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Comprehensive Study Examines Quality of 615 House and Senate Web Sites, Finds Quality Disappointing

“The 2006 Gold Mouse Report: Recognizing the Best Web Sites on Capitol Hill marks the third time that the Congressional Management Foundation has evaluated all Member, committee, and leadership Web sites and recognized the best Congressional Web sites with Mouse Awards.” Press release: “A new report card on congressional Web sites from the Congressional Management …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

New EEOC Publication Addresses Employment of Health Care Workers With Disabilities

Press release: “Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the issuance of a new question-and-answer (Q&A) fact sheet, Questions and Answers about Health Care Workers and the Americans with Disabilities Act, on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to job applicants and employees in the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Implementation of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980: A Report to the Chief Justice

Implementation of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980: A Report to the Chief Justice: Stephen Breyer; Sarah Evans Barker; Pasco M. Bowman; D. Brock Hornby; Sally M. Rider; J. Harvie Wilkinson III, September 2006, 183 pages. “The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act 1980 Act authorizes any person to file a complaint alleging that …

Subjects: Courts, Legal Research

State Climate Initiatives Are Focus of Pew Center Site

Pew Center on Global Climate Change – What’s Being Done in the States – “Across the country, states and regions are adopting policies to address climate change. These actions include increasing renewable energy generation, selling agricultural carbon sequestration credits, and encouraging energy efficiency. Such policies reduce vulnerability to energy price spikes, promote state economic development, …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Pew Internet and American Life Project Survey of Wireless Internet Access

“The Pew Internet & American Life Project has just released a report that 34% of internet users have logged onto the internet using a wireless connection either around the house, at their workplace, or some place else. The report profiles these wireless users and describes their intensive use of the internet, especially in exchanging emails …

Subjects: E-Mail, Internet, Knowledge Management, Wireless Web

Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors: 2006

Washington Technology: The Billion-Dollar Club – To be a member, focus on defense, homeland security, health IT, outsourcing as hot opportunities.” See also, Small companies build market muscle – The Top 100 isn’t exclusively the land of giants. Many small and midsized businesses elbow their way onto the list each year.

Subjects: Government Documents

Free, Open Source Site Covering Congressional Bills, News, Gossip and Elected Officials

“OpenCongress brings together official government information with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind what’s happening in Congress. Small groups of political insiders and lobbyists know what’s really going on in Congress. Now, everyone can be an insider. OpenCongress is a free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission …

Subjects: Blogs, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Site Offers Free Searching and Viewing of Major Broadcast News Videos

“The Tyndall Report monitors the weekday nightly newscasts of the three American broadcast television networks: ABC World News with Charles Gibson, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams…The Tyndall Blog monitors and comments on each night’s newscasts and links to the stories that the networks aired.” Links to a …

Subjects: Blogs, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile

Quarterly Banking Profile – “Provides the earliest comprehensive summary of financial results for all FDIC-insured institutions. This report card on industry status and performance includes written analyses, graphs and statistical tables.” See also the FDIC Annual Report, February 20, 2007 – The 2006 review of policy, activity, and financial status.

Subjects: Government Documents