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“SecurityDocs.com is a directory of information security articles, white papers, and other documents that information security professionals find useful.” The site currently links to 1710 information papers in 88 categories that include Laws and Regulations, Wireless Security, Intrusion Detection, and Computer Security 101. [Hot Links]
Best Reference Sources 2003 (reg. req’d) – Under the Section, Web Sites, the following entry: LLRX.comWeb Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research Created by Gail Partin, an associate law librarian at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law, this annotated guide is for both the beginner and hardcore researcher. If, for example, you need to find …
Trends in Blog Searching, by Christina K. Pikas, a Techical Services Librarian at JHU’s Applied Physics Laboratory, provides a valuable resource on the effective use of general search engines and blog search engines.
From the New England School of Law, a website that law librarians will really appreciate, as it provides an option to access the library’s online searchable catalog via a list of 15 color choices that identify the binding of books or periodicals. [LibrarianInBlack.net]
Tony Mauro follows-up on his April 12 article with an update on the endorsement, by the Judicial Conference of the United States, of Rule 32.1. Citation of Judicial Dispositions.
Summary of Meeting on the Future of the GPO Sales Program – March 16, 2004 (pdf, 10 pages), states, among other interesting facts, that although the GPO print sales program has been losing revenue steadily on recent years, in sharp contrast, “there are over 1 million files downloaded per day the equivalent of 27 …
Information Sharing for Homeland Security: Obstacles to Effective Information Sharing Still Exist Post 9/ 11, Issue Paper #1, April 2004, Prepared for Ranking Member Jim Turner, by Select Committee on Homeland Security, Democratic Staff. The report addresses seven issues, as follows: Lack of a Fully Integrated Terrorist Watch List Leaves Country Vulnerable to Attack; Federal …
Discussion Draft, April 12, 2004, Decision Framework for Federal Document Repositories: “…prepared by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) for the U. S. Government Printing Office. The decision framework is intended for use in creating the specifications for a system of regional repositories for tangible federal government documents. The decision framework will enable the Superintendent …
As a follow-up to my March 25 posting, OpentheGovernment.org has issued a press release discussing the availability of a new report, Ten Most Wanted Documents for 2004 (pdf, 34 pages), “a list of documents that the government should disclose to the public but does not,” compiled from responses to an online user survey.
Forbes.com and FIND/SVP jointly sponsor a new online Custom Research Center focused on business related issues. See How it Works and Business Answer Examples. [Donna Cavallini]
Press release, Senators Collins, Lieberman Ask TSA: What Other Airlines Have Been Contacted and Asked for Passenger Information? includes text of the Senators’ letter to Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security. See also Another Airline Confirms Passenger Data Shared With TSA Contractors, and related references to CAPPS II and government airline passenger …
Two Staff Statements were released today by the 9/11 Commission, along with submitted testimony from today’s hearing, as follows (more links tomorrow as testimony is posted online) – Staff Statement No. 11: The Performance of the Intelligence Community Staff Statement No. 12: Reforming Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Collection in the United States John S. …
