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9-11 Commission Report

9-11 Commission Report: On July 22, 2004 the Commission released its public report, which is available for download from this site. The report is also available in bookstores nationwide and from the Government Printing Office [free PDF version]. See also the Executive Summary. On August 21, 2004 the Commission released two staff monographs, available for …

Subjects: Government Documents

The 9/11 Commission Report

Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Official Government Edition “The Commission’s Final Report provides a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. It also includes recommendations designed to guard against future …

Subjects: Government Documents

Testimony From House Hearing on E-Voting

House Committee on Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Inter-governmental Relations, and the Census hearing on “The Science of Electronic Voting Machine Technology: Accuracy, Reliability, and Security,” July 20, 2004. Link to opening statement and testimony “An estimated 50 million registered voters, representing nearly 30 percent of all voters, are expected to cast their …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government

WSJ on Sentencing Law Blog and New RSS Feeds

Today’s WSJ has another article on blogs (that’s two this month!), Law Professor’s Web Log Is Jurists’ Must-Read In addition, the Journal has launched a range of RSS feeds as follows (please note – “Headlines are available to all users, but full stories are available only to subscribers of the Online Journal.”): What’s News – …

Subjects: Blogs, RSS

New Gov’t E-Health Records Info Network

HHS Press release: Strategic Report Outlines Steps to Implement Widespread Adoption of Electronic Health Records and New Nationwide Interoperable Health Information Network. Full-text of the report, (176 pages, PDF), The Decade of Health Information Technology: Delivering Consumer-centric and Information-rich Health Care, Framework for Strategic Action, July 21, 2004 And from today’s New York Times, Government …

Subjects: E-Government, Privacy

Smaller Search Engines May Prove the Right Match For Your Research

From today’s San Francisco Chronicle, this article reviews some alternatives to search engine powerhouses Google and Yahoo, several of which you may have heard of and/or use now, such as clustering engine Vivisimo and Topix.net (which bills itself as “The Internet’s Largest News Site). But other suggested sites may be new to you and worth …

Subjects: Legal Research, Search Engines

Innovative Blog Provides Gov Docs in PDF Via P2P

Using P2P applications, Download for Democracy is providing free access to a growing database archive, currently comprising “600 government memos, communications, and reports, all of which were obtained from mainstream media sources, respected legal or academic groups, or the federal government itself.” For background and commentary on this new website, created and maintained by a …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legislation, Libraries