Category «E-Government»

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Tracking and Monitoring of Potentially Fraudulent Petitions and Applications for Family-Based Immigration Benefits

DHS OIG –U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Tracking and Monitoring of Potentially Fraudulent Petitions and Applications for Family-Based Immigration Benefits – June 12, 2013 “USCIS has procedures to track and monitor documentation related to petitions and applications for family-based immigration benefits suspected of being fraudulent. However, once family-based immigration petitions and applications were investigated and adjudicated, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FTC – Guidance to Search Engine Industry on the Need to Distinguish Between Advertisements and Search Results

News release: “In an ongoing effort to ensure that its guidance for online advertisers stays current with changes in digital media, the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection staff sent letters to search engine companies to update guidance published in 2002 on distinguishing paid search results and other forms of advertising from natural search results. The …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents, Search Engines

National Archives FY 2014-2019 Draft Strategic Plan

Our Strategic Plan: Preserving the Past to Protect the Future “The Strategic Plan of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 2006-2016 details our goals for the next 10 years, the strategies we will use to achieve these goals, and the measures by which we will evaluate our progress. This plan was created with the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Libraries

Paper – Wait! Don’t Digitize and Discard!

Wait! Don’t Digitize and Discard! A White Paper on ALA COL Discussion Issue #1a, By James A. Jacobs and James R. Jacobs, June 2013 “The ALA Committee on Legislation (COL) “Discussion Document” (Draft 6-17-13) asks as part of Issue #1″ concerning the digitization of FDLP collections if libraries should be allowed to “deaccession and destroy” collections for the “greater …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Libraries

Policy Paper – The Digital Diplomacy Revolution: Why is Canada Lagging Behind? by Roland Paris

The Digital Diplomacy Revolution: Why is Canada Lagging Behind? by Roland Paris, June, 2013 “The practice of international diplomacy is undergoing a revolution. As activists, private and public organizations, political leaders and mass publics embrace Twitter, Facebook and other forms of social media, foreign ministries have come under increasing pressure to update their operating methods. …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee – Women in the Workplace

First Report of Session 2013–14. “In a Report published today, the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee calls on the Government to do more to tackle female under-representation in certain sectors of the economy. As well as addressing the worrying lack of comprehensive careers advice, the Government should set targets for encouraging women into apprenticeship sectors …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy

The National Weather Service has declared June 23 to June 29 to be Lightning Safety Awareness Week

“The Weather Service has established a lightning safety awareness web page that provides a number of useful resources for your park’s lightning safety program: A page of lightning safety tips that includes guidance on “last resort outdoor risk reduction tips” A link to last year’s two-minute-long YouTube lightning safety video, which points out, among other things, how many people are …

Subjects: E-Government

National HIV Testing Day (June 27) serves as a reminder of the importance of HIV testing

Use these resources to answer your questions about HIV testing: HIV Testing Locations – Enter your ZIP code to find a testing location near you, including those that offer free HIV tests. Types of HIV Tests – Different HIV tests are used in different situations, but the antibody test is the most common. Privacy Issues …

Subjects: E-Government, Education

HUD – Promoting Resilience Post-Sandy Through Innovative Planning and Design

“The Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force is pleased to launch REBUILD BY DESIGN, a multi-stage regional design competition to promote resilience for the Sandy-affected region. The goal of the competition is two-fold: to promote innovation by developing regionally-scalable but locally-contextual solutions that increase resilience in the region, and to implement selected proposals with both public and private …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Commentary – Calling It ‘Metadata’ Doesn’t Make Surveillance Less Intrusive

By Geoff Nunberg: “Metadata” was bound to break out sooner or later, riding the wave of “data” in all its forms and combinations. “Big data” and “data mining” are the reigning tech buzzwords these days, and university faculties are scrambling to meet the surge in demand for courses in the hot new field of data …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Free Speech, Knowledge Management, Legislation, Libraries, Patriot Act, Privacy

EU Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2013

EUROPEAN COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT – Digital Agenda Scoreboard, Brussels, 12.06.2013, SWD(2013). 217 final. “The EU economy was marked by recession in 2012. According to the latest Commission figures, annual GDP in 2013 is forecast to contract 0.1% in the EU and 0.4% in the Euro area. Unemployment is at unacceptable levels in many countries, …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Government Documents, Internet

NIST – Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations

Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, Joint Task Force Transformation Initiative, Computer Security Division Information Technology Laboratory – National Institute of Standards and Technology. April 2013 This publication provides a catalog of security and privacy controls for federal information systems and organizations and a process for selecting controls to protect organizational …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, PC Security

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