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“The Federal Cloud Computing Strategy was published February 13, 2011, marking a milestone in the Administrations 25-Point Implementation Plan To Reform Federal IT Management. The strategy is designed to help the government deliver value to the public by increasing the operational efficiency of Federal IT dollars, and responding faster to taxpayer needs. In releasing the …
The Triangle Research Libraries Networks Intellectual Property Rights Strategy for Digitization of Modern Manuscript Collections and Archival Record Groups, January 2011 – Laura Clark Brown, Judy Ruttenberg, and Kevin L. Smith, J.D. “Curated online exhibits have dominated the manuscript and archival digitization projects of academic libraries. These exhibits typically present a small number of selected …
10 Conservative Principles for Cybersecurity Policy, by Paul Rosenzweig, George Washington University School of Law; Posted FEbruary 10, 2011 “In the age of the Internet, which now determines daily life for Americans, many threats to the U.S. now exist in the cyber domain. Cybersecurity is a near constant theme in Washington, as well as for …
News release: “President Barack Obama will today detail his plan to win the future by catalyzing the buildout of high-speed wireless services that will enable businesses to grow faster, students to learn more, and public safety officials to access state-of-the-art, secure, nationwide, and interoperable mobile communications. In his State of the Union address, President Obama …
News release: “Experian® Hitwise®, a part of Experian Marketing Services, announced today that Google accounted for 67.95 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Jan. 29, 2011. Bing-powered search comprised 27.44 percent of searches for the month, with Yahoo! Search and Bing receiving 14.62 percent and 12.81 percent, respectively. The remaining …
“The Digital Signage Federation (DSF), a professional membership association, announced today the release of new industry standards for digital signage privacy. The Digital Signage Privacy Standards are a set of voluntary privacy guidelines recommended by DSF for digital signage companies, their partners and the venues that host these systems….The DSF Standards Committee is comprised of …
“The role of social media in Congressional leaders messaging and outreach has exploded over the past few years, whether it be through tweets about floor schedule updates or on Facebook. But within that trend is a clear and nonpartisan divide between the savvy and those still in the dark. House Democratic and Republican …
State Cyberbullying Law – A Brief Review of State Cyberbullying Laws and Policies, Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D. and Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D., Cyberbullying Research Center, updated January 2011
Emerging Legal Issues in Social Media: In Part 1 of his commentary, Ken Strutin discusses how the growth of social media and social networking applications has permeated and extended the range of legal investigation, discovery and litigation. The materials he highlights represent a current sampling of notable developments in law enforcement, law practice, civil and …
Report: Generations, Mobile, Seniors – Generations and their gadgets, by Kathryn Zickuhr, Feb 3, 2011 Many devices have become popular across generations, with a majority now owning cell phones, laptops and desktop computers. Younger adults are leading the way in increased mobility, preferring laptops to desktops and using their cell phones for a variety of …
Audit Report, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Monitoring of Power Grid Cyber Security, DOE/IG-0846, January 2011 “Despite their importance to protecting the power grid, the CIP [Critical Infrastructure Protection] standards did not include a number of security controls commonly recommended for government and industry systems, including both administrative and mission-related systems. For instance, the standards did …
McCabe, Mark J. and Snyder, Christopher M., Did Online Access to Journals Change the Economics Literature? (January 23, 2011). “Does online access boost citations? The answer has implications for issues ranging from the value of a citation to the sustainability of open-access journals. Using panel data on citations to economics and business journals, we show …
