Day archives: March 18th, 2007

New on LLRX.com for March 2007

Criminal Justice Resources: Criminal Justice Library Internships, by Ken Strutin CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com: The Capitol of Newspapers, by Paul Jenks The Goverment Domain: GovTrack and OpenCongress Go Beyond THOMAS, by Peggy Garvin E-Discovery Update: Separating E-Discovery Myths from Realities, by Conrad J. Jacoby Deal or No Deal – Licensing and Acquiring Digital Resources – Deal …

Subjects: Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

National Governors Association Releases Homeland Security Guide

“A Governor’s Guide to Homeland Security contains practical advice for governors on how to organize their states to prepare for and respond to hazards of all kinds effectively. It shares information and guidance on how to approach issues such as mutual aid, information sharing, obtaining assistance from the military and protecting critical infrastructure. Last published …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

ICANN Launches Public Participation Website

“This is the online participation website for the meeting [Lisbon meeting for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number (ICANN) is being held between 26-30 March 2007]. Available here will be: a rundown of each meeting complete with full details, including panellists; topics for discussions; links to resources and presentations; and links to webcasts …

Subjects: Blogs, Domain Names, Knowledge Management

2007 World e-Government Ranking

“The Waseda University Institute of e-Government has recently released its 2007 World E-Government Ranking. The Institute ranked the development of e-Government in 32 countries from all over the world. The top five countries in the list were: United States, Singapore, Canada, Japan and Korea.”

Subjects: E-Government

University of Washington Report on Data Breaches Faults Companies for Organizational Mismanagement

Press release: “If Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Washington Phil Howard’s calculations prove true, by year’s end the 2 billionth personal record — some American’s social-security or credit-card number, academic grades or medical history — will become compromised, and it’s corporate America, not rogue hackers, who are primarily to blame. By his …

Subjects: Cybercrime, ID Theft, PC Security