluding weapons-usable fissile material and warhead estimatesand assesses current developments in achieving denuclearization. Little detailed open-source information is available about the DPRKs nuclear weapons production… Continue Reading
Secrecy News – Army's use of unmanned aerial systems within the United States
Secrecy News, February 14, 2012: “Legal restrictions on the use of unmanned aircraft systems in domestic operations are numerous,” the manual states. The question arises particularly in the context of Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA), refering to military assistance to government agencies in disaster response and other domestic emergencies. “Use of DOD intelligence capabilities… Continue Reading
World Bank – What costs the world $260 billion each year?
News release: “More people today have access to a cell phone than to a clean toilet. At the current rate of progress the world will miss the global sanitation target for 2015 by over half a billion people. And while the drinking water global target was met last year, nearly a billion people still lack… Continue Reading
WSJ Infographic – Defining Middle Classe Depends on Location
WSJ.com: In Measuring the Middle, Location is Everything and the related article. Continue Reading
CRS – U.S. Manufacturing in International Perspective
U.S. Manufacturing in International Perspective, Marc Levinson, Section Research Manager, February 11, 2013 “The health of the U.S. manufacturing sector has long been of great concern to Congress. The decline in manufacturing employment since the start of the 21st century has stimulated particular congressional interest. Members have introduced hundreds of bills intended to support domestic… Continue Reading
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Available Health Insurance Options
CRS – Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP): Available Health Insurance Options – Annie L. Mach, Analyst in Health Care Financing, February 13, 2013 “FEHBP is generally available to employees, annuitants, and their dependents. Eligible individuals may elect coverage in an approved health benefits plan for either individual or family coverage. For the 2013 plan… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – DHS Operations, Pipeline Permitting, GAO Mission, Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Department of Homeland Security – Progress Made and Work Remaining after Nearly 10 Years in Operation, GAO-13-370T, Feb 15, 2013 Pipeline Permitting – Interstate and Intrastate Natural Gas Permitting Processes Include Multiple Steps, and Time Frames Vary, GAO-13-221, Feb 15, 2013 GAO Mission and Operations – Summary of GAO’s Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year… Continue Reading
