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CRS, State E-Government Strategies: Identifying Best Practices and Applications – July 23, 2007: “Although electronic government (“e-government”) is currently one of the leading approaches to government reform, a lack of coordination or communication between various initiatives increases the risk of creating more so-called “islands of automation” and “stovepipes” within and between levels of government. To …
Hurricane Katrina – Two Years Later Special Report – Why New Orleans Still Isn’t Safe Graphic – How New Orleans has changed – Then and Now Photo Essay – Broken City Previous postings on Hurricane Katrina
“When researchers in Australia discovered that particulate matter levels were five times higher during the workday inside a nonsmoking office building than outside near a freeway, they looked for indoor culprits. After testing more than 50 printers throughout the building, they found that particle emissions varied depending on the type and age of the printer. …
Online Snooping Gets Creepy, By Anita Hamilton: “…An estimated 30% of all Web searches are aimed at finding people, according to industry statistics, and upstarts like PeekYou, Pipl, Spock, and Wink are vying for a piece of this potentially huge market. These free sites work by scouring the Web for any virtual footprints you might …
Text of the Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of India concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy (123 Agreement), August 3, 2007.
“Secretary of State Debra Bowen began her top-to-bottom review of the voting machines certified for use in California in March 2007. The review was designed to restore the public’s confidence in the integrity of the electoral process and to ensure that California voters are being asked to cast their ballots on machines that are secure, …
“The European Audiovisual Observatory has made available the videos of the conference it organised jointly with the Media Center at New York Law School last September which focused on The Future of Broadband Video – A US- European Comparative Analysis. This was the first time that the Observatory, the Council of Europe’s audiovisual information collection …
