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Government Computer News: “China has downloaded 10 to 20 terabytes of data from the NIPRNet (DOD’s Non-Classified IP Router Network),” said Maj. Gen. William Lord, director of information, services and integration in the Air Force’s Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, during the recent Air Force IT Conference in Montgomery, Ala.” See also: …
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Reconstruction Efforts – Transcript of FPC Briefing on “Hurricane Katrina, Coastal Protection and Reconstruction Efforts,” August 22, 2006.
Press release: “PointRoll, Inc., leading developer of innovative rich media technology solutions, today announced the results of its collaboration with the E-Voter Institute and HCD Research in conducting the First Annual Voter Expectations Survey…Key, initial findings include: An overwhelming majority of respondents expect candidates to use online technology as part of their campaign efforts; 87 …
Press release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving ahead this summer to shut down libraries, end public access to research materials and box up unique collections on the assumption that Congress will not reverse President Bush’s proposed budget reductions, according to agency documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). At the …
Press release: “…the Seventh Circuit is the first federal court of appeals to make RSS feeds of opinions and audio recordings of oral arguments available from its Web site .
Pragmatic Approaches to Knowledge Management, by Ron Friedmann Criminal Justice Resources – Prisoners’ Rights and Resources on the Web, by Ken Strutin It’s Not Rocket Science: Making Sense of Scientific Evidence, by Paul Barron Global Law Firm Knowledge Management Survey 2006, by Gretta Rusanow The Government Domain: Government Documents and the News, by Peggy Garvin …
Press release, Productivity and Costs by Industry 08/22/2006 Table of Contents: Productivity and Costs by Industry: Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, and Food Services and Drinking Places, 2005 Technical note Table 1. Annual percent change in output per hour and related series, 1987-2005 and 2004-2005 Table 2. Annual percent change in total compensation, output, and unit …
GSA Telework Laws A Guide to Telework in the Federal Government, August 3, 2006: the “guidance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) suggests that one of the keys to success and continuity of operations during any emergency, especially a pandemic health crisis, is an effective teleworking program that is just a matter of routine …
Publication of OIG’s Guidelines for Evaluating State False Claims Acts, Federal Register, August 21, 2006.
FEMA 2006 Federal Disaster Declarations [Last Modified: Monday, 21-Aug-2006] [thanks to Michael Ravnitzky] Declared Disasters by Year or State Major Disaster Declarations Emergency Declarations Fire Management Assistance Declarations
Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Law Enforcement Efforts in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 21, 2006. See also, Today [August 21, 2006], Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales visited New Orleans and announced additional federal resources to help fight violent crime that has risen in the months following Hurricane Katrina.
Press release: “Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today told a meeting of the Progress & Freedom Foundation that she has formed an Internet Access Task Force to examine issues being raised by converging technologies and regulatory developments, and to educate and inform the enforcement, advocacy and education initiatives of the Commission. “I also …
