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New CDC Report Documents Percentage of People Without Health Insurance

Press release: “CDC′s National Center for Health Statistics is issuing a new report…entitled Early Release of Health Insurance Estimates Based on Data From the 2006 National Health Interview Survey. The study examines data collected from interviews in over 100,000 households nationwide. Some of the highlights include: In 2006, there were 43.6 million Americans of all …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

askSam Releases Free Searchable e-Book, 15,000 Useful Phrases

askSam releases free searchable ebook: Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases, by Greenville Kleiser: “A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Persons Who Read, Write, And Speak English.”

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Speed Matters: A Report on Internet Speeds in All 50 States

First-Ever State-By-State Report on Internet Connection Speed Shows U.S. Far Behind Other Industrialized Nations: “Results released today of the first-ever state-by-state report on Internet connection speed reveal that the United States is falling far behind other industrialized nations. The report, based on aggregated data from nearly 70,000 users, shows that the median real-time download speed …

Subjects: Internet

Reverberations in Case Involving FBI NSLs and Connecticut Librarians

Follow up to previous postings on Connecticut librarians and FBI NSL gag order, via Wired Blog, Librarians Describe Life Under An FBI Gag Order: “Two Connecticut librarians on Sunday [at the 2007 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC] described what it was like to be slapped with an FBI national security letter and accompanying gag …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Mail, Legal Research, Libraries, Patriot Act, Privacy

State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources

“How trustworthy are state-level primary legal resources on the Web? The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) is pleased to announce the publication of the State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources that answers this very important and timely question. The comprehensive report examines the results of a state survey that investigated whether government-hosted …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Report Tracks May 2007 Spam Spikes

MessageLabs Intelligence Report: Increased Number of Spam Spikes and New Image Spam Techniques Cause Trouble for Businesses: “Analysis of [May 2007] data showed that spammers continue to innovate and employ new methods to elude traditional anti-spam solutions. Rather than embedding images in the body of an email message, spammers are now hosting images on sites …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail, Privacy

Debate On Public Access to Public Records Online Escalates

WSJ free feature: When Public Records Are Too Public – Open Records Are an Established Tradition, But Does Internet Access Call for a Change?: “Property deeds, marriage and divorce records, court files, motor-vehicle information and tax documents are increasingly being digitized, and contain a wealth of information that few of us would want online: Social …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Privacy

Washington Post Launches Blog Series on "Most Influential and Power Man Ever to Hold Office of Vice President"

WashingtonPost.com: “Over the past six years, Cheney has shaped his times as no vice president has before. This…four-part series…explores his methods and impact, drawing on interviews with more than 200 men and women who worked for, with or in opposition to Cheney’s office. Many of those interviewed recounted events that have not been made public …

Subjects: Blogs, Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Patriot Act