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Here’s all of the NSA revelations in one chart
We’ve been following [[Edward Snowden]] since his first leaks of NSA documents. But wow, this is quite the chart that ProPublica has put together. It’s really something to see all of the leaks in this visual format. Thanks ProPublica! This is a plot of the NSA programs revealed in the past year according to whether […]
Aaron Swartz documentary “The Internet’s Own Boy” is available for CC-licensed preorder
“The Internet’s Own Boy,” Brian Knappenberger’s award-winning, acclaimed documentary about Aaron Swartz, will be in theaters around the country in the next few weeks and is also available to pre-order as a Creative Commons-licensed (CC-BY-NC-SA) video download. You can stream the movie for $7 from most platforms, and for $10, you can buy it from […]
Conference heads up: “Beyond the Numbers: Economics and Data for Information Professionals”
This looks to be a highly interesting conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis this September 29-30, 2014 for anyone interested in historic economic data. Keynote speakers include Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google, and Neil Fantom, World Bank manager who leads their Open Data Initiative. St Louis Fed is doing such great […]
FOIA’d doc reveal narrowly averted 1961 Goldsboro Nuclear Accident
The National Security Archive yesterday published a new “Electronic Briefing Book” entitled “New Details on the 1961 Goldsboro Nuclear Accident” which details the 1961 nuclear weapons accident in Goldsboro, North Carolina as described by a recently declassified Sandia National Lab report. The report was originally declassified by a FOIA request by Eric Schlosser, who wrote […]
Analysis of COL FDLP task force final report #alaac14
June 26, 2014 / Leave a comment
(Please note, if you’d prefer to read a PDF of this post, there’s a “print” button at the bottom of the page) James A. Jacobs and James R. Jacobs, Free Government Information (FGI) On Monday, the ALA Committtee on Legislation’s (COL) FDLP task force released its final Final Report and Recommendations. American Library Association. Committee […]
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