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“A new national survey by The Washington Post, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University provides a detailed look at self-identified independents who they are, what issues matter to them, how they approach politics and elections, and their views on key issues including health care, Iraq, and immigration. The survey assesses the views and …
The Knight Open Government Survey conducted by the National Security Archive, George Washington University: 40 Years of FOIA, 20 Years of Delay – Oldest Pending FOIA Requests Date Back to the 1980s, July 2, 2007 (39 pages, PDF). This audit “surveys the 87 agencies and major components and finds that extensive backlogs persist. Requests from …
Press release, June 29, 2007: “Senate and House Judiciary Chairmen Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) sent a letter to White House Counsel Fred Fielding, responding to the President’s executive privilege assertion over documents relating to the US Attorney investigation. Leahy and Conyers reiterated their concern that the President’s sweeping assertion was unprecedented. …
Administrative Investigation Loss of VA Information VA Medical Center Birmingham, AL [Rpt. #07-01083-157 6/29/2007] AP: “An Alabama VA hospital that lost sensitive data on more than 1.5 million people in January repeatedly failed to follow privacy regulations leading up to the incident…”
Brand Awareness and the Evaluation of Search Results, by Bernard J. Jansen (Pennsylvania State University), Mimi Zhang (Pennsylvania State University), Ying Zhang (Pennsylvania State University) “We investigate the effect of search engine brand (i.e., identifying name or logo that distinguishes a product from its competitors) on evaluation of system performance. Our research is motivated by …
“ScienceHack is a unique video search engine for science videos…Every video is screened and approved based on accuracy and quality by our scientists…So far we indexed: Physics, Chemistry, and Space.Coming soon: Geology, Psychology, Robotics and Computer.” [via Slashdot]
Welcome to the YouTube space of the European Commission. Find out more about a Europe of action and results. The site currently provides video in English, German and French, with more languages to be added in future.
On June 29, 2007 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the following reports, correspondences and testimonies: Reports Military Base Closures: Projected Savings from Fleet Readiness Centers Likely Overstated and Actions Needed to Track Actual Savings and Overcome Certain Challenges. GAO-07-304, June 29, 2007 Defense Contracting: Improved Insight and Controls Needed over DOD’s Time-and-Materials Contracts. GAO-07-273, …
Press release: “Two leaders of the Committee on Energy and Commerce this week demanded an explanation for the planned closings of seven Food and Drug Administration (FDA) facilities across the country. In a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and …
Press release: “The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW)…released its 2006 Congressional Ratings. Since 1991, CCAGW has examined roll-call votes to separate the taxpayer advocates in Congress from those who favor wasteful programs and pork-barrel spending….[the report features] vote descriptions, scorecards for the House and Senate, personalized scorecards for each member of Congress, and …
Follow up to postings on EPA library closures, this June 29, 2007 posting from the ALA District Dispatch blog: “After considerable pressure by librarians, researchers and the public, Congress has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to restore its library network. In the fiscal year (FY) 2008 Interior Appropriations bill, the Senate Appropriations Committee orders …
EAC Releases NVRA Report – 172.8 Million Registered Voters in 2006: “The United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today delivered to Congress its report on the Impact of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993. The NVRA report, which covers registration information from after the 2004 general election through the 2006 general election, and …
