Category «E-Government»

DOJ IG Report on Agency’s Top Management and Performance Challenges

November 18, DOJ/OIG Top Management and Performance Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2005: Counterterrorism; Sharing of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information; Department and FBI Intelligence-Related Reorganizations; Information Technology Systems Planning and Implementation; Information Technology Security; Financial Management and Systems; Grant Management; Detention and Incarceration; Judicial Security; and Supply and Demand for Drugs.

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Library of Congress Launches World Digital Library Initiative

Library of Congress press release: “Google Is First Private-Sector Partner with Funding of $3 Million. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin announced today that Google is the first private-sector company to contribute to the Library’s initiative to develop a plan to begin building a World Digital Library (WDL) for use …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Knowledge Management, Libraries

E-Gov Science Portal Introduces Enhanced Search and Relevancy Features

Press release: Science.gov 3.0 Launched – “…introduces ‘MetaRank’ which uses a sophisticated method for ranking science queries by searching ‘metadata,’ or bibliographic information such as title, author, date, abstract or other keyword identifiers…Science.gov 3.0 also offers enhanced Boolean search capability, improved fielded searching, intuitive site navigation and early viewing of results while the database and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

GAO Report Says E-Gov Deficiencies Hinder No Child Left Behind Program

No Child Left Behind Act: Improved Accessibility to Education’s Information Could Help States Further Implement Teacher Qualification Requirements GAO-06-25, November 21, 2005. “Education officials said that their Web site has been an important tool for disseminating resources about the requirements, but officials from most states and districts that we visited told us that they were …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Texas AG Brings Enforcement Action For Spyware Violations

Press release: “Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today sued Sony BMG Music Entertainment as the first state in the nation to bring legal action against SONY for illegal ‘spyware.’ The suit is also the first filed under the state’s spyware law of 2005. It alleges the company surreptitiously installed the spyware on millions of compact …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Digital Rights, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Latest E-Gov’t Scorecard Notes Ratings Decline For 8 Agencies

From OMB, the President’s Management Agenda current survey results, Scorecard – September 30, 2005 indicate performance in areas evaluated (human capital, competitive sourcing, financial performance, e-government, and budget/performance integration) dropped at agencies including VA, EPA, State, NASA, USAID, Justice and Interior (note: the red circle indicates unsatisfactory, with eight agencies showing a specific decline in …

Subjects: E-Government

U.S. Will Maintain Internet Oversight

News from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) that the U.S. and representatives from 100 other nations have reached an agreement to continue the oversight of Internet domain names in the control of the United States, with administration provided by the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Subjects: Domain Names, E-Government, Internet

TSA Issues Guidance on Biometrics for Airport Access Control

Guidance Package, Biometrics for Airport Access Control, 30 September 2005, Version Release: October 2005 (140 pages, PDF). “This guidance document includes basic criteria and standards that TSA believes biometric products should meet in order to meet the technical requirements of acceptable performance for airport access control systems.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

IG Report on DHS Emergency Preparedness Database Issues

Security Weaknesses Increase Risks to Critical Emergency Preparedness and Response Database, Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, (Redacted, 38 pages, PDF).

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New FCC Website on VoIP 911 Services

FCC press release: “The Joint FCC/NARUC Task Force on VoIP 911 Enforcement has launched a new Web site to provide consumers, industry and state and local governments information about the rules that require certain providers of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to supply 911 emergency calling capabilities to their customers.” Related reference: Enforcement Bureau …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Hate Crime Statistics, 2004

FBI: “Hate Crime in America Behind the Numbers – A report released today on hate crime statistics shows a slight increase in the number of crimes from 2003 to 2004. The annual report, which details offenses and breaks them down by location, is based on statistics gathered from 12,700 law enforcement agencies.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Gov’t Pays Aggregator for Access to Extensive Database of Personal Info

As reported today by Govexec.com: “According to federal documents obtained by National Journal and Government Executive, among the services that ChoicePoint provides to the government [FBI and DoD] is access to a previously undisclosed, and vaguely described, “exclusive” data-searching system. This system in effect gives law enforcement and intelligence agents the ability to use the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Privacy

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