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What’s my place in the world population? How long will I live?

“Population.io aims to make demography – the study of human populations – accessible to a wider audience. We believe that demographic data can play an important role in understanding the social and economic developments of our time. Our hope is that people from all walks of life, in all ages and across all countries will …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Economics of the Interconnection Data Centre Industry

Maier-Rigaud, Frank P. and Milde, Christopher and Selke, André, Economics of the Interconnection Data Centre (IDC) Industry (October 1, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2680186 “The modern digital economy is characterized by high data volumes and the necessity for reliable high speed data exchange. Businesses such as Netflix, providing video on-demand, social and messaging …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management

The Cost of Used Books Plummets as Availability Swells

New York Times – A Penny for Your Books By Dan Nosowitzoct, October 26, 2015: “…in recent years, my bookshelves have swelled. Old John le Carré and Donald E. Westlake and Lawrence Block titles are easier than ever to find online, along with pretty much every other book published in the last century. They’re all …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Marketing

Cybersecurity: The changing role of audit committee and internal audit

Deloitte: “Among the most complex and rapidly evolving issues companies must contend with is cybersecurity. With the advent of mobile technology, cloud computing, and social media, reports on major breaches of proprietary information and damage to organisational IT infrastructure have also become increasingly common, thus transforming the IT risk landscape at a rapid pace. International …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Agencies Finalize Swap Margin Rule

“Five federal agencies have issued a final rule to establish capital and margin requirements for swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants regulated by one of the agencies (“covered swap entities”), as required by the Dodd-Frank Act. The final rule, issued by the Farm Credit Administration (FCA), the Federal …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

White House – Cybersecurity Strategy and Implementation Plan

Tony Scott – Federal CIO – Modernizing Federal Sybersecurity – [October 30, 2015] “the Administration directed a series of actions to continue strengthening Federal cybersecurity & modernizing the government’s technology infrastructure. Strengthening the cybersecurity of Federal networks, systems, and data is one of the most important challenges we face as a Nation. Every day, public …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, PC Security

The Federal Advisory Committee Act: Analysis of Operations and Costs

CRS Report – The Federal Advisory Committee Act: Analysis of Operations and Costs, Wendy Ginsberg, Analyst in American National Government. October 27, 2015. “Federal advisory committees are established to allow experts from outside the federal government to provide advice and recommendations to executive branch agencies or the President. Federal advisory committees can be created either by …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

Model Laws Animal Abuser Registry Act

Animal Law Resource Center – Model Laws Animal Abuser Registry Act Sec. 1. Purpose: “This Act recognizes that it is paramount to the safety and well-being of the community to deal seriously with crimes against animals and separate animal abusers from potential victims. The link between violence against animals and violence against human beings is …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

Harvard Law School Library Embarks on Expansive Digitization Project

Erik Eckholm, NYT: “Shelves of law books are an august symbol of legal practice, and no place, save the Library of Congress, can match the collection at Harvard’s Law School Library. Its trove includes nearly every state, federal, territorial and tribal judicial decision since colonial times — a priceless potential resource for everyone from legal …

Subjects: Copyright, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Enriching Europeana: new EuropeanaTech Task Force report

Antoine Isaac, Juliane Stiller – EuropeanaPro – “Today we’re pleased to publish the report from the EuropeanaTech Task Force on Evaluation and Enrichment. Semantic metadata enrichments can be hugely beneficial for searching Europeana in different languages and adding context to resources accessible via Europeana. Add enrichments that are incorrect or ambiguous, however, and the benefits …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries