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“Making Web data permanent – Uniform Resource Names can help users find government data no matter where it’s moved online, a group says.” [Link] Primary resource: Recommendations on Open Interoperable Standards for Search Identifiers [This draft document will be retired on completion of a recommendation by the U.S. Federal Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI), …
National Committee for Voting Integrity Election Reform Recommendations (pdf) Related news: Computer Loses 4,500 Votes in North Carolina, Defective software ‘lost’ votes (Florida), and Group finds voting problems across South.
Planning a trip, and looking for free wireless access? See the BestWiFi Hotels 2004.
From the Bureau of the Public Debt, the following data, as of November 3, 2004: Debt Held by the Public – $4,332,224,143,554.05 Intragovernmental Holdings – 3,097,310,844,198.64 Total – $7,429,534,987,752.69 Related resource: Financial Audit: Bureau of the Public Debt’s Fiscal Years 2004 and 2003 Schedules of Federal Debt GAO-05-116, November 5, 2004. Highlights: “At the end …
This evening, John Doyle, Washington & Lee Law Library, announced the launch of his Legal Periodicals blog, which supplements and expands upon his Most-Cited Legal Periodicals U.S. and selected non-U.S database.
Federal Court Web Sites Feature Vote-Related Information: “The web sites of federal courts in two closely contested states, Ohio and Florida, prominently displayed election-related matters in their respective district courts. See Ohio and Florida web sites.”
Internetnews.com reports on Best Practices for Online Service Providers recommended by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for ISPs who are increasingly confronting DMCA complaints.
From Government Computer News, a review of how DHS has adopted a policy for deploying secure wireless networks within government agencies. The article also provides a useful checklist, ABCs of wireless security guide. Related resources on wireless technology: I’ll Have Wireless to Go, Please and Cache and Carry: Staying Connected Wirelessly.
Trusting Your Health History to the Web – Digitized medical records can help save lives. But are they secure enough?
Proposed rule, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Federal Register, November 3, 2004: “As part of NARA’s Records Management Initiatives to redesign Federal records management, NARA has determined that Federal agencies should be allowed to dispose of short-term temporary electronic mail (e-mail) record (e.g., those with a retention period of 90, 120, or 180 days), …
Press release: “The Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announces the availability of electronic forms for submitting Madrid Protocol related documents. Now a U.S. trademark owner may file a single online application with the USPTO in English, based on an existing U.S. trademark application or registration, pay the fees in U.S. …
Tuning up your Skills in the Web Search Garage, by Chris Sherman. Web Search Garage, by Tara Calishain
