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“The U.S. Department of Justices Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) has released a booklet highlighting key efforts supported by Global, including the vigilant preservation of privacy and civil liberties; fusion center partnerships; securing exchanged data and networks; and harnessing the power of the latest innovations so that new technology and standardized languages knock down …
News release: “The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Statistics 20062007, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of ARLs 123 member libraries. Of these member libraries, 113 are university libraries (14 in Canada, 99 in the US); the remaining 10 are …
A Guide for the Perplexed: Libraries and the Google Library Project Settlement: Jonathan Band’s article outlines the settlements provisions, with special emphasis on the provisions that apply directly to libraries. The settlement is extremely complex (over 200 pages long, including attachments), so this paper of necessity simplifies many of its details.
Vandenbergh, Michael P. , Barkenbus, Jack and Gilligan, Jonathan M.,Individual Carbon Emissions: The Low-Hanging Fruit (July 16, 2008). UCLA Law Review, Vol. 55, 2008; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 08-36. Available at SSRN. “The individual and household sector generates roughly 30 to 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and is a potential source …
Most Companies Step Up Communication to Ease Workers’ Recession-Related Stress: “As economic uncertainties raise anxiety levels among workers across all industries, employers are making changes in their communication programs. They are increasing communication about organizational performance and solvency, as well as pay and benefits. Using a variety of traditional communication channels, as well as social …
News release: “The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI) declined further in November. The index fell to 102.9, down 1.6 percent from the October revised figure of 104.5, and down over 13 percent from a year ago. Thus far, the U.S. economy has lost 1.9 million jobs and the declines in the ETI suggest job …
“The transformation of the media world is well underway, facilitated by the spread of digital tools. A myriad of innovative new media organizations have sprung up to take advantage of the opportunities that stem from low-cost distribution networks. Meanwhile the economic base of many of the large media companies continues to erode. Despite the demonstrated …
Press Release: William J. Clinton Foundation Publishes Names of All Contributors on Foundation Website New York Times, Clinton Foundation Donors: Search – “Former President Bill Clinton released a list of thousands of donors to his charity, the William J. Clinton Foundation. The list is partial and will be updated as new data becomes available. Related …
Best Careers, 2009: “U.S. News profiles 30 careers that offer strong outlooks and high job satisfaction. Here’s what’s new in 2009…as well as a look at 13 cutting-edge careers, viable now and poised for future growth. They stem from megatrends like globalization, digitization, and the wave of environmentalism sweeping the world.” See the entry for …
E-Discovery Update: My E-Discovery Holiday Wish List – Conrad J. Jacoby’s holiday wish is for the legal community to finally develop one or more judicially accepted standards that can be used to craft consistent ways of requesting and producing information. With baseline procedures in place, both producing and requesting parties, as well as judges, will …
“For the past two decades the United States has been transforming distressed public housing communities, with three ambitious goals: replace distressed developments with healthy mixed-income communities; help residents relocate to affordable housing, often in the private market; and empower former public housing families toward economic self-sufficiency. The transformation has focused on deconcentrating poverty, but not …
“The Cingranelli-Richards (CIRI) Human Rights Dataset contains standards-based quantitative information on government respect for 15 internationally recognized human rights for 195 countries, annually from 1981-2007. It is designed for use by scholars and students who seek to test theories about the causes and consequences of human rights violations, as well as policy makers and analysts …
