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News release: “A new report released by Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies, finds that annual per employee health care costs will triple to nearly $29,000 over the next decade without significant marketplace reforms that reduce costs, expand coverage and improve delivery. These runaway costs, combined with a $56 …
An Open Technology Initiative Policy Brief – 100 Megabits or Bust! An Overview of Successful National Broadband Goals from Around the Globe, By Chiehyu Li and James Losey, New American Foundation, September 17, 2009 When the Federal Communications Commission delivers a National Broadband Plan to Congress in February 2010 the United States will not be …
“Fotopedia is breathing new life into photos by building a photo encyclopedia that lets photographers and photo enthusiasts collaborate and enrich images to be useful for the whole world wide web.”
“The Grant Thornton Business Optimism Index is a confidence measure of U.S. business leaders. The Index is a composite score for three questions: U.S. economy: Do you feel the U.S. economy will improve/remain the same/get worse in the next six months? Business growth: How optimistic are you about the growth of your own business over …
The Conference Board Task Force on Executive Compensation, September 2009 “The current economic crisis, precipitated by the meltdown in the financial services industry, has led to a loss of public trust in corporations and other institutions. Executive compensation has become a flashpoint for this frustration and anger. One of the missions of The Conference Board …
News release: “Counting down the hours until payday? Youre not alone. As the economic downturn trudges on, many workers are struggling with household budgets. Six-in-ten (61 percent) workers report they always or usually live paycheck to paycheck just to make ends meet, up from 49 percent last year and 43 percent in 2007. This is …
News release: “With national unemployment topping 9 percent and many Americans seeking online information and new technology skills that can help keep them and their families afloat in hard times, U.S. public libraries are first responders in a time of economic uncertainty. Libraries Connect Communities 3: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2008-2009, a …
Megaregions and Americas economic recovery – A look at opportunities for megaregional planning across the U.S. [This article appears in the September 2009 issue of the Urbanist] “The Obama administration’s commitment to high-speed rail, including $8 billion in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and another $5 billion in the president’s proposed budget, provides a …
EU Project INDECT – “The main objectives of the INDECT project are: to develop a platform for: the registration and exchange of operational data, acquisition of multimedia content, intelligent processing of all information and automatic detection of threats and recognition of abnormal behaviour or violence, to develop the prototype of an integrated, network-centric system supporting …
2009 Networks for Counsel Study – A Global Study of the Legal Industrys Adoption of Online Professional Networking, Preferences, Usage and Future Predictions – Sample Composition: “The survey was administered to 1,474 counsel 764 private practice lawyers and 710 corporate counsel in May and June of 2009; 33 countries were represented. Financial Services, Manufacturing …
IBM Patent Application: Platform for Capturing Knowledge, September 10, 2009: “A platform used for capturing knowledge. More specifically, a framework configured to capture expert knowledge (e.g., of trained and/or skilled workers) for future instructional purposes (e.g., training of a younger, or less experienced, workforce). The platform comprises a knowledge recorder, instructional design tool, standardized XML, …
Press Accuracy Rating Hits Two Decade Low: “The publics assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades of Pew Research surveys, and Americans views of media bias and independence now match previous lows. Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts …
