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Sabrina Presents Workshop on Best Sites and Services for Research

Computers in Libraries 2006, Post Conference Workshops – Saturday, March 25 – Workshop 17 — 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., presented by Sabrina I. Pacifici (LLRX.com and beSpacific) This workshop focuses on leveraging the best of free and low-fee Web sites as well as Web-related services (RSS, Blogs) to support and disseminate research services. It …

Subjects: E-Government, Internet, Legal Research, Search Engines

Some State Online UCC Filings Include Social Security Numbers

Press release: “Attorney General Jim Petro said today he believes Secretary of State Ken Blackwell has a legal duty to take immediate steps to protect the privacy of citizens whose Social Security numbers have been made public on routine business forms posted on his office’s Web site….The confidentiality of citizens’ Social Security numbers is guarded …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Senator Byrd Announces Bill to Investigate Domestic Spying Program

Press release: “…I am proposing legislation to establish a nonpartisan commission to review and investigate domestic surveillance in America, along with serious allegations of abuse. In this way, we will be sure to safeguard our First and Fourth Amendment rights, as enumerated in our Constitution, as well as evaluate the actual effectiveness of such programs …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Legislation, Privacy

National Academies Release Fact Sheets on Terrorist Attacks

Press release: “The National Academies have prepared fact sheets that provide reliable, objective information on four types of potential terrorist attacks. Designed primarily for reporters, they explain the scientific underpinnings and health effects of biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological attacks. The National Research Council’s Division on Earth and Life Studies led the creation of the …

Subjects: Government Documents

Senate Committee Approves Feinstein Measure to

Follow-up to recent postings on Congressional earmarks, this February 28, 2006 press release: Senate Committee Approves Feinstein Measure to Reform Earmark Process – “The Senate Rules Committee today unanimously approved a proposal by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to require 60 votes for any provision (earmark or otherwise) added to conference report that is not …

Subjects: Congress, Legal Research, Legislation

GAO Identifies Challenges to Implementing Use of Governmentwide Smart Cards

Electronic Government: Agencies Face Challenges in Implementing New Federal Employee Identification Standard, GAO-06-178, February 1, 2006. Highlights. “Many forms of identification (ID) that federal employees and contractors use to access government-controlled buildings and information systems can be easily forged, stolen, or altered to allow unauthorized access.”

Subjects: Government Documents

Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

“The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the stories and digital record of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media and the University of New Orleans, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History and other partners, organized this …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

Will Administration PR Save Ports Deal in Face of Strong Bipartisan Opposition

Time, Is the Dubai Ports Deal Doomed? – Why Bush is still losing ground with his own party, by Michael Duffy: “Republican objections to the Dubai ports deal haven’t stabilized in Congress this week, despite the promise of a 45-day delay and nonstop crisis management by the Bush Administration. If anything, they’ve increased.” Related postings …

Subjects: Government Documents