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This case has been around for a while, and frankly, I've always been a no-case kind of guy. But when I found myself not being as careful with my now almost two-year old iPhone 5, I thought that maybe I should just go all the way. Maybe I should get ahold of one of the more protective cases out there, without going off the deep end and getting something would provide more protection than I need.
What I ended up with is one LifeProof Nüüd for the iPhone 5/5s. It's not a new concept, but these cases claim to do a great job of protecting your device from all the potential hazards in life: from dirt and mud, to a pool full of water. But this isn't a product description, it's a review. After a week of using this nifty case, I think I have some worthwhile thoughts on it. My phone is typically all-nude all-the-time, so forcing myself to use a case for the first time this week left me with some thoughts.
The packaging
Apple does a great job of making sure the experience people have with their products starts with the packaging, and LifeProof makes an attempt at the same. Opening the product presents you with a card that outlines the quick and easy steps of installation, and every case comes shipped with a microfiber cloth for cleaning the device's screen. You'll also get a small headphone cable extender which lets the device stay waterproof with headphones attached.
But something that's unique about the Nüüd case is that LifeProof even includes a dummy iPhone for testing to make sure the case is truly water proof. The company tests every case themselves prior to shipping, but it makes sense that they would provide a way for customers to test and make sure the case lives up to its bold claims. Other LifeProof models don't need to include this dummy, because they are completely closed-off and you can test them by simply dunking the case in water for 30 minutes, opening it up, and making sure the inside is dry.
Zero screen interference
The Nüüd model actually leaves the entire front face open, letting you touch the screen itself even when the case is on. For me, this is one of the case's biggest high points, and one of the biggest gripes I've had about previous super-protective cases. I have never used a screen protector — I don't like anything getting between my finger and the capacitive touch sensor because, when something does, the screen often loses accuracy in terms of detecting taps.
Giving the case the dunk test in the kitchen sink was a slightly more scary experience than it would have been with a fully-enclosed case like the LifeProof Frē, because the water truly does in fact touch the phone's front glass and you have to trust that the seal is tight enough to keep water out. But after I got over my gut telling me not to do it, dropping the phone in 4 inches of water for 30 minutes left it running perfectly fine. You can't really control the phone when it's under water, and using the phone when the screen is wet triggers a ton of sporadic taps, but that's the nature of the capacitive screen and not on the fault of the case.
But it's still bulky
As someone who never used a case previous to this one, I still found the bulk of this case to be just a bit much. My gripes about wanting to be able to interact with the devices actual screen are remedied with the Nüüd, and it definitely has a slimmer profile than most of LifeProof and Otterbox's many offerings, but it was hard to keep the phone in my pocket — especially as a relatively skinny dude who wears slimmer-profile jeans.
Bottom line
Overall, I'm actually very happy with this case. It's a little bit bulky, but as I definitely want to sell my iPhone 5 sometime in the next few months so I can grab the iPhone 6, it's probably best that I protect this device as much as I can to preserve its value. I've enjoyed being able to use my iPhone for the last week without worrying about drops and bumps, and I don't have to sacrifice being able to touch the screen directly with this case. And to boot, it has a relatively slim profile that gives me just the right amount of protection with the fewest number of compromises.
If you're sporting the iPhone 5s, which also works with this case, Touch ID should work perfectly fine (but I obviously was unable to test this).
You can get the LifeProof Nüüd at the company's official website, or on Amazon for the same price. If you're looking for the same profile but in iPad flavors, be sure to check out our hands-on with the iPad Nüüd.
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23 Responses to "Review: LifeProof Nüüd is just the right amount of protection for your iPhone 5/5s"
One serious flaw: I have tested multiple Nüüd cases on multiple iPhone 5S phones on both AT&T and Verizon in multiple locations. With the case on, people cannot hear me. Without the case, people hear me perfectly. There is clearly an issue with either sound or cellular reception with this case.
My wife has this case. I am pretty confident there is a small rubber cover to stop water from damaging the mic and speakers. That is why things sound muffled. Don't want it water proofed? Remove that cover.
Try removing the phone from the case and making sure to place the bottom in FIRST while aligning the case speaker grill with those on the phone. I found that not doing the install this way almost always causes the muffled speaker issue.
this case is no good. i paid eighty dollars for it and after a week it started getting water inside while in the shower. not even submerged.for a 600 phone. thats is not reassuring to me.
I have this case for about 4 months now for my iPhone 5s.Sometime, I went swimming in the pool few times with my iPhone with this Lifeproof case nuud and took some footage for 30secs to 1 min footage, go under up to 5 feet in the pool using the Ultrakam Pro app.(make sure I had to switch it into airplane mode for safety reason just in case I wouldn't get a electric shock if someone called me) and I'm glad nothing bad happen to my phone and the footage came out really good.This Lifeproof case it reminds me of the GoPro camera with a waterproof skeleton case that can sub-merge into the water.
Personally, I'm not a fan at all of the nüüd case. I'm still using it now simply because I can't afford another and there's not really any point in using one now that my phone has shattered. I may have gotten bad luck but I took my phone to the beach and tested it out in the water and the phone was completely ruined and cost me $320 to get replaced. I got a replacement case from nuud as well because my case was still in warranty, but then after only having the second case for a month or so I had somebody jump on me (i'm in year 12) and I landed on the side with my phone in it. When I took the phone out it had a spider web shatter from right near the home button. I personally wouldn't recommend getting this case.
One thing the review forgets to mention are the accessories you can also use to extend the usefulness of the iPhone and case. I have a 5s with the nuud case along with the mount for my mountain bike and also a Go Pro style mount for the dash in my car. I'm able to click my phone into these accessories so they are in easy view when needed. I have been using Lifeproof since the 4s and absolutely love the case. I've taken a lot of underwater video and pictures and haven't had any leaks yet. Yes, it makes the phone a little thicker and longer but you really can't get this much protection in anything thinner!!
Case isn't bulky as others and very light. My opinion it'a Lifeproof cases are overpriced.
Not bad. The iPhone 6 Plus nuud case is out now. If you're keen to see an unboxing, here's the video.
Just a got a brand new Nuud case at the same day I bought an Iphone6. All safety tests were performed as per LifeProof instructions and passed. Did it Twice. Did 40 min of stand up paddle and in the end just got out of the board into the water for a few seconds. Got home and noticed the phone was not turning on. Put it into the power, nothing. Removed it out of the case and realized it was completely wet. Took the phone to apple representative in my town and was informed phone had no repair. Got in touch with LifeProof, all pictures sent and they realized something was wrong with my case and a new one is on the way. For what? I don't thrust their products anymore. Never! Who is going to pay for my new Iphone? LifeProof….stay away!


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Bombs exploded in two locations in Kampala, Uganda on Sunday while audiences gathered to watch the World Cup final, killing 64 people including at least one American. At least 65 more were injured in the blasts. The police chief in Kampala suspected the Somalian extremist group al-Shabab of being behind the attack.
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Feedback and thanks from Heidi Durham at Starbucks
guest post by Heidi Durham from the Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ teamIt is hard to believe the betacup challenge will soon be over. The betacup team encouraged me to share some of our own thoughts about how things are progressing and what we hope to do next.
We have been surprised and delighted not only by the number of ideas, but by the originality and diversity of submissions. We have seen a number of ideas we like, from incentive and reuse schemes to new types of cups. We think it will take a mix of approaches to succeed so I'd like to encourage you to continue to explore a wide range of approaches from new reusable and disposable cups to incentive and reuse schemes.
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We are excited to see the community and jury selections in the coming week. Good luck and thank you for your tremendously creative efforts.
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by tobyd on May 22, 2010 at 8:08 am
I like this initiative, but I've wished for a long time that Starbucks and other quick food establishments actively recycled their customer's trash. I personally recycle more than 70% of my trash at home. It kills me throwing away a coffee cup at Starbucks knowing it could be recycled if Starbucks took the initiative to recycle. Is it prohibitively expensive to do this?
by StewartP on May 23, 2010 at 1:42 am
[...] Feedback and thanks from Heidi Durham at Starbucks | BetaCup [...]
by Red Coffee Machine - How do you make good coffee without a coffee maker? on May 23, 2010 at 7:51 am
StewartP. We hear you. Part of the motivation for the betacup was a sense that recycling was one approach and that other ways might exist. In particular, much of the recycling conversation came back to the existing of commercial recycling – our understanding is that where possible Starbucks takes advantage of these services. More on this http://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/environment/recycling.


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O'Reilly Media founder and Silicon Valley oracle Tim O'Reilly was kind enough to chat with me on camera at O'Reilly Where, his company's conference on "the business of location." We talked about the history of the Where conference, which was founded just as Google was starting to change the way we experience maps; the nearly-insurmountable competitive advantage that companies with massive datasets enjoy; and the sorts of conclusions that our devices and services can reach about us because they're logging location data.
Here's an index to the video:
- 0:00 Tell me about the founding of the Where conference
- 2:27 Might smart location services eventually obviate human interfaces and visualizations? You might imagine that instead of asking Google Maps for directions to a good sushi restaurant, we'll find ourselves asking our Google autonomous car to simply take us to a good sushi restaurant and handle everything from choosing that restaurant based on social recommendations to identifying the best way to get there and executing the trip.
- 5:02 Location has become a facet in the constant stream of data that's collected around us all the time. Is it distinct from what we call "big data" any more?
- 5:50 We heard an interesting Ignite talk at the beginning of the conference that dealt with what Will Carter called "location-based disservices"–for instance, the Major League Baseball app that prevents users from watching nearby baseball games. How can we keep control over our own location data?
- 7:16 Let's talk about how location has grown up along with mobile.
- 8:56 So location is, at its most abstract level, the way that algorithms interact with the physical world?
- 9:54 "The guy with the most data wins"
- 11:39 But what about open data as a way to move against the huge advantage that companies like Google enjoy from their giant data troves?
- 12:40 What does the business of location mean for serendipity? How will discovery work if the discovery is done for us? (Tim heard this question as a hand-wringer, which isn't really how I meant it, but I like his answer a lot.)


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Presidential Signing Statements Research Guide
This guide is a starting point for researching presidential signing statements and their significance in the U.S. legal system.
When presidents sign bills into law, they sometimes issue written statements expressing their views on those bills. These written statements are known as "presidential signing statements." Presidents often use signing statements to express their intention not to enforce parts of legislation that they consider to be unconstitutional, or otherwise provide an interpretation of the law as executive branch agencies will be directed to enforce it.
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- Electronic: HeinOnline (1929 - ) .
- Electronic: FDsys (1992 - ).
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States.
- Print: J80 .A283 (1929-1933; 1945-2005).
- Electronic:
- GPO Access (1991 - 2005).
- Lexis: Public Papers of the Presidents (March 24, 1979 - ).
- United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAN).
- Print: KF48 .U54 (selected coverage, 1944 - present).
- Electronic: Westlaw - USCCAN-MSG database (1986 - ).
- American Presidency Project, Presidential Signing Statements: Hoover to Obama – A browsable database of signing statements from 1929 to the present.
- Coherent Babble Blog's RSS Feed of Signing Statements, 2001 to the Present.
News and Scholarly Commentary
Short Articles
This section presents select recent brief news articles, as well as opinion pieces. The articles are listed below in reverse-chronological order.
- Charlie Savage, Obama's Embrace of Bush Tactic Criticized by Lawmakers from Both Parties, N.Y. Times, Aug. 9, 2009, at A16. Lexis Westlaw
- Charlie Savage, Obama Looks to Limit Impact of Tactic Bush Used to Sidestep New Laws, N.Y. Times, Mar. 10, 2009, at A12. Lexis Westlaw. Report on March 9, 2009 Obama memo to executive department and agency heads on signing statements.
- Dana D. Nelson, Editorial, The "Unitary Executive": Think a Democrat Will Stop the Push for Presidential Power? Think Again, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Oct. 16, 2008, at B11. Lexis Westlaw.
- Maura Reynolds, Bush's Hedge on Bill Renews Debate Over 'Signing Statements', L.A. Times, Feb. 1, 2008, at 11. Lexis Westlaw
- Charlie Savage, Group Opposes Loss of Signing Statements, Boston Globe, Aug. 5, 2006, at A2. Lexis Westlaw.
- Walter Dellinger, Op-Ed., A Slip of the Pen, N.Y. Times, July 31, 2006, at A17. Lexis Westlaw. Op-ed piece by the author of a Clinton-era DOJ memorandum on the legal significance of signing statements. The article asserts that the Bush administration cites his memo while ignoring its cautionary guidelines.
- Untangling the Debate on Signing Statements, Georgetown Law Faculty Blog, July 31, 2006. Blog post co-written by eight former U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel attorneys.
- John W. Dean, The Bush Administration's Adversarial Relationship with Congress --
as Illustrated by Its Refusal to Even Provide the Number of Signing Statements Issued by President Bush, FindLaw's Writ, July 14, 2006.
- Brian Friehl, The Signing Statement Games, Nat'l J., June 17, 2006, at 65. Academic Search Premier .
- Chitra Ragavan, Cheney's Guy, U.S. News & World Report, May 29, 2006, at 32. Academic Search Premier . Profiles David Addington, Cheney's chief of staff and the lawyer largely responsible for President George W. Bush's use of signing statements in objecting to parts of legislation.
- Dahlia Lithwick, Sign Here: Presidential Signing Statements Are More Than Just Executive Branch Lunacy, Slate, Jan. 30, 2006.
- Adam Liptak, Presidential Signing Statements, and Alito's Role in Them, Are Questioned, N.Y. Times, Jan. 14, 2006, at A11. Lexis Westlaw
- John W. Dean, The Problem with Presidential Signing Statements: Their Use and Misuse by the Bush Administration, FindLaw's Writ, Jan. 13, 2006.
- Steve Sheppard, Presidential Signing Statements: How to Find Them, How to Use Them, and What They Might Mean, 2006 Ark. L. Notes 87. Westlaw.
Scholarly Articles
The articles below are from scholarly publications, such as law reviews and academic journals, listed in reverse chronological order. Where available, links are given to the articles on the Internet or in subscription databases.
- Faith J. Jackson, The Constitutionality of Presidential Signing Statements: A Note on H.R. 5993,The Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2008, 35 J. of Leg. 1 (2009) HeinOnline
- Neil Kinkopf & Peter M. Shane, Signed Under Protest: A Database of Presidential Signing Statements, 2001-2009, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 118 (Oct. 2009). SSRN.
- Michael J. Berry, Controversially Executing the Law: George W. Bush and the Constitutional Signing Statement, 36 Congress & the Presidency 244 (2009). Academic Search Premier .
- Christopher S. Kelley & Bryan W. Marshall, Assessing Presidential Power: Signing Statements and Veto Threats as Coordinated Strategies, 37 Am. Pol. Res. 508 (2009). Academic Search Premier .
- Sofia E. Biller, Note, Flooded by the Lowest Ebb: Congressional Responses to Presidential Signing Statements and Executive Hostility to the Operation of Checks and Balances, 93 Iowa L. Rev. 1067 (2008). Lexis Westlaw.
- Michael T. Crabb, Comment,"The Executive Branch Shall Construe": The Canon of Constitutional Avoidance and the Presidential Signing Statement, 56 Kan. L. Rev. 711 (2008). Lexis Westlaw.
- I-Wei Wang, Schoolhouse Rock Is No Longer Enough: The Presidential Signing Statements Controversy and Its Implications for Library Professionals, 100 Law Libr. J. 619 (2008). Lexis Web
- Nicholas J. Leddy, Note, Determining Due Deference: Examining When Courts Should Defer to Agency Use of Presidential Signing Statements, 59 Admin. L. Rev. 869 (2008). Lexis Westlaw.
- Malinda Lee, Comment, Reorienting the Debate on Presidential Signing Statements: The Need for Transparency in the President's Constitutional Objections, Reservations, and Assertions of Power, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 705 (2008). Lexis Westlaw.
- Kristien G. Knapp, Note, Resolving the Presidential Signing Statement Controversy: New York State as a Separation of Powers Laboratory, 6 Cardozo Pub. L. Pol'y & Ethics J. 737 (2008). Lexis Westlaw.
- Jeremy M. Seeley, Note, How the Signing Statement Thought It Killed the Veto; How the Veto May Have Killed the Signing Statement, 23 BYU J. Pub. L. 167 (2008). Lexis Westlaw.
- Symposium: The Last Word? The Constitutional Implications of Presidential Signing Statements, 16 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 1-314 (2007). Includes the following articles and others:
- Neal Devins, Signing Statements and Divided Government, 16 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 63 (2007). Lexis Westlaw.
- Saikrishna Prakash, Why the President Must Veto Unconstitutional Bills, 16 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 81 (2007). Lexis Westlaw.
- Nelson Lund, Signing Statements in Perspective, 16 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 95 (2007). Lexis Westlaw.
- Michele Estrin Gilman, Litigating Presidential Signing Statements, 16 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 131 (2007). Lexis Westlaw.
- Louis Fisher, Signing Statements: Constitutional and Practical Limits, 16 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 183 (2007). Lexis Westlaw.
- Phillip J. Cooper, Signing Statements as Declaratory Judgments: The President as Judge, 16 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 253 (2007). Lexis Westlaw.
- Christopher S. Kelley, A Matter of Direction: The Reagan Administration, the Signing Statement, and the 1986 Westlaw Decision, 16 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 283 (2007). Lexis Westlaw.
- Neil Kinkopf, Signing Statements and Statutory Interpretation in the Bush Administration, 16 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 307 (2007). Lexis Westlaw.
- Note, Context-Sensitive Deference to Presidential Signing Statements, 120 Harv. L. Rev. 597 (2006). Lexis Westlaw.
- Curtis A. Bradley & Eric A. Posner, Presidential Signing Statements and Executive Power, 23 Const. Comment. 307 (2006) Westlaw.
- Louis Fisher Signing Statements: What to Do?, The Forum: Vol. 4: No. 2, Article 7 (2006). BePress.
- Steven G. Calabresi & Daniel Lev, The Legal Significance of Presidential Signing Statements, The Forum: Vol. 4: No. 2 Article 8 (2006). BePress.
- Phillip J. Cooper, George W. Bush, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Use and Abuse of Presidential Signing Statements, 35 Presidential Stud. Q. 515 (2005). ProQuest Research Library .
- Kristy L. Carroll, Comment, Whose Statute Is It Anyway?: Why and How Courts Should Use Presidential Signing Statements When Interpreting Federal Statutes, 46 Cath. U.L. Rev. 475 (1997). Lexis Westlaw.
- Christopher N. May, Presidential Defiance of "Unconstitutional" Laws: Reviving the Royal Prerogative, 21 Hastings Const. L.Q. 865 (1994). Examines several methods presidents use to defy legislation they deem unconstitutional, including signing statements. Westlaw
- Christine E. Burgess, When May a President Refuse to Enforce the Law? 72 Tex. L. Rev. 631 (1994). Discusses signing statements as one mechanism presidents use in refusing to enforce laws they deem unconstitutional. Lexis Westlaw .
- William D. Popkin, Judicial Use of Presidential Legislative History: A Critique, 66 Ind. L.J. 699 (1991). Lexis Westlaw.
- Kathryn Marie Dessayer, Note, The First Word: The President's Place in "Legislative History," 89 Mich. L. Rev. 399 (1990). Argues that Presidential documents, including messages, proposals, and legislative drafts, are relevant to statutory interpretation because of the President's legislative role. Lexis Westlaw.
- Frank B. Cross, The Constitutional Legitimacy and Significance of Presidential "Signing Statements," 40 Admin. L. Rev. 209 (1988). HeinOnline
- Marc N. Garber & Kurt A. Wimmer, Presidential Signing Statements as Interpretations Of Legislative Intent: An Executive Aggrandizement Of Power, 24 Harv. J. on Legis. 363 (1987). Westlaw
- Brad Waites, Note, Let Me Tell You What You Mean: An Analysis of Presidential Signing Statements, 21 Ga. L. Rev. 755 (1987). Lexis Westlaw .
Books and Book Chapters
The books below are available at the Georgetown Law Library or on the Internet.
- "Form over Accountability: Executive Privilege, Signing Statements, and the Illusion of Law," in Peter M. Shane, Madison's Nightmare: How Executive Power Threatens American Democracy (2009). JK516 .S435 2009.
- "The Power to Ignore the Law: Signing Statements," in James P. Pfiffner, Power Play: The Bush Presidency and the Constitution (2008). JK516 .P49 2008.
- "The Signing Statement as De Facto Item Veto," in Karlyn Kohrs Campbell and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Presidents Creating the Presidency: Deeds Done in Words (2008). PN239.P64 C36 2008.
- Christopher S. Kelley, "The Significance of the Presidential Signing Statement," in Christopher S. Kelley, editor, Executing the Constitution: Putting the President Back into the Constitution (2006). JK511 .E93 2006.
- Christopher S. Kelley, The Unitary Executive and the Presidential Signing Statement (2003) (unpublished doctoral dissertation).
- "Presidential Signing Statements: A Different Kind of Line Item Veto," in Philip J. Cooper, By Order of the President: The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action (2002). KF5053 .C578 2002.
- "Signing Statements: Introduction," in Christopher N. May, Presidential Defiance of "Unconstitutional" Laws: Reviving the Royal Prerogative (1998). KF5065 .M39 1998.
- "Signing Statements: Acquiescence, Avoidance, and Compliance," in Christopher N. May, Presidential Defiance of "Unconstitutional" Laws: Reviving the Royal Prerogative (1998). KF5065 .M39 1998.
- "Signing Statements: Noncompliance," in Christopher N. May, Presidential Defiance of "Unconstitutional" Laws: Reviving the Royal Prerogative (1998). KF5065 .M39 1998.
- "Striking Down or Revising Laws: Signing Statements in the Bush Presidency," in Charles Tiefer, The Semi-Sovereign Presidency: The Bush Administration's Strategy for Governing without Congress (1994). E881 .T54 1994.
Policy Reports
This section includes in-depth policy reports by the American Bar Association (ABA), the Congressional Research Service (CRS, an arm of the Library of Congress), and the U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO).
- American Bar Association, Report of the Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements and the Separation of Powers Doctrine (2006). The ABA held a press conference upon releasing the report, and has made streaming audio and video of the press conference available.
- U.S. General Accountability Office, Appropriations Decision B-308603, Presidential Signing Statements Accompanying the Fiscal Year 2006 Appropriations Acts (June 18, 2007).
- T.J. Halstead, Congressional Research Service, Presidential Signing Statements: Constitutional and Institutional Implications (Sept. 17, 2007).
House and Senate Bills
The bills below were introduced during the 109th through 111th Congresses to address what some legislators saw as the abuse of signing statements.
- H.R. 149, 111th Cong. (2009). This bill would require the President to transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary, and to the Senate Majority Leader each signing statement that declares or insinuates the President's intention to disregard provisions of any bill he has signed into law because he believes it is unconstitutional. It would also provide for displaying such statements on THOMAS.
- H.R. 258, 111th Cong. (2009). This bill would prohibit the use of Executive Office of the President funds for disseminating signing statements that are inconsistent with congressional intent in enacting the signed measure.
- H.R. 3362, 111th Cong. (2009). This bill would authorize the General Counsel of the House and the Senate Legal counsel, upon adoption of a resolution by the House and Senate directing them to do so, to bring a civil action in U.S. District Court to enforce a legal provision that presidential signing statement asserts or implies an intention not to enforce.
- H.R. Res. 417, 111th Cong. (2009). This resolution would call upon the President to commit to providing all signing statements for publication, affirm Congress' right to participate in court proceedings regarding the constitutionality of such statements, and ensure that Congress can obtain testimony from administration officials claiming executive privilege to justify such statements.
- S. 875, 111th Cong. (2009). Like S. 1747, 110th Cong. (2007), this bill would prohibit both state and federal courts from relying on or deferring to a presidential signing statement as a source of authority when determining the meaning of any Act of Congress. It would also require any federal or state court in any proceeding regarding the construction or constitutionality of any Act of Congress in which a presidential signing statement was issued, to permit the Office of Senate Legal Counsel or the Office of General Counsel for the House, or both, to participate as amici curiae, and to present oral argument on the question of the Act's construction or constitutionality.
- H.R. 5993, 110th Cong. (2008). This bill would have required the President to transmit to the Speaker of the House any signing statement that expressed the President's intention to disregard provisions of any bill he signed into law because he believed it to be unconstitutional. It would also have required the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, or White House Counsel to testify before congressional committees to explain the meaning and justification of every such signing statement. Finally, it would have barred authorization or expenditure of federal funds to implement any law accompanied by a presidential signing statement noncompliant with this bill.
- H.R. 264, 110th Cong. (2007). This bill would have prohibited the use of funds made available to the Executive Office of the President or any other federal agency for the dissemination of signing statements that contradict, or are inconsistent with, the intent of Congress in enacting a bill. It would also prohibit governmental entities from considering presidential signing statements purposes of construing or applying any Act of Congress.
- H.R. 3585, 110th Cong. (2007). This bill would have given the Senate and House of Representatives standing to file a declatory judgment action in an appropriate federal district court to challenge the constitutionality of a presidential signing statement that declares the president's intent to disregard provisions of a bill he has signed into law because he believes they are unconstitutional.
- S. 1747, 110th Cong. (2007). This bill would have prohibited both state and federal courts from relying on or deferring to a presidential signing statement as a source of authority when determining the meaning of any Act of Congress. It would also have required any federal or state court in any proceeding regarding the construction or constitutionality of any Act of Congress in which a presidential signing statement was issued, to permit the Office of Senate Legal Counsel or the Office of General Counsel for the House, or both, to participate as amici curiae, and to present oral argument on the question of the Act's construction or constitutionality.
- S. 3731, 109th Cong. (2006). This bill proposed to regulate the judicial use of signing statements in the interpretation of federal statutes, to give Congress standing to seek declaratory judgments on the legality of specific signing statements, and give Congress the right to intervene for the presentation of evidence in any litigation in which a presidential signing statement might be used to interpret a federal statute. The bill would have also given Congress the right to pass a concurrent resolution clarifying any statute that was the subject of an interpretative presidential signing statement and to have that resolution submitted into the record of a case interpreting the statute.
- H.R. 5486, 109th Cong. (2006). This bill proposed to prohibit any "federal entity," including executive agencies, from considering presidential signing statements, and also to prohibit the Executive Office of the President from using congressionally allocated funds to publish signing statements.
- H.R.J. Res. 87, 109th Cong. (2006), and H.R.J. Res. 89, 109th Cong. (2006). These proposed resolutions would have required the President to notify Congress when deciding not to enforce portions of a bill, and created expedited procedures in the House of Representatives for considering responsive legislation. In addition, they would also have required the President to report similar decisions made for laws enacted before passage of this resolution during the 107th through the 109th Congresses.
Congressional Hearings
- Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations, Hearing before the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, 110th Cong. (July 25, 2008). This 400+ page hearing discusses signing statements and other matters related to executive power.
- Impact of the Presidential Signing Statement on the Department of Defense's Implementation of the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act: Hearing before the House Committee on Armed Services, 110th Cong. (Mar. 11, 2008). Witnesses include:
- Bruce Fein, Bruce Fein & Associates, Member, American Bar Association Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements
- T.J. Halstead, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service
- Gary L. Kepplinger, General Counsel, U.S. Government Accountability Office
- Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
- Negative Implications of the President's Signing Statement on the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act: Hearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, 110th Cong. (Feb. 8, 2008). Prepared statements and archived video of the hearing also available from the House Democrats Financial Services Committee.
- Mr. Jerry Fowler, Executive Director, Save Darfur Coalition
- The Honorable Patricia M. Wald, Former Judge and Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Mr. Paul H. Schwartz, Esq., Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP
- The Honorable Frank T. Caprio, General Treasurer, Office of the Rhode Island General Treasurer
- Presidential Signing Statements under the Bush Administration: Hearing before the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, 110th Cong. (Jan. 31, 2007). Prepared statements and video of the hearing also available from the House Judiciary Committee website.
- Hon. Mickey Edwards, Former Member of Congress, Aspen Institute
- John Elwood, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice
- Karen J. Mathis, President of the American Bar Association
- Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
- Use of Presidential Signing Statements: Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 109th Cong. (June 27, 2006). KF26 .J8 2006tt. Prepared statements available on the Senate Judiciary Committee website.
- Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
- Michelle E. Broadman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice
- Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Christopher S. Yoo, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Bruce Fein, Partner, Fein & Fein LLC
- Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Executive Branch Memoranda
The following memos were written by various members of the federal executive branch during the last three decades:
- Memorandum from Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, to for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Presidential Signing Statements, Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents (Mar. 9, 2009).
- Memorandum from Walter Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General, to Bernard N. Nussbaum, Counsel to the President, The Legal Significance of Presidential Signing Statements (Nov. 3, 1993), reprinted at 48 Ark. L. Rev. 333 (1994). Lexis Westlaw.
- Memorandum from Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, to the Litigation Strategy Working Group, U.S. Department of Justice, Using Presidential Signing Statement to Make Fuller Use of the President's Constitutionally Assigned Role in the Process of Enacting Law (Feb. 5, 1986) (on file with the U.S. National Archives).
Online Resources
- American Presidency Project, Presidential Signing Statements: Hoover to Obama. Browsable database of signing statements from 1929 to the present.
- FAQs about Signing Statements. Answers detailed questions such as "How many signing statements did George W. Bush issue?" and "Who drafted signing statements for President Bush?" Also provides links to numerous articles and blog posts.
- Law Library of Congress, Presidential Signing Statements. This research guide cites recent cases, articles, hearings and bills related to presidential signing statements.
- Signing Statement, Wikipedia. Provides a brief overview of the use and legal significance of presidential signing statements.
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Anyone who has ever been on a software project is initially confused by all the chaos involved. When Ford can churn out good quality and inexpensive automobiles and McDonald's can serve millions of satisfied people around the world, and we can put man on the moon, why do the most reputable companies struggle to deliver even the simplest of software projects?
After being on two new model launches at Ford that went smoothly, I moved into IT at the beginning of the economic boom in the mid-nineties and asked the same question. Why is the IT world so inept at managing software projects? My boss at the time quickly whipped out this book and asked me to read it cover to cover before asking any more questions or wasting any more time trying to figure this out. I did as I was told and found the answers I was looking for. I also found answers to questions I hadn't asked yet but I would have eventually. I instantly purchased a copy of this book for my long term personal book collection.
The book contains a thorough discussion of various software development practices and their effectiveness using case studies very extensively. These case studies stick in your mind really well and drive home the point that the author is trying to make. The book also talks about the most classic mistakes on any software development project and then details several strategies to avoid them altogether on your own project.
I still refer to this book whenever I feel nervous on a software project that something's not right. You don't need to be technical to understand the book and the book is written for anyone on a software project - from the project manager to the developer to the tester. I can't believe the pricing on the book. I am always comparing the value I get from any book I purchase and this is one of the most reasonably priced books for the 600 + pages of wisdom it provides. Share this book with your colleagues and friends, they will definitely thank you for it. Get a copy and start taming those wild software schedules!
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical Guide With Real Life Examples,
Abhinav Agarwal "AA" (India) - See all my reviews
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Steve McConnell's books have always displayed a remarkable degree of practicality and readability. This book is no different.
The author says at the outset the Purpose of the book is to answer issues about trade-offs. The author says that software can be optimized for any of several goals: lowest defect rate, lowest cost, or shortest development, etc... Software Engineering is then about achieving tradeoffs, and this is what this book is primarily about.
Because the book is so big, it has been broken into sections that can be read selectively and quickly. A short book would have oversimplified things to the point of uselessness.
Organization of the book:
Parts 1, 2 deal with the Strategy and Philosophy of rapid development, while part 3 covers Rapid develoment best practices
In chapter 3 the author talks about 'Classic Mistakes'. He calls them 'classic' and 'seductive' because they are so easy to make that they have been repeated in countless projects. The classic mistakes number 36 (though Steve M points out that a complete list could probably go on for pages and pages):
Undermined motivation, Weak personnel, uncontrolled problem employees, Heroics , Adding people to a late project , Noisy crowded offices , Friction between developers and customers , Unrealistic expectations , Lack of effective project sponsorship , Lack of stakeholder buy-in , Lack of user input , Politics placed over substance , Wishful thinking , Overly optimistic schedules , Insufficient risk management , Contractor failure , Insufficient planning , Abandonment of planning under pressure , Inadequate design , Planning to catch up later , Code-like-hell programming , Requirements gold-plating , Feature creep , Developer gold-plating , Push-me, pull-me negotiation , Research oriented development , Silver bullet syndrome , Overestimated savings from new tools or methods , Switching tools in the middle of a project , Lack of automated source-code control , Shortchanged quality assurance , Omitting necessary tasks from estimates , Shortchanged front end upstream activities.
He categorizes these classic mistakes into four sets : People related, technology related, product related, and process related.
Part 2 covers rapid development issues in greater detail.
Core issues like Estimation, Scheduling, Lifecycle Planning, etc.. are covered. 'Soft' issues like Motivation, Teamwork, Customer Oriented Developmentare also covered.
Part 3 is a compendium of best practices. There is a summary table of the each best practice, and the efficacies, major risks, major interactions and trade-offs listed.
Some candidate best practices not included are getting top people
, Source Code Control, Requirements Analysis.. These are listed as fundamental to a software project.
The Best Practices listed are
JAD, Spiral Lifecycle Model, Theory W Management, Throwaway Prototyping, Staged Delivery, Voluntary Overtime, Miniature Milestones, Outsourcing, Reuse, User-Interface Prototyping, Change Board, Daily Build and Smoke Test, Tools Group.
As an example, Steve McConnel covers 'Inspections' stating the
chances of its long term success are excellent, it reduces schedule risk, its improvement in progress visibility is only fair, has no major risks, it can be combined with virtually any other rapid development best practice
The book has a very engaging style of writing...
Some quotes...
- Projects can look like a tortoise on valium to the customers, but as a rapid-development death march to the developers.
- The team ranks so low in the company that it has to pay to get its own team t-shirts.
- Rapid development isn't always efficient.
- Run every software project as an experiment ('Hawthorne Effect').
- If Las Vegas sounds too tame for you, software might be just the right gamble.
- The most common (and incorrect) definition of estimate is: 'An estimate that has the most optimistic prediction that has a non-zero probability of coming true' - Tom DeMarco
All in all, a fully deserved five stars!
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Software Development process book,
therosen "therosen" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rapid Development (Paperback)
Unrealistic schedules are the bane of the software world's existance. In a world of "the quick and the dead" and "first mover advantage" achieving the unachievable seems to be a way of life in the industry. Steve McConnell takes a level headed approach at this crucial problem.
Steve looks at 3 dimensions of the problem - people, process and technology. In the spirit of haste, lots of mistakes are made. Steve then covers many of the techniques available, and identifies their impact to schedule, risk, and other factors. This isn't just a "how I learned how to do it" - it's backed up by hard research on what works, and what doesn't. Invaluable information for anyone serious about improving their ability to survive in such a hypercharged environment.
Ultimately, there is no silver bullet to this problem. Telling your project manager to read this book won't solve world peace. But carefully applying the tools and techniques listed will do you a world of good.
5.0 out of 5 stars Showed this to my former boss and he stole it from me...,
Jaime "email@example.com" (Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This is the second time I buy this book, but even if I cannot tell you this might be the bible of project management, is very close to being that.
Very well written, easy to read with lots of advice to consider and follow.
Almost everything you need to face sucessfully any software project is covered. I have many other software management books and papers, and after reading them all I keep checking on this one as reference. From my point of view, this book is a must and a strong first buy for those who not only head a programmers group, but also for programmers itself.
A few years ago, and with that book recently bought, our programmer group stopped our manager (a non programmer) to take some "common" sense adjustments to a very cumbersome, badly designed and also delayed proyect (as most of his last important projects were): Wanted to add more people to the delayed project, force us to work round the clock to finish on time, abstract final users from validating our progress, and remove any more testing, leaving it to the end of the project.
After many hours discussing with him and reading him complete chapters of this book (and some other books), we decided to stop our work, took a day free to clear our minds, keep our team unchanged, sat with our users to reschedule delivery times and keep working from 9 to 6.
We didn't complete the work on time, but past projects were misscalculated by 50%, ours ended late by just 20%.
Now, on my new job where projects were (and are) delayed usually more than triple of time with a lots of non-payed extra hours ended on time or with little delays (company culture is very difficult here), within our budget and rarely needing extra time. Other teams on my company keep working forever on a always delayed work refusing to believe there is a better way to work here, to be at the end, looking to work somewhere else or leaving entire projects unfinished or needing a severe rewrite.
Our team uses this book (without approval from our systems director) and also two other titles that compliment the way we work (very well): Code Complete and Peopleware.
I do strongly recommend to get those books also.
5.0 out of 5 stars And the truth shall set you free,
Mohammad B. Abdulfatah - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rapid Development (Paperback)
If you are searching for a shrink-rapped software development process, then this book is definitely NOT for you. I initially bought it and its sibling--Software Project Survival Guide-for exactly that purpose: to find a development process that I can apply to projects within my organization. Naturally, I quickly became frustrated with both books because they did not offer me the silver bullet I was seeking; there were no flow chart diagrams, document templates, or lists of deliverables. But as my experience grew, I finally saw the truth that McConnell was preaching all along: There is no "One Process". There is no silver bullet. A process will not guarantee you on-time and bug-free delivery of your projects.
Recently, McConnell acknowledged what he was implicitly telling us all along: Every organization should have a toolbox of processes; processes that one can pick and choose from on per project bases. And that's where the real value of this book lies; it tells you what processes are out there, how to choose one for the project at hand, and what to expect from each process. It's about the "meta-process" if you will. It's both timeless and priceless knowledge. I highly recommend it for any team lead or project manager.
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't be fooled by the catchy title,
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This book is simply a must. As McConnell points out, it is useless to search for 'silver bullet syndrome' magic techniques to remedy software projects that fall into the common pits, without having a firm grasp on the state of the art.
And how many 'Software Development Fundamentals' are out there, and that they are ignored by most people, is one of the great contributions of this book. The single most important part in my opinion is the one on project estimation -- there is a lower limit for development time, and it can't be lowered!
In addition there are lots of references, for related topics summarized at the end of each chapter as well as in an appendix. To dive into some of these sources is worthwile, I discovered the venerable Gerald M. Weinberg as a first example.
The book is extremely well designed, one can read in a continual flow as well as find information quickly. That's how a superb book should be made. (BTW, don't be fooled by the 'Microsoft Press' thing either, there's no relevance in that.)
5.0 out of 5 stars Deserves all the Glowing Reviews,
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This book deserves all the glowing reviews. It is the most practical and useable project management book I've ever come across. This is not some dry academic tome. It is not some trendy treatise on the latest "extreme" theory. Despite the fact that Microsoft Press is the publisher, this is not some "Secrets of Microsoft" book, either. The book is eminently practical and full of common sense.
The author writes:
"This whole book .. is an entreaty to stop ... looking for silver bullets."
"If only common sense were commonly practiced."
One reviewer griped "Restating the obvious." Well, that is true. What sets the book apart is that all these "obvious" "common sense" practices are enumerated, cataloged, analyzed, and presented in a very useable and convenient format. Moreover, the author takes great pains to prove his points by citing quantitative studies and looking empirical data.
It has been my personal experience that most projects don't follow this "obvious" advice because management is looking for shortcuts and "silver bullets." Every project manager should read this book and disabuse him/her self of those fantasies.
Each chapter ends with a nice "Further Reading" section.
My only gripe: I wish there were a list of figures.
5.0 out of 5 stars Destroyed all misconceptions of the development process,
Erik Dillingham (Napa, CA) - See all my reviews
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This book is *AMAZING*. After years of "code-like-hell" development and amazingly frustrating bugs related to design flaws, I finally decided to pick up a book on the development process geared towards getting the project done and out the door.
After digging around numerous sites, reading literally hundreds of reviews, and soliciting the opinions of fellow developers, I finally settled on ordering "Rapid Development" and one of the other books by the same author, "Code Complete".
All I can say is "holy cow". "Rapid Development" was delivered to my door around 3pm on a Saturday afternoon. I picked it up and right away read chapter 3 - "Classic Mistakes". The scenario presented in the chapter just about blew my mind; it detailed every issue I have ever come across in the development process that has stalled or killed a project. It was also well written with a dry, witty humor; a definate must for any technical book about typically dry subjects.
After reading that one chapter, I flipped back to the beginning of the book and read it all the way through. I didn't put the book down until midnight, and after I had, there were all sorts of ideas screaming through my head I could apply to my current engagements.
Managers and non-technical people will greatly benefit from this book too. Have you ever that manager who stands over your shoulder asking you how it's going, why you're doing something a certain way, or what's taking the project so long? Give this book to your manager and tell him to read Chapter 11, "Motivaton". Chapters 3 and 11 provided the proper explanations for the constant recurrance of certain software project issues ("Why are the programmers working twelve hours a day and the project never seems to get any closer to completion?" "What exactly is so hard about adding this one feature to the program that was never accounted for in the first place?" "If those programmers are such geniuses, why won't they share code or use each other libraries?") to persuade my company to buy this book for all developers and technical managers.
Never has a technical book provided me with so much insight and so much open-ended, thought-provoking detail. I was able to apply about a third of the principles described to about 90% of all the projects i've ever worked on without thinking for more then a minute or two. The other two thirds proved themselves when digging deeper into the various issues.
Blah. What a burst of hot air. I've personally never EVER written a review for a book (never enough time), but I just HAD to stop and give five stars to this one.
BUY THIS BOOK. AND BUY IT FOR YOUR MANAGERS. NOW.(...)I am THAT confident that it provide at least one improvement to the way you develop software, if not many.
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading for the software professional,
Geoff Puterbaugh (Chiang Mai, T. Suthep, A. Muang Thailand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rapid Development (Paperback)
Everyone involved in software development should read this excellent book. I got my chance 2-3 years back, when I was idle between contracts, and I found it to be a real eye-opener. One point that sticks in my mind is this: "rapid development" is something which only an excellent software organization can do. To get there, the organization must get to "good" first. And, even before that, the organization must get to "fair."
To say that again in another way, common sense will tell you that before your organization can get to "good," it has to stop making all the common software errors described in this book (feature creep, architectural gold-plating, lack of unit testing, and so on.)
Another very memorable thought is conceiving of every software schedule that becomes more accurate with time -- because, as time goes on, presumably you understand more exactly what you are doing. Thus you might initially say "Customer Assistance Program" -- 1 or 2 years. Then you write a document which describes it in detail, and estimate it at 14-19 months. Then you architect it, and get a better estimate. This is a very pragmatic approach!
Highest recommendation!
5.0 out of 5 stars To The Critics,
This review is from: Rapid Development (Paperback)
Just wanted to laugh at the folks criticizing this book because it comes from someone who worked at Microsoft. The funny thing is that, in my 10 years as a software developer, 99% of the people who complain about Microsoft sofware being buggy are themselves working on a project suffering from the same problems or worse. Let those who are free of sin cast the first stone. And since software engineering involves trying to control something that is inherently chaotic and error prone as a rule, I don't believe many of us will be casting stones. (Unless you are working on a one man project at a University or something). Keep in mind that Microsoft produces more software then anybody else out there, and given the level of sophistication, do a pretty good job. There is a group of people who deeply resent having to run MS software on their PC's because they wanted other platforms to have more of a following. I am one of those hard to find people who understand the technical limitations of much of MS software but who respects, from a business point of view, the software machine that they've become.
My recommendation to those of you without a deep seeded hatred of Microsoft (and with an ounce of open mindedness left) is this: go to a bookstore and just peruse Chapter 3 on classic mistakes. If this doesn't adequately describe the most common mistakes you've seen in your development career, then you don't need the book.
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Michael Batty is, by training, an architect-planner and geographer. He is currently Bartlett Professor of Planning (Emeritus) at University College London where he is Chairman of the Management Board of CASA. His career began in the University of Manchester in 1966 where he was appointed an Assistant Lecturer in Town and Country Planning. He then spent 10 years at the University of Reading as Research Assistant, Lecturer and Reader in Geography, before moving to the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (now the University of Cardiff), in 1979, where he was Professor of Town Planning. During this time he acted as Head of Department, and Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Design. In 1990, he moved to direct the NSF National Centre for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) at the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY-Buffalo) where he was a Professor of Geography. He has held several visiting appointments in computing, engineering, planning, and geography at the Universities of Illinois, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Bristol, and Michigan, and is currently a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Arizona State University, and an Honorary Professor at Cardiff University.
He has been at UCL since 1995 where he established CASA as an interdisciplinary centre focussed on the development of mathematical and computer methods in geographical information science, urban and regional modelling, and the scientific theory of cities. CASA has grown to around 50 research and administrative staff in the last 15 years and now has an annual income of around £3 million mainly funded from research grants coming primarily from EPSRC, ESRC, JISC, the EU 7th Framework, and the ERC.
He was a member of the Computer Board for British Universities and Research Councils (1988-1990), and Chair (1980-1982), then Vice-Chair (1982-1984) of the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Environment and Planning Committee. He was a member of the SERC (Science and Engineering Research Council) Transport Committee (1982-1985). He is currently Chair of the ESRC Census Advisory Committee and a Member of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information which is part of the Ministry of Justice. From 1997 to 2003, he was a member of the Association of Universities of the Netherlands (VSNU-NWO-KNAW) Quality Assessment of Research (RAE) Panel for the Built Environment acting as Chair at TU-Delft in 2003. He was a member of the RAE 2006-2009 Geography Panel.
He has received various honours for his work. In 1999, he was awarded the Sir George Back Award by the Royal Geographical Society, the Association of Geographic Information Award for Technological Progress (1998) and for Innovation (2002). Amongst his recent awards are: The Alonso Memorial Prize, Regional Science Association for Cities and Complexity (MIT Press, 2005); The UCGIS Award for Research, 2011-2012; and the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud (The Nobel for Geography). He was awarded an Hon DLitt from SUNY Buffalo, 2008. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) in 1982 and made a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2001 when he was also elected to the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS). He was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2004 for 'services to geography', and made a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2009.
His research work involves the development of computer models of cities and regions, and he has published many books and articles in this area. His book Cities and Complexity (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005) won the Alonso Prize of the Regional Science Association in 2010. His most recent books are The New Science of Cities (MIT Press, Cambridge. MA, 2013) and the edited volumes Virtual Geographic Environments (ESRI Press, Redlands, CA, 2011) and Agent Based Models of Geographical Systems (Springer, Berlin, 2012). He is editor of the journal Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. The work of his group can be seen on the CASA web site http://www.casa.ucl.uk/ and in his blogs http://www.spatialcomplexity.info/ and http://www.complexcity.info/
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