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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

Two New Economic Policy Initiative Briefing Papers on Reducing Poverty in America

Work, work supports, and safety nets: Reducing the burden of low-incomes in America, by Jared Bernstein, October 2, 2007: “This anti-poverty framework is quite simple. First, there is a broad definition of poverty, going well beyond the current, official measure. This program reaches the broad swath, perhaps a third of families, unable to make ends …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Guide to Finding Proposed Legislation Using EUR-Lex

European Information Association: “See also our guides to using OEIL and PreLex. Produced by the Commission and Parliament respectively, these two sources allow you to monitor the progress of proposed legislation through the various stages leading to adoption (or rejection – not all proposals are adopted). Proposals are generally published by the European Commission. They …

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