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“FirstGov.gov, in concert with private sector partners Vivísimo, Inc., and the Microsoft Corp., has launched the government’s most powerful search engine, one that: Vastly expands the search to include federal, state, local tribal and territorial documents; Increases the universe of government documents from 8 million to 40 million; Searches more efficiently and effectively by leveraging …
From CDT: “Less than a year after the Center for Democracy & Technology made Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports freely available to the public, members of the Internet community have responded by downloading more than 1 million of the informative documents from OpenCRS.com. CDT launched OpenCRS.com in June as a way to provide citizens access …
From askSam, a searchable version of the full text of all of the State of the Union Addresses from 1790-2005.
Additional information and commentary related to January 18, 2006 posting, Legislation Seeks to Prohibit Sale of Cell Phone Records. The legislation referenced, the Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006 is S. 2178 (PDF). Commentary on the legislation by Anita Ramastry, It’s Time for Congress to Prohibit and Criminally Punish the Sale of our Cell …
NASA: Implementing a Knowledge-Based Acquisition Framework Could Lead to Better Investment Decisions and Project Outcomes. GAO-06-218, December 21, 2005. Highlights. “A standardized, knowledge-based approach would prepare NASA to face competing budgetary priorities and better position the agency to make difficult decisions regarding the investment in and termination of projects.”
Following up with reports related to January 17, 2006 posting, Comparison of Congressional Oversight During Clinton and Bush Administrations, Secrecy News has posted two CRS reports as follows: Congressional Oversight, updated January 3, 2006 (6 pages, PDF) Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals, updated January 11, 2006 (6 pages, PDF)
From The Center for Technology in Government (CTG), University at Albany – Sharing Justice Information: A Capability Assessment Toolkit, November 2005, by Anthony M. Cresswell, Theresa A. Pardo, Donna S. Canestraro, Sharon S. Dawes, and Dubravka Juraga (116 pages, PDF) “This toolkit is designed for justice professionals to use when considering or planning for a …
The Dept. of Energy website has undergone a significant redesign both on the back and frontend. The news site uses a Google search appliance; it employs a content management system; users may choose to view resources and links from a drop-down menu listing each state; and Quick Links target information for Consumers, Researchers, Educators, Students …
Commitee on the Present Danger Calls for Regime Change in Iran, January 23, 2006. New Iran Policy Paper
Business Intelligence: Not Just for Bosses Anymore: “Business intelligence has long been about spitting out dataoften irrelevant and outdatedto a few big bosses. But today’s BI is both more meaningful and more egalitarian. And it requires ever tighter alignment between IT and the business.”
Senate Draft of the Digital Content Protection Act of 2006
Notable articles today: New York Times: Delicate Dance for Bush in Depicting Spy Program as Asset Washington Post (reg. req’d) Bush Defends Domestic Spying – Deputy National Intelligence Chief Says Program is Targeted on Al Qaeda President Discusses Global War on Terror at Kansas State University, January 23, 2006: “This is a — I repeat …
