FDA Embraces RSS Feeds
The FDA has a website that provides links to all of the agency’s RSS feeds, which currently include: press releases, recalls, food safety news and medical device information and news.
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GAO Review Finds Deficencies in Gov’t Data Mining Privacy Compliance Procedures
Data Mining: Agencies Have Taken Key Steps to Protect Privacy in Selected Efforts, but Significant Compliance Issues Remain, GAO-05-866, August 15, 2005. Highlights. “The federal government’s increased use of data mining since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has raised public and congressional concerns…The five data mining efforts we reviewed are used by federal …
Reagan Library Releases Additional Documents From Roberts Archive
Press release: “Today the Ronald Reagan Library is releasing an additional 175 pages from its re-review of the John Roberts’ records restricted from release on August 15, 2005. Of the pages being released today, 148 pages are being released in part and 27 pages are being released in their entirety. This material was originally withheld …
Gartner identifies Trends for Technology Adoption
“Gartner…released its 2005 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, assessing the maturity, impact and adoption speed of 44 technologies and trends over the coming decade.” [press release] Key collaboration technologies in the “hype cycle” include: Podcasting, Peer to Peer (P2P) voice over IP (VoIP), Desktop Search, Really Simple Syndication (RSS), Corporate Blogging, and Wikis.
Frequently-Cited Treaties and Other International Instruments
From the University of Minnesota Law Library, Frequently-Cited Treaties and Other International Instruments: “As an aid to law review citation-checking, the following is a list of treaties frequently cited in law review articles, along with available sources of hard copy. In addition, wherever possible, the entries are linked to the EISIL database of the American …
Search Engine Provides Personal Data on Everyone From Consumers to CEOs…There’s the Rub
Google Anything, so Long as It’s Not Google, by Randall Stross. For context see: Google balances privacy, reach Google CEO defends privacy policies Google’s Boycott Misses the Mark
Citizens of 13 Eastern State Eligable For Free Credit Reports on September 1
Understanding credit reports requires homework, patience, By Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Related postings on free credit reports
Techological and Bioethics May Be Focus of Future Supreme Court Cases
Roberts v. the Future, by Jeffrey Rosen: “…in the next 10 or 15 years, as technology and science continue to advance and America’s demographic profile continues to change, the Supreme Court will, in all likelihood, be asked to decide a fascinating array of divisive issues that are now only dimly on the horizon.”
The Future of Cataloging: Google Print WIll Not Supplant LC Cataloging
Will Googles Keyword Searching Eliminate the Need for LC Cataloging and Classification?by Thomas Mann, a Reference Librarian in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress. This paper was written for AFSCME 2910. “The larger the book collection, the morenot lessscholars are dependent on categorizations created by subject headings in catalogs and classified shelving …
Panel Recommends Congress Create A U.S. Patent and Trademark Corporation
From the National Academy of Public Administration: “…an Academy Panel examined USPTO’s organization structure and its work processes to help ensure that USPTO is making progress in meeting workload challenges and implementing its strategic plan. The Panel found that without the ability to adjust its resources to workload, USPTO cannot efficiently respond to higher volumes …
Patriot Act Used to Demand Library Patron Records
Several articles today highlight the significance of yesterday’s ALCU announcement that the government has used authority granted by the Patriot Act, Sec. 505, on National Security Letters, to obtain copies of patron internet related activities from a library institution whose identity cannot be disclosed. The following quote from ALA’s Patrice McDermott is included in the …
Online, Searchable Directory of Libraries Worldwide
“lib-web-cats is a directory of libraries worldwide. While the majority of the current listings are in North America, the numbers of libraries represented in other parts of the globe is growing. Each listing includes links to the library’s website and online catalog. Other information available includes the geographic location, address, library type, current and previous …
