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Federal publications recalled from libraries
James R. Jacobs and Barbara Krupa of Stanford University Libraries created this list of Federal government publications that have been recalled from Federal Depository Libraries. Federal publications recalled from libraries. Entries were garnered from several resources (see below) but it may not be complete. The list was created in June of 2010 and is updated […]
Task force report and recommendations on the NSA
The the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies has released its report and recommendations on changes to the National Security Agency (NSA). The report says that the NSA’s status quo “creates potential risks to public trust, personal privacy, and civil liberty.” Liberty And Security In A Changing World, Report and Recommendations of The President’s […]
Center for Effective Government on Citizen Access to Information in 2013
The Center for Effective Government has a 2000 word article that examines citizen access to government information in many areas: Chemical Security, Freedom of Information, Security and Secrecy, Environmental Right to Know, Public Data and Websites, Spending Transparency, Open, Accountable Government, Government Matters, DATA Act, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Freedom […]
NASA Brings Earth Science ‘Big Data’ to the Cloud with Amazon Web Services
NASA has announced that it is making a large collection of NASA climate and Earth science satellite data available to the public via the Amazon cloud.
- NASA Brings Earth Science 'Big Data' to the Cloud with Amazon Web Services, by Ruth Marlaire, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. RELEASE 13-307 (Nov. 12, 2013). By using the cloud, research and application users worldwide gain access to an integrated Earth science computational and data management system they can use on their own. The service encompasses selected NASA satellite and global change data sets -- including temperature, precipitation, and forest cover -- and data processing tools from the NASA Earth Exchange (NEX), a research platform of the NASA Advanced Supercomputer Facility at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.
- NASA NEX, Amazon. Three NASA NEX datasets are now available, including climate projections and satellite images of Earth. More information here.
The day the earth smiled: Cassini spacecraft photos from Saturn’s shadow
In case you missed the news this week, here is the link to NASA's glorious slideshow of photographs from Cassini, including one of earth as seen from Saturn.
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