Financial Sources Guide
From Marcus P. Zillman, news of his Financial Sources bibliography of links.
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Is It Possible to Remain Anonymous in Our Post 9/11 Society?
Anonymity in the 21st Century (13 pages, pdf), by Randy Barrett: “Before 9/11, the debate over anonymity was largely the purview of legal scholars and a few public-interest lawyers in Washington. As the white dust billowed over lower Manhattan and fires raged in the Pentagon, the dichotomy between individual civil rights and societal safety entered …
InfoWorld Focuses on Portals
Portals: Under the surface – a review of seven enterprise portals: Diving into portals’ distinguishing characteristics How the portals scored Checklist for enterprise portals Portlet standard predicament The open-source alternative
CRS Memo on Medicare Cost Data Denied to Congress
According to the New York Times, a nine page CRS memo released on May 3 (anyone have a link?) states that when a federal government actuary was directed to withhold data from Congress on the actual cost of the new medicare program, this conduct “would appear to violate a specific and express prohibition of federal …
Google’s Future Plans
Google may be heading deep into Microsoft’s territory“…Google intends to extend information-searching in many directions: Mobile applications for wireless gadgets, more effective online shopping and social networking are all obvious applications of its technology.”
Advocacy Groups Call for Investigation of Gmail
From the text of a May 3 letter sent by EPIC, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and the World Privacy Forum, to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer: “We write to urge your office to investigate Google’s “Gmail” service. We believe that Gmail violates California Penal Code § 631, which governs eavesdropping on confidential communications. In light …
Annual Performance Report on E-Gov’t Around the World
A new study, titled “eGovernment Leadership: High Performance, Maximum Value,” is the fifth in an annual series which examines e-government services around the world, and is based on user attitudes collected from 5,000 regular web users in 12 countries as well as data on the quality of services in 22 countries. The full-text of the …
Practical Design Tips for Websites
What Is Web Accessibility? “…this article will tell you who you need to consider when making your website and what their unique requirements are..”
More Scrutiny for Google
The World According To Google. An interesting review that addresses issues including e-commerce, privacy, page ranking and the fact that the company may be “the world’s largest operator of a distributed computer network.”
Interview With Data Mining Aggregator CEO
Excerpts from an AP interview with ChoicePoint Inc. (CPS) chairman Derek Smith.
News Aggregators Can Present Challenges to Bloggers
Will RSS Readers Clog the Web?
Usability Testing and the Design of a Live Reference Service
What words and where? Applying usability testing techniques to name a new live reference service, by Vicky Duncan and Darlene Fichter. Abstract: “A user-focused design approach was taken to develop a new ‘live reference’ service at the Health Sciences Library, University of Saskatchewan. The name of the service, the placement of the links, and the …
