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From the UK Office of Government Commerce: “OGC today released its report on Open Source Software Trials in Government. This report outlines the findings of the trials originally announced in October 2003. The report shows that Open Source software is rapidly maturing, offers significant potential benefits to government and should be actively considered alongside proprietary …
From FindLaw: WEXLER, ET AL. v. LEPORE, ET AL. (October 26, 2004) “The state of Florida will not be required to create a paper record from touch-screen voting machines. U.S. Representative Robert Wexler had argued that the touch-screen voting machines used in some Florida counties lacked a manual recount procedure.” Memorandum Opinion (PDF) Final Judgment …
GovExec.com reports on some of the public comments to DHS that document concerns with the TSA’s Secure Flight passenger screening program. Links are provided to comments from organizations including the Business Travel Coalition and EPIC.
From the NRC Homepage: “The NRC’s online document library, ADAMS, is temporarily unavailable due to a security review. Links to documents in this library will result in an error message. To ask for a document in the interim, contact the NRC’s Public Document Room at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737.” See also this associated agency press release …
From the USDA Forest Service, Fall Colors for 2004 provides links to fall foliage hotspots, regional fall foliage sites, and state websites on fall colors. Enjoy!
2004-05 Flu Vaccine Shortage – Resources
Purged! How a Patchwork of Flawed and Inconsistent Voting Systems Could Deprive Millions of Americans of the Right to Vote (44 pages, PDF)
Election Concerns: Will Your Vote Count? Are You Sure? by Diana Botluk Federal and State Election Resources — Updated, by Kathy Biehl
By Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, CATO Institute, this article from the San Francisco Chronicle, Surveillance and the War on Terrorism, What’s in a name?, reviews the cycle of name changes associated with the government’s air passenger surveillance database program. Related news from the Washington Post, via MSNBC, With an ever-expanding “no fly” …
From the press release: The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has redesigned and streamlined its Internet Web site. The primary purpose of the revamped Web site is to reorganize the site’s growing body of material to offer the most efficient presentation of relevant and appropriate information to various audiences, including the general public, candidates and their …
“The CIO of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation is among the health-industry executives named to an 11-member federal commission to help the nation develop and implement health-IT standards that will serve as the foundation for establishing a system for universal electronic health records.” [Link] Reference: House Rpt. 108-391 – Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act …
From the website: “The much-anticipated grand opening of America’s first state government digital archives occurred on October 4, 2004…The Washington State Digital Archives is the nation’s first archives dedicated specifically to the preservation of electronic records from both State and Local agencies that have permanent legal, fiscal or historical value.” Three search features are available …
