Day archives: April 11th, 2008

Library of Congress Opens New Interactive Collections

Inside the Experience: “Opening April 12, interactive technologies will make the Library of Congress and its collections more dynamic and accessible than ever. This Library of Congress Experience will offer “hands-on” interaction with rare cultural treasures in ways that inspire and engage. Artifacts like the Waldseemüller map (the first to include the name “America”), the …

Subjects: Libraries

New GAO Reports: Media Ownership, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Force Structure, Internet Sales

Media Ownership: Economic Factors Influence the Number of Media Outlets in Local Markets, While Ownership by Minorities and Women Appears Limited and Is Difficult to Assess, GAO-08-383, March 12, 2008 Millennium Challenge Corporation: Analysis of Compact Development and Future Obligations and Current Disbursements of Compact Assistance, GAO-08-577R, April 11, 2008 Defense Acquisitions: 2009 Review of …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents

DHS OIG: Collision of the M/V COSCO BUSAN with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

OIG-08-38 – Aillison of the M/V COSCO BUSAN with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, April 2008 (PDF, 56 pages): “Response to an oil spill is a multifaceted and multilayered effort requiring both an autonomous and cooperative response on the part of each stakeholder. This mishap highlighted the need for federal, state, and local agencies to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents