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U.S. Policy Options for Iraq: A Reassessment, by Olga Oliker, Keith Crane, Audra K. Grant, Terrence K. Kelly, Andrew Rathmell, David Brannan (104 pages, PDF): “This book evaluates the costs and benefits of five alternative strategies the United States could pursue in Iraq. The authors argue that, as long as the United States remains in …
“On Tuesday, the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sunlight Foundation launched a new collaborative, citizen-driven project on Congresspedia to build profiles on the hundreds of challengers for congressional seats, which will compliment the existing profiles on every member of Congress. The project is non-partisan and, in true open-source fashion, is free for anyone …
“The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) has prepared and made available via the Office of Justice Programs Information Technology Initiatives Web site, a valuable resource for the law enforcement community. This resource titled: Analyst Toolbox, A Toolbox for the Intelligence Analyst, represents the results of …
Work, work supports, and safety nets: Reducing the burden of low-incomes in America, by Jared Bernstein, October 2, 2007: “This anti-poverty framework is quite simple. First, there is a broad definition of poverty, going well beyond the current, official measure. This program reaches the broad swath, perhaps a third of families, unable to make ends …
“This Wise Guide portal was designed to introduce you to the many fascinating, educational and useful resources available from the nation’s library and one of the most popular Web sites of the federal government. The “Wise Guide” will be refreshed monthly, much like a magazine, offering links to the best of the Library’s online materials. …
Government Technology: “After over two decades of close interaction with the technology researchers, developers and business industries in New York City, the Industrial and Technology Assistance Corporation (ITAC) has released a report regarding the nature and depth of the tech sector in NYC. According to Kunal Malhotra, director of legislation and budget to Council Member …
National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy – Unclassified Summary, October 2007 “The President’s National Drug Control Strategy seeks to disrupt the illicit drug industry as close to the source as possible. As a companion to the National Drug Control Strategy, this Strategy directs U.S. efforts to intercept drug shipments that manage to evade the robust international …
Press release: “Joined by nationally recognized medical providers, health-management device manufacturers and patient advocacy organizations, Microsoft Corp. today launched Microsoft® HealthVault, a software and services platform aimed at helping people better manage their health information. The company outlined its vision for ways that HealthVault can bring the health and technology industries together to create new …
Press release “Further expanding public access to its intellectual riches through the most popular Web destinations, the University of California, Berkeley, announced today (Wednesday, Oct. 3) that it is making entire course lectures and special events available, free of charge, on YouTube. UC Berkeley is the first university to make videos of full courses …
European Parliament: Resolution i2010: towards a European digital library, September 27, 2007
Rising Journal Costs Limit Scholarly Access, Emory University: “Are publishers getting rich publishing your research? A Bear-Stearns evaluation of Reed-Elsevier (one of the world’s largest publishers of scholarly journals) recently rated the company, which earns profits of almost 40% annually, “a stockholder’s dream.” Should private publishers be getting rich selling information generated by research that …
Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries, Part 1 – A Cyberinfrastructure Primer for Librarians, by Anna Gold, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, D-Lib Magazine, September/October 2007, Volume 13 Number 9/10. “The following two-part article is offered to help open up the discussion with library practitioners working directly with research faculty and graduate students, advising on issues of scholarly …
