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Via LLRX.com – Can We Do Less Law? (ILTA Presentation) At the International Legal Technology Association 2013 meeting in Las Vegas, Ron Friedmann was a panelist on a program, “Do Less Law”. Ron has shared the outline of his speech, with links to sources he cited.
The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Overview, Reauthorization, and Appropriations Issues. John F. Sargent Jr., Specialist in Science and Technology Policy, August 9, 2013 “Nanotechnology – a term encompassing the science, engineering, and applications of submicron materials—involves the harnessing of unique physical, chemical, and biological properties of nanoscale substances in fundamentally new and useful ways. The economic …
Did Twitter Kill the Boys on the Bus? Searching for a better way to cover a campaign. By Peter Hamby, Shorenstein Center Fellow, Spring 2013. CNN Political Reporter.Research Assistant: Karly Schledwitz. Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Discussion Paper Series #D-80, September 2013. “This paper will examine the merits of being …
The Coalition’s Policy for E-Government and the Digital Economy, August 2013 “One of the Coalition’s core principles is a preference for markets, because markets typically produce better outcomes than governments. But government can play a valuable leadership role in the economy, particularly in periods of structural change. If elected, a Coalition government intends to play …
“The code sets out guidelines for CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems to ensure their use is open and proportionate and that they are able to capture quality images that give police a better chance to catch criminals and cut crime. It follows Andrew Rennison’s appointment as the first surveillance camera commissioner last year. The commissioner …
“Monetizing Big Data is on the mobile operators’ agenda. Mobile operators want to know how to harness the potential of Big Data. They are talking about when and how to sort, analyze and manipulate the data to put it to use. In today’s climate of convergence, in which new technologies and networks are blurring industry …
News release: “The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has issued guidance for Federal agencies on a simplified approach to managing email. NARA Bulletin 2013-02: Guidance on a New Approach to Managing Email Records introduces a new approach to managing the billions of email messages that are sent or received in Federal agencies. The approach …
“The APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report [published July 23, 2013] analyzes phishing attacks reported to the APWG by its member companies, its Global Research Partners, through the organization’s website, and by e-mail submissions to [email protected]. APWG also measures the evolution, proliferation , and propagation of crimeware by drawing from the research of our member companies. …
Evaluation of Header Metadata Extraction Approaches and. Tools for Scientific PDF Documents, Mario Lipinski, Kevin Yao, Corinna Breitinger, Joeran Beel, Bela Gipp, July 2013. “This paper evaluates the performance of tools for the extraction of metadata from scientific articles. Accurate metadata extraction is an important task for automating the management of digital libraries. This comparative …
“Grammarly is an automated proofreader and your personal grammar coach. Correct up to 10 times more mistakes than popular word processors.” This is for use in addition to Microsoft® Word – it “scans your text for proper use of more than 250 advanced grammar rules, spanning everything from subject-verb agreement to article use to modifier placement.”
Adrienne LaFrance -Washington Post: “…at the Library of Congress, staffers are for the first time focused on how to serve people who might never set foot in Washington. That means considering how physical and digital spaces are being integrated and adapting library resources for use in physical spaces outside of the building.”
“This forecast is part of the Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI), an ongoing initiative to track and forecast the impact of visual networking applications. This document presents the details of the Cisco VNI global IP traffic forecast and the methodology behind it. For a more analytical look at the implications of the data presented in this …
