Category «Knowledge Management»

Intelligence Community: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Reporting, Planning for Use of Contract Personnel

CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Reporting on and Planning for the Use of Contract Personnel, GAO-14-204: Published: Jan 29, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 13, 2014. “Collectively, CIA, ODNI, and the departments responsible for developing policies to address risks related to contractors for the other six civilian IC elements have made limited progress in developing …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Commentary – Floods in UK Caused by Extreme Rains in Indonesia?

Bloomberg: “The U.S. is freezing and the U.K. is flooded. Clearly, Indonesia is at fault. That, in any case, is my layman’s interpretation of a report this week from the U.K.’s meteorological agency, the Met Office. It makes fascinating, if nerdy, reading that can be boiled down to a few basic conclusions: * The extended, extreme weather …

Subjects: Climate Change, Knowledge Management

NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework

“Recognizing that the national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure, the President issued Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, in February 2013. It directed NIST to work with stakeholders to develop a voluntary framework – based on existing standards, guidelines, and practices – for reducing cyber …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Defense, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

The battle for Trayvon Martin: Mapping a media controversy online and off-line

“One of the biggest news stories of 2012, the killing of Trayvon Martin, nearly disappeared from public view, initially receiving only cursory local news coverage. But the story gained attention and controversy over Martin’s death dominated headlines, airwaves, and Twitter for months, thanks to a savvy publicist working on behalf of the victim’s parents and …

Subjects: Climate Change, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Lib2Gov – Connecting Your Library to Online Government Service

“Lib2Gov is an engagement platform hosted by the Information Policy & Access Center at the University of Maryland and the American Library Association, with the goal of helping libraries to better meet the e-government needs of their users. Learn about providing e-government services in your library, browse through information on popular e-government topics, and share what your library …

Subjects: E-Government, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

DC Navy Yard Shooting: Fixing the Security Clearance Process

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Staff Report: Slipping Through the Cracks: How the D.C. Navy Yard Shooting Exposes Flaws in the Federal Security Clearance Process, February 11, 2014. “The Committee on Oversight & Government Reform plans to consider legislation to improve problems identified in the security clearance process during this investigation. Section IV of the report …

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

American Libraries Critical Part of Fabric of Life in a Changing and Challenging World

Anna Clark – “America’s network of public libraries is older than America itself. You can make a strong case that the precursor to our modern book-lending system was developed in Boston in 1636, in Charleston in 1698, by Benjamin Franklin and his Philadelphia cohort in 1731, or in the Massachusetts town that named itself after …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

UK – Big Data for Law

“The National Archives has received ‘big data’ funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to deliver the ‘Big Data for Law‘ project. Just over £550,000 will enable the project to transform how we understand and use current legislation, delivering a new service – legislation.gov.uk Research – by March 2015. There are an estimated 50 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Report – STEM Education for the Innovation Economy

Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, January 2014: “Innovation is a primary driver of American prosperity. A significant portion of economic growth in the United States has been attributed to improved productivity resulting in part from innovation. To ensure that innovation and productivity growth continue, more Americans than ever will need to be equipped with science, technology, engineering and …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Does Every Research Library Need a Digital Humanities Center?

An OCLC Research Report by Jennifer Schaffner and Ricky Erway, OCLC Research. “The digital humanities (DH) are attracting considerable attention and funding at the same time that this nascent field strives for an identity. Some research libraries are committing significant resources to creating DH centers. But questions about whether such an investment is warranted persist across …

Subjects: Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Agency Information Quality Guidelines

“Section 515 of Public Law 106-554, known as the Information Quality Act, required the Office of Management and Budget to promulgate guidance to agencies ensuring the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies. OMB’s government-wide guidelines, published as interim final on September 28, 2001 (66 F.R. 49718) and …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Knowledge Management, Legislation

FISC Approves Government’s Request to Modify Telephony Metadata Program

“During his speech on Jan. 17, 2014, President Obama ordered a transition that will end the Section 215 bulk telephony metadata program as it currently exists, and establish a mechanism that preserves the capabilities we need without the government holding this bulk data. As a first step in that transition, the President directed the Attorney …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Defense, E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Patriot Act, Privacy

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