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Researchers do not impose restricted-access provisions. Rather, they are imposed on us by data owners (in my case, a federal statistical agency), who cannot gather confidential information if they do not protect respondents from identity theft and privacy violations. Restricted-access laws prevent a researcher handing data directly to others. If another researcher wants the data, he must go through the data owner. (the agency that supplied my data works with any legitimate education researcher). The federal government is serious about researchers not distributing restricted-access data. The penalty for a violation is up to $250,000 or five...

Author: By Caroline M. Hoxby, | Title: Hoxby: Article Presents Slanted Veiw of Academic Debate | 7/15/2005 | See Source »

...famous companies of New Japan, including tech superstars Livedoor, Rakuten and Yahoo! Japan. On the 51st floor of this same tower is the Roppongi Hills Club, a members-only (initiation fee and deposit: $20,000) oasis of fine restaurants and spectacular views where authors, artists, celebrities and executives can gather in peace high above the masses. Every third Thursday of every month, Fujimoto convenes a meeting here of the Young Entrepreneur Organization, an association of 125 businesspeople under 40 who are the founders and CEOs of companies with at least $1 million in annual sales. The group gets together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Deepening Divide | 7/11/2005 | See Source »

...software would mean that studies that currently take years to produce due to the time it takes for humans to gather and analyze the data could be compiled in moments. But it may also be applicable to patient care, by making it easier to identify symptoms and warn patients of genetic predispositions...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Database May Help Diagnose Illnesses | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

...First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press, including the right to gather information of interest to the public and, where necessary, to protect the confidentiality of sources...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Statement of Time Inc. on the Matthew Cooper Case | 6/30/2005 | See Source »

...million facility is now used as a depot for a handful of vehicles. The compound is lifeless, with not even a seagull in sight. Across the road at the Helliniko Olympic Complex, venues for another seven sports - baseball, basketball, canoeing and kayaking, fencing, handball, hockey and softball - gather dust. Posses of stray dogs roam across the expanses of untended grounds, loose electrical cables hang over dented fences and garbage mounds pile up behind chained gates. Greece's military is keeping watch over some of the 22 venues - including the main Olympic stadium - for which the state is trying to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Back The Bid? | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

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