Monthly archives: October, 2007

"Wiki the Vote" Project on Congresspedia Profiles Congressional Candidates in the 2008 Election

“On Tuesday, the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sunlight Foundation launched a new collaborative, citizen-driven project on Congresspedia to build profiles on the hundreds of challengers for congressional seats, which will compliment the existing profiles on every member of Congress. The project is non-partisan and, in true open-source fashion, is free for anyone …

Subjects: Blogs, Knowledge Management, Wiki

First Internet Census Since 1982

62 Days + Almost 3 Billion Pings + New Visualization Scheme = the First Internet Census Since 1982: “Researchers at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, one of the birthplaces of the Internet decades ago, have just completed and plotted a comprehensive census of all of the more 2.8 billion allocated addresses on …

Subjects: Internet

Google Remains at the Top – comScore August 2007 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

“comScore, Inc….released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the search marketplace. Among core search engines in August 2007, Google Sites remained the top search property with more than 5.5 billion core searches conducted, representing a 56.5 percent share of the search market…In August, Google Sites maintained its position atop the core search rankings with 56.5 …

Subjects: Search Engines

Analyst Toolbox, A Toolbox for the Intelligence Analyst,

“The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) has prepared and made available via the Office of Justice Programs Information Technology Initiatives Web site, a valuable resource for the law enforcement community. This resource titled: Analyst Toolbox, A Toolbox for the Intelligence Analyst, represents the results of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Copyright Office Announces Customized Email Subscription Services

“The Copyright Office is pleased to announce that it has implemented a new email subscription service to make it easier to receive messages on the topics that interest you. This service is an expansion and replacement of the existing NewsNet newsletter. At this time, we are offering three topics: “What’s New at the Copyright Office,” …

Subjects: Copyright, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

New Supplement to the 2005 FDA Food Code Posted

“The Food Code is an important part of the strategy for achieving uniform national food safety standards and for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our nation’s food safety system. This Supplement, which updates the 2005 Food Code, reflects the current science, emerging food safety issues, and imminent health hazards related to food safety. A …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Deloitte 2007 Global Security Survey

“Two of the key findings from this year’s Global Security Survey revolve around an organization’s people and a paradox that has been around for years. The weakest link in an organization’s security is its people. An organization’s people include employees, customers, third parties and business partners. And of those people, the highest number of breaches …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Internet, PC Security

Deployment Health and Family Readiness Library

“This library provides Service members, families, leaders, Health Care providers, and veterans an easy way to find deployment health and family readiness information. Within this library you’ll find access to fact sheets, guides, and other products on a wide variety of topics published by the services and organizations that serve you. You’ll also find additional …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents