Monthly archives: October, 2007

Guide to Finding Old Web Pages

Greg R. Notess updated his guide, Finding Old Web Pages: “The Web changes constantly, and sometimes that page that had just the information you needed yesterday (or last month or two years ago) is not available today. At other times you may want to see how a page’s content or design has changed. There are …

Subjects: Legal Research, Search Engines

FTC Releases Consumer Fraud Survey

Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released a statistical survey of fraud in the United States that shows that 30.2 million adults – 13.5 percent of the adult population – were victims of fraud during the year studied. More people – an estimated 4.8 million U.S. consumers – were victims of fraudulent weight-loss products …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Websites from Government and E-Commerce Sectors Offer Services for Disabled

“DisabilityInfo.gov [celebrating 5th anniversary] is the federal government’s one-stop Web site for people with disabilities, their families, employers, veterans and service members, workforce professionals and many others. A collaborative effort among twenty-two federal agencies, DisabilityInfo.gov connects people with disabilities to the information and resources they need to a.ctively participate in the workforce and in their …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government

ABA Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project

American Bar Assocation Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project releases the Pennsylvania Death Penalty Report, October 28, 2007. Related documents are as follows: Executive Summary of the Pennsylvania Death Penalty Report Full Pennsylvania Death Penalty Assessment Report Pennsylvania Death Penalty Assessment Guide Pennsylvania Death Penalty Assesment Team Biographies Fact Sheet: Problems with Pennsylvania’s Death Penalty System …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research

Archive Seeks to Discover Full Extent of Missing E-Mails at White House

Follow up to previous postings on litigation and hearings on missing White House email and violations of the Presidential Records Act: “The National Security Archive filed a motion on Friday, October 26, seeking expedited discovery against the Executive Office of the President to find out what e-mails are missing from the White House e-mail system …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Legal Research

The World Digital Library Project to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness

“The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, archi­tectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and …

Subjects: Internet

UNESCO Launches New Literacy Portal

UNESCO launches new Literacy Portal: “In today’s world, one in five adults is still not literate (two-thirds of them women) while 72 million children are out-of-school. Since its foundation in 1946, UNESCO has been at the forefront of global literacy efforts and is dedicated to keep literacy high on national, regional and international agendas. However, …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Libraries

New GAO Reports: Energy Employees Compensation, Federal Electricity Subsidies, Fusion Energy

Energy Employees Compensation: Actions to Promote Contract Oversight, Transparency of Labor’s Involvement, and Independence of Advisory Board Could Strengthen Program, GAO-08-4, October 26, 2007 Federal Electricity Subsidies: Information on Research Funding, Tax Expenditures, and Other Activities That Support Electricity Production, GAO-08-102, October 26, 2007 Fusion Energy: Definitive Cost Estimates for U.S. Contributions to an International …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents