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Pew Internet & American Life Project press release: “A December 2006 survey has found that 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. On a typical day online, 7% of internet users say they tag or categorize online content.”
Follow-up to previous postings on EPA library closures, more news about the ramifications: “The brave new world of electronic libraries at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is turning into a nightmare, according to librarian complaints released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). With nearly one third of its library network now closed, internal …
Federal Citizen Information Center: 2007 Consumer Action Handbook (178 pages, PDF): “This everyday guide to being a smart shopper is chocked full of helpful tips about buying a car or home, preventing identity theft, understanding credit, resolving problems after a purchase, and much more. Consumer Topics: This .pdf includes all of the Consumer Topics (63 …
WSJ free feature: How Boss’s Deeds Buff A Firm’s Reputation – Gates’s Philanthropy Puts Microsoft Atop Yearly Survey Of Best, Worst Companies: “Top-ranked Microsoft managed to beat Johnson & Johnson, whose emotionally appealing baby-products business had kept it in first place for a remarkable seven consecutive years. In the Reputation Quotient survey conducted by market-research …
New Media Consortium: “The 2007 Horizon Report, just as has been the case with previous editions of the report, highlights six technologies that the underlying research suggests will become very important to higher education over the next one to five years. A central focus of the discussion of each technology is its relevance for teaching, …
Press release: “In yet another instance of California being a trend-setter for the rest of the nation, Assemblymember Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys), the Chair of the Assemblys Utilities and Commerce Committee, today announced that he is introducing legislation – the How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb Act – to ban …
2007-P-00008 EPA Could Improve Controls Over Mainframe System Software [Report PDF – 35 pages] [At a Glance -PDF] January 29, 2007.
Press release: “The Global Internet Freedom Task Force (GIFT), which is jointly chaired by Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, and Josette Sheeran, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, will host its first conference on Global Internet Freedom on January 30, 2007 in Washington, D.C. This event is a follow-up …
Via AP, Documents From The Trial of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, updated January 30, 2007. See also DOJ Libby Trial Exhibits January 29, 2007
Review of FEMA Internal Controls for Funding Administative Cost Under State Management Grants, OIG-07-21 (PDF, 6 pages), January 30, 2007.
“The Indiana Department of Corrections has started implementation of the new Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) network, the result of legislation approved unanimously in 2005. The automated network will allow Indiana residents to receive real-time information about the custody status of offenders in all 92 counties. Development of the program has already begun …
Release: “The Oversight Committee held a hearing on January 30 regarding political interference in the work of government climate change scientists. In preparation for the hearing, Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Davis requested documents from the Council on Environmental Quality related to allegations that officials edited scientific reports and took other actions to minimize the …
