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Among the many and varied categories of sites which are worth your review, comprising both winners and nominees, I note the following: the State Bar of Arizona – Public Information Site, the National Cancer Institute Web site, ConsumerReports.org, The Merck Manual — Second Home Edition Online, Singingfish.com – The Destination for Audio/Video Search on the …
From the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Efforts to Hire, Train, and Retain Intelligence Analysts (190 pages, PDF).
From the Work.com Blog: “Business.com, the leading business-focused search engine and directory has launched Work.com, the only job search engine dedicated to directly connecting job seekers with premium employers. Work.com is the company’s latest offering and provides an easy-to-use, customizable interface that gives job seekers the ability to refine and filter job results with one …
From the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General: Social Security Number Misuse in the Service, Restaurant, and Agriculture Industries (PDF).
Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled “Assessing Data Security: Preventing Breaches and Protecting Sensitive Information,” May 04, 2005. Opening Statement of Chairman Michael G. Oxley Opening Statement of Representative Paul E. Gillmor Prepared Testimony: Ms. Barbara Desoer, Global Technology, Service & Fulfillment Executive, Bank of America; Mr. Eugene Foley, President & CEO, Harvard University Employees …
From the New York Times, Internet Phones Arrive at Home (And Some Need No Computer)
“Google Web Accelerator (beta) is an application that uses the power of Google’s global computer network to make web pages load faster. Google Web Accelerator is easy to use; all you have to do is download and install it, and from then on many web pages will automatically load faster than before. Please note that …
From the New York Times, “A Special Issue of Circuits (reg. req’d) – In the first of six stand-alone sections, Circuits looks at the latest gadgets and services designed to help users get the most out of cellphones, laptops, P.D.A.’s and home networks.”
Federal Judiciary Newsroom: “A Journalist’s Guide to the Federal Courts, intended to be a resource for news reporters assigned to cover proceedings in appellate, district or bankruptcy courts….The Guide explores the Federal District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, and the Federal Appellate Courts.”
Interagency Contracting: Problems with DOD’s and Interior’s Orders to Support Military Operations GAO-05-201, April 29, 2005. Highlights. Related documents: GAO Finds the Administration Violated Federal Law to Hire Private Interrogators Fact Sheet: GAO Report on CACI Contract (PDF, Committee on Government Reform Minority Office)
At Metro stations in the DC area, commuters are now offered a choice of two free daily newspapers; a significantly slimmed-downed version of the Washington Post, and a newcomer called the Examiner. I have been regularly reading both, and recommend this PBS report on the national trend to lure readers back to daily newspapers with …
House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security – Oversight Hearing on the Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Sections 201, 202, 223 of the Act that Address Criminal Wiretaps, and Section 213 of the Act that Addresses Delayed Notice, May 3, 2005. Statement by Chairman Coble Statements of Michael Sullivan, United States …
