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News release: “The board of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) modified its definition of a digital magazine in the U.S. and Canada to accommodate new reading devices such as the Apple iPad. The new standards state that a replica digital edition must include a print edition’s full editorial content and advertising, but it no …
USC Marshall Center for Global Innovation: “Innovation is widely acknowledged as an important but difficult construct to measure. Currently indices of the most innovative corporations rely on soft data such as polls or subjective judgments of raters. This page describes an index for ranking the most innovative corporations that is based on hard market data. …
“The compensation research firm Equilar compiled data reflecting pay for 200 chief executives at 199 public companies that filed their annual proxies by March 27 and had revenue of at least $6.3 billion. (One company, Motorola, had co-C.E.O.s.) | See a detailed description of the methodology.”
The Impact of the Internet on Institutions in the Future, Janna Quitney Anderson, Elon University, Lee Rainie, Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project, March 31, 2010: “Technology experts and stakeholders say the internet will drive more change in businesses and government agencies by 2020, making them more responsive and efficient. But there are …
The Nations Report Card: Reading 2009 “This report presents results of the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in reading at grades 4 and 8. Results for students in the nation, the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Department of Defense schools are reported as average scores and as percentages of students performing …
News release: “Nearly one-third of Americans age 14 or older roughly 77 million people used a public library computer or wireless network to access the Internet in the past year, according to a national report released today. In 2009, as the nation struggled through a recession, people relied on library technology to find …
Follow up to previous postings on cloud computing, see this i360Gov.com Special Report, April 2010 – Federal Cloud Computing Initiatives Gain Traction. “The current administration recommends launching cloud computing pilot tests for applications ranging from communications and remote access, to virtual data centers, analytics/reporting, web portals, collaboration and both records and case management. And while …
News release: “[March 25, 2010] U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) and U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) announced the formation of the bipartisan Transparency Caucus which will serve as a resource for Members of Congress on bipartisan open government initiatives. The caucus will promote legislation that requires federal information to be freely accessible, as well as …
Getting Educated at LegalTech New York 2010: Conrad J. Jacoby provides an overview of the New York LegalTech show and conference, long one of the preeminent opportunities to catch a glimpse of the future of legal technology. Conrad highlights how the conference provides a surprisingly accurate snapshot of litigation support, electronic discovery, and even the …
Ethisphere: “The Worlds Most Ethical Companies designation recognizes companies that truly go beyond making statements about doing business ethically and translate those words into action. WME honorees demonstrate real and sustained ethical leadership within their industries, putting into real business practice the Institutes credo of Good. Smart. Business. Profit. There is no set number of …
A transcript of a speech given by the Prime Minister on Building Britains Digital Future in London on 22 March 2010. “I want Britain to be the world leader in the digital economy which will create over a quarter of a million skilled jobs by 2020; the world leader in public service delivery where we …
Follow up to Google Discontinues Censored Search in Mainland China and An Interview with David Drummond of Google about the company’s new policies in China, additional perspective as follows: New York Times, Google Searches for a Foreign Policy:”When Google announced last week that it would shut its censored online search service in China, it was …
