Monthly archives: November, 2008

Harvard Opts-Out of Google Book Scanning for In-Copyright Works

Follow up to October 28, 2008 posting, Authors, Publishers, and Google Reach Landmark Settlement, from the Harvard Crimson: “Harvard University Library will not take part in Google’s book scanning project for in-copyright works after finding the terms of its landmark $125 million settlement regarding copyrighted materials unsatisfactory, University officials said yesterday.”

Subjects: Copyright, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Search Engines

Senate Committee Report: Waste & Mismanagement at the Department of Justice

Justice Denied: Waste & Mismanagement at the Department of Justice, United States Senate, 110th Congress, Office of Senator Tom Coburn, M.D., Ranking Member Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, October 2008 “As the central agency for the enforcement of federal laws, the Department of Justice (DOJ) performs the essential …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Commerce OIG Report: U.S. Census Bureau and Updating the Master Address File

U.S. Census Bureau – Census 2010: Dress Rehearsal of Address Canvassing Revealed Persistent Deficiencies in Approach to Updating the Master Address File – Final Report No. OSE-18599 October 2008 “Our review revealed that (1) millions of ungeocoded Postal Service addresses in the MAF set the stage for missed housing units and increased workloads; (2) address …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Response to Elizabeth F. Emens, Integrating Accommodation

Accomodating Integration, Martha Minow, In response to Elizabeth F. Emens, Integrating Accommodation, 156 U. PA. L. REV. 839 (2008). “In Integrating Accommodation, Elizabeth Emens commendably scrutinizes what could be called the “positive externalities” of disability accommodation and sharpens the policy choices that their recognition should present. With useful analytic tools, Emens effectively outlines emerging choices …

Subjects: Legal Research

CIA: Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments

“The CIA publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments regularly. The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States. Governments are …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents