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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 …
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 offices Web site….The confidentiality of citizens Social Security numbers is guarded …
Preliminary Analysis of the President’s Budget Request for 2007, March 3, 2006 From the Democratic staff of the Senate Budget Committee: Review of Newspaper Editorials Opposing Bush Budget Mar. 2, 2006 Charts Used at Hearing on Bush FY 2007 Defense Budget Mar. 2, 2006 The Grand Old Spending Party: How Republicans Became Big …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.”
“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 …
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 …
From the DOJ: Enron Trial Exhibits and Releases – United States v. Jeffrey K. Skilling and Kenneth L. Lay
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. v. Craigslist, Inc. Case 1:06-cv-00657, Filed 02/03/2006, 20 pages, PDF. The Fair Housing Act
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