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Workplace Injury Reporting Under Two-Pronged Attack
National Public Radio reports that Congress is moving to nullify a Labor Department rule that requires employers to keep careful records of worker injuries and illnesses for five years. If the new legislation goes into effect, the Department will have only six months to check companies’ logs and issue a fine if they are inaccurate […]
U.S. Backing Away From Oil And Gas Transparency Validation
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) reports that the U.S. will no longer seek validation by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global anti-corruption effort to bring openness and accountability to the oil, gas and mining sectors. Administration Sounds Death Knell for Transparency Initiative, by Mia Steinle POGO press release (March 17, 2017). A […]
Dept. of Labor is not announcing worker safety violations
The New York Times reports that the Department of Labor has not publicized a single worker safety corporate fine since the inauguration of the President. Worker Safety Rules Are Among Those Under Fire in Trump Era, by Barry Meier And Danielle Ivory, New York Times (March 13, 2017). In a sharp break with the past, […]
Data-brarianship
For those of you who have "data" as part of your job responsibilities, here is an indispensable book. Databrarianship: The Academic Data Librarian in Theory and Practice Edited by Lynda Kellam and Kristi Thompson. ACRL. 386 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-8799-5 (2016). Databrarianship (website with table of contents and some sample content. Drawing on the expertise of […]
“In Order That They Might Rest Their Arguments on Facts”
Because the Trump Administration has questioned the accuracy of federal statistics such as the unemployment rate and because of reports that it will propose substantial cuts to government statistical agencies, the Hamilton Project and The American Enterprise Institute have released a new report about the vital importance of data collected by the federal government. "In […]
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