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Mellon Foundation and Digital Preservation Coalition Sponsor Formation of Task Force for Email Archives

“The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Digital Preservation Coalition announced the formation of a Task Force on Technical Approaches for Email Archives. The task force is charged with assessing current frameworks, tools, and approaches being taken toward these critical historical sources. Christopher Prom, assistant university archivist/Andrew S. G. Turyn Endowed Professor at the University of Illinois …

Subjects: E-Mail, Internet, Knowledge Management

CBO’s Role in the Congressional Budget Process

Presentation by Megan Carroll, an analyst for CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, at the Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business’s Fall Forum., November 1, 2016: “Since 1975, CBO has produced nonpartisan analyses of budgetary and economic issues to support the Congressional budget process. Each year, the agency’s economists and budget analysts produce dozens of reports …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Smoking accounts for more than 28% of US cancer deaths

New York Times – Take a Number: A New Death Toll for Smoking: “A study has found that 28.6 percent of all cancer deaths in the United States are attributable to cigarettes.” See also via American Cancer Society – Why Non-smokers Sometimes Get Lung Cancer, November 1, 2016, By Stacy Simon: “As many as 20% …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care

Federal government owns lots of planes!

Reported Inventory, Use, and Cost of Federally Owned Aircraft, GAO-17-73R: Published: Oct 31, 2016. Publicly Released: Oct 31, 2016: “Federally owned aircraft are operated by agencies to fulfill their diverse missions. As of July 2016, 11 federal agencies owned 924 aircraft, excluding those that are loaned/leased/provided to other entities. This inventory included: 495 airplanes, 414 …

Subjects: Economy, Energy, Government Documents, Transportation

New interactive map uses gov data to show languages spoken in NYC

Languages of NYC – Most Frequently Spoken Language at Home, Excluding English and Spanish, by Census Tract. Data: 2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

National Security Archive – CIA Releases Controversial Bay of Pigs History

“The CIA today released the long-contested Volume V of its official history of the Bay of Pigs invasion, which it had successfully concealed until now by claiming that it was a “draft” and could be withheld from the public under the FOIA’s “deliberative process” privilege. The National Security Archive fought the agency for years in …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

China’s Global Rise – Can the EU and U.S. Pursue a Coordinated Strategy?

Brookings: “China’s emergence as a global economic power and its fuller integration in the international order are among the principal policy challenges facing Europe and the United States in the early 21st century. At the time of Beijing’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, China (though already growing rapidly) was in global …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

PLA releases first Project Outcome Annual Report

“The Public Library Association (PLA) has launched the first Project Outcome Annual Report. Access the 2016 Annual Report to analyze survey results, learn what patrons benefited from most, and see what Project Outcome and participating libraries did in the first year to make Project Outcome a success. PLA’s Project Outcome is a FREE toolkit designed …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries

Selected Characteristics of the Citizen Voting-Age Population

“The U.S. Census Bureau released today selected characteristics of the citizen voting-age population from the 2015 American Community Survey for all U.S. states and congressional districts. These characteristics include selected age groups, sex, race, Hispanic origin, educational attainment, poverty status and household income.”

Subjects: Government Documents

Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools

NPR – A Girl And Her Service Dog Head To The Supreme Court – “Ehlena Fry was born with cerebral palsy, a condition that significantly limited her motor skills but not her cognitive ability. So when she was 5, her pediatrician recommended that her parents get a service dog to help her become more independent. …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Legal Research, Legislation

FTC – VW buybacks and lease terminations to begin

Bridget Small – FTC: “Earlier this year, the FTC sued Volkswagen for falsely claiming that its diesel cars had low levels of harmful emissions. A federal judge approved the FTC order that requires Volkswagen to provide up to $10 billion to owners and lessees of VW and Audi 2.0 liter diesel cars. Here are some …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research, Transportation

Before the Flood – Full Movie free to stream via National Geographic until Nov 6 2016

Before the Flood – Full Movie | National Geographic “Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he explores the topic of climate change, and discovers what must be done today to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.”

Subjects: Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Law

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