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From the New York Times, this article details how the FBI’s $170 million “virtual case file” system, hobbled by numerous delays due to technical issues, may be scrapped. Related news: Draft report suggests end for FBIs case management app
Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio. Status Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff, January 5, 2005 (102 pages, PDF): “Representative John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, asked the Democratic staff to conduct an investigation into irregularities reported in the Ohio presidential election and to prepare a Status …
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT), Commission on Systemic Interoperability “is charged with developing a comprehensive strategy for the adoption and implementation of health care information technology standards.” The commission must deliver to Congress by October 31 a comprehensive plan for the implementation of electronic health records. References Federal Register, …
IRS Announces Electronic Filing Requirements for Large Corporations, Exempt Organizations: “The Internal Revenue Service released regulations today that require certain large corporations and tax-exempt organizations to electronically file their income tax or annual information returns beginning in 2006. For tax year 2005 returns that are due in 2006, the regulations require that corporations with total …
The National Library For Health website is currently providing four topical RSS feeds: Hitting The Headlines; What’s New; Document Of The Week and FocusOn. In addition, as reported by Managing Information, the site now offers a universal search feature for national and local data hosted by “500 NHS library services across England.”
Data Mining: An Overview, updated December 16, 2004.
“The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) in the US Department of Health and Human Services and the National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC) is proud to announce the launch of our new, free and comprehensive National Women’s Health Indicators Database (NWHID). This system permits those interested in the health status of women, and, in fact, …
New on LLRX.com for December 27, 2004: The Federal Web: Content at the Ten-year Mark – Peggy Garvin, author of The United States Government Internet Manual, takes researchers on a tour of content they can expect to find on federal, executive branch websites, and where on the site they can expect to find it. Notes …
On December 30, 2004, GPO issued an RFP to “procure Web Harvesting Services.” From the Statement of Work: “The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) requires the services of a vendor that can provide a number of different products and/or services related to the discovery, harvesting, and assessment of documents and publications from Web sites using …
Press release: “Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins, R-Me., and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., released Wednesday a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report showing that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other federal agencies have made progress in implementing key provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002 but have failed to carry out …
Industry, Public Interest Groups Oppose FCC Proposal to Impose Design Mandates on VoIP Joint Reply Comments of Industry and Public Interest Groups on CALEA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (31 pages, PDF), December 21, 2004 Joint Initial Comments of Industry and Public Interest Groups (60 pages, PDF), November 08, 2004 Related references : Range of Groups …
On December 9 I posted on Fingerprinting and Background Checks for Media Covering Inaugural. As a follow-up, here is a press release documenting the personal and professional data required of all media for the slew of inaugural events. The Media Credential Application requires “…from each applicant: gender, full legal name, position, race, social security number …
