Category «Internet»

DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide

Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG). Version 1, Release 1. 12 January 2015 Developed by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for the Department of Defense (DoD). “Cloud computing technology and services provide the Department of Defense (DoD) with the opportunity to deploy an Enterprise Cloud Environment aligned with Federal Department-wide Information Technology (IT) strategies and efficiency initiatives, including federal …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

OECD Public Data is in Beta

Find, compare and share the latest OECD data:charts, maps, tables and related publications’. Start with one or two short search terms, then refine your results by adding more words. Catalogue of OECD databases or Browse by Topic or Country Agriculture Agricultural land, Agricultural output, Agricultural policy, Fisheries DevelopmentDevelopment resource flows, Official development assistance (ODA) Economy Corporate, Domestic product, Foreign direct …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Energy, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet

Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans

PNAS – “Judging others’ personalities is an essential skill in successful social living, as personality is a key driver behind people’s interactions, behaviors, and emotions. Although accurate personality judgments stem from social-cognitive skills, developments in machine learning show that computer models can also make valid judgments. This study compares the accuracy of human and computer-based …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

GAO Report – Federal Facility Cybersecurity

Federal Facility Cybersecurity: DHS and GSA Should Address Cyber Risk to Building and Access Control Systems, GAO-15-6: Published: Dec 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Jan 12, 2015: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken preliminary steps to begin to understand the cyber risk to building and access controls systems in federal facilities. For example, in 2013, …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Internet

Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence: “The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, written at the invitation of the Centre by an independent ‘International Group of Experts’, is the result of a three-year effort to examine how extant international legal norms apply to this ‘new’ form of warfare. The Tallinn Manual …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Find In-Depth Articles on Google

Via Google Operating System Blog (not affiliated with Google) – “Sometimes you want to find more about a topic and you find a lot of superficial news articles and blog posts that keep rehashing the same information. Google shows a list of in-depth articles for some queries, but this feature seems to be restricted to …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Improving Wikipedia Show and Tell webinar recording available

OCLC – “View this webinar recording to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia that anyone can edit. See presenters share their processes for adding links to collections and other content to Wikipedia. Presentations include both lessons learned and successes.”

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

EPIC Urges Congress to Hold Hearing on FBI Database

“In a letter to Senators Grassley and Leahy, EPIC has urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the FBI’s “Next Generation Identification” program. NGI is the most extensive biometric database in the world and raises many privacy risks. In a recent FOIA case, EPIC v. FBI, EPIC obtained documents which show that the FBI accepted …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Patriot Act, Privacy

New Clues from Doc Searls and David Weinberger

“Fifteen years ago, four of us got together and posted The Cluetrain Manifesto which tried to explain what most businesses and much of the media were getting wrong about the Web. These New Clues come from two of the authors of that manifesto, and of the book that followed. There’s more information here about this project, …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

Congressional Oversight Manual

CRS – Congressional Oversight Manual. Alissa M. Dolan, Legislative Attorney; Elaine Halchin, Specialist in American National Government; Todd Garvey, Legislative Attorney; Walter J. Oleszek, Senior Specialist in American National Government; Wendy Ginsberg, Analyst in American National Government. December 19, 2014. “The Congressional Research Service (CRS) developed the Congressional Oversight Manual over 30 years ago, following a three-day December 1978 Workshop on Congressional Oversight and Investigations. The workshop was organized …

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

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