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GAO report that is focused on the contingent workforce. It defines a core contingent of workers as those who have no real regular work, and they make up 7.9 % of the workforce. All contingent workers represent 40.4% of the population currently, with 32.5% being more of contracted and longer-term contracted workers.

short interview with David Vladeck, former head of FTC Consumer Affairs on privacy issues online and how Google and Facebook failed to live up to protecting privacy of their users. by Jessica Leber, June 26, 2012.

New report about adult literacy in technology rich environments. Majority (greater than 60%) of those with low numeracy, reading, and problem solving capabilities are high school graduates. Hispanic and black Americans have the lowest skill levels. 2/3 of low literacy adults are employed, but 40% have earnings in the bottom 1/5 of wage spectrum. Talks about solutions - most are collective actions across a wide spectrum of public and private organizations. "...the first and overarching strategy of this national call to action is for stakeholders to act collectively to raise awareness that transforming learning opportunities for youth and adults is a means of reaching shared goals.

One page summary of the WIOA

Complete text of the WIOA H.R. 803.

Enrollment in Distance Education Courses by State: Fall 2012 from a USDOE Web Tables report from June 2014. Interestingly, black and native American colleges offered the least number of online courses.

Official US gov't site for Digital Literacy. Houses resources, how to's, news, and links to job training, resume writing, etc.

Excellent infograph of statistics on women at work in 2011, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor. Includes how women spend their time, average annual expenditures, educational attainment, fatal occupational injuries, ratio of women's to men's earnings by occupation, women's earnings and employment by occupation, etc.

a list of 30 terms for working with computers online at the National Institute on Aging, nice basic set of terms with pictures to illustrate what is meant by scrollbar or address field, etc.

article by Becky Klein-Collins for Governing, July 2016

Great article on inability of big data marketing brokers failing to regulate themselves by Kate Crawford, January 28, 2014. Individuals can do little to protect themselves or opt-out.

call for descriptions of how technology innovations may help older Americans as they age. May 15, 2015 was the deadline.

article by Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes contributor, May 25, 2015, on 40% of the workforce working in "contingent" jobs as contractors, project employees, part-timers, on-call, agency temps, contract workers, etc. according to new GAO report.

"NAAL defines literacy as both task-based and skills-based. The task-based definition of literacy, used in both the 1992 and 2003 assessments, focuses on the everyday literacy tasks an adult can and cannot perform. The 2003 NAAL adds a complementary skills-based definition of literacy that focuses on the knowledge and skills an adult must possess in order to perform these tasks. These skills range from basic, word-level skills (such as recognizing words) to higher level skills (such as drawing appropriate inferences from continuous text). New information provided by the 2003 NAAL is intended to improve understanding of the skill differences between adults who are able to perform relatively challenging literacy tasks and those who are not."

Digital Literacy, NYC Department of Education "Digital literacy is more than knowing how to send a text or watch a music video. It means having the knowledge and ability to use a range of technology tools for varied purposes. A digitally literate person can use technology strategically to find and evaluate information, connect and collaborate with others, produce and share original content, and use the Internet and technology tools to achieve many academic, professional, and personal goals. "

"Digital literacy is more than knowing how to send a text or watch a music video. It means having the knowledge and ability to use a range of technology tools for varied purposes. A digitally literate person can use technology strategically to find and evaluate information, connect and collaborate with others, produce and share original content, and use the Internet and technology tools to achieve many academic, professional, and personal goals."

Lots of reports, news releases, publications from the Bureau of Labor Statistics