KM at CIA Now Includes Extensive Use of Blogs and Wikis
FCW reports that the CIA network is hosting more than “1,000 internal blogs and an internal wiki with about 10,000 pages…”
Category «Government Documents»
GAO China Antidumping Database
GAO China Antidumping Database: “This e-supplement is a companion to GAO’s report U.S.-China Trade: Eliminating Nonmarket Economy Methodology Would Lower Antidumping Duties for Some Chinese Companies, GAO-06-231 (Washington, D.C.: Jan. 10, 2006). The e-supplement contains a database of U.S. antidumping cases against China and selected other countries from January 1, 1980, through December 31, 2004. …
DOD OIG Audit on Controls Over Exports to China
Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General — Audit –Controls Over Exports to China – Report No. D-2006-067 PDF) – Project No. D2005-D000LG-0220.000, Date: March 30, 2006 (38 pages, PDF)
Court Determines Air Force Has Violated FOIA For Almost Two Decades
Press release: Federal Court Finds Air Force Engages in a Pattern or Practice of Violating the FOIA: “A federal court today granted partial summary judgment to the National Security Archive finding that the Air Force has violated the Freedom of Information Act and has engaged in a pattern or practice of violating the FOIA. In …
CBO Examines China’s Rising Oil Demand and Implications for U.S.
China’s Growing Demand for Oil and Its Impact on U.S. Petroleum Markets, April 2006 (58 pages, PDF)
Scope of Gov’t Intel Gathering Expands to Blogs
Washington Times: “The new Open Source Center (OSC) at CIA headquarters recently stepped up data collection and analysis based on bloggers worldwide and is developing new methods to gauge the reliability of the content, said OSC Director Douglas J. Naquin.” Related reference: Intelligence Reform: Making It Happen, National Press Club, DNI John D. Negroponte, April …
New on LLRX.com
Indecisive Decision: An Examination of the Greenberg & Faulkner Cases and their Impact on Libraries, by Sharon Whitfield Beyond Google and Yahoo: New, Nifty Search Engines to Optimize Your Research, by Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici A Commentary on the National Forest Land Conveyance for Rural Communities Act, by Beth Wellington Got Competitive Intelligence? …
National Archives Releases Second Declassified MOU
Follow-up to two recent postings, Archivist Statement on Declassification of MOU Between National Archives and U.S. Air Force and NARA Participated In Keeping Gov Docs Secret After Declassification Occured, the following NARA press release, April 17, 2006: “On Thursday, April 13, 2006, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein learned that a second classified Memorandum …
DHS OIG Report Examines Agency Progress in Adopting Standards for First Responder Equipment
Review of DHS’ Progress in Adopting and Enforcing Equipment Standards for First Responders, OIG-06-30, March 2006 (PDF, 56 pages), 4/18/2006.
USDA Fruit and Vegetable Backgrounder
USDA Economic Research Service, Fruit and Vegetable Backgrounder, by Gary Lucier, Susan Pollack, Mir Ali, and Agnes Perez, Outlook Report No. (VGS-31301) 56pp, April 2006: “This report describes the economic characteristics of the U.S. fruit and vegetable industry, providing supply, demand, and policy background for an industry that accounts for nearly a third of U.S. …
FOIA Lawsuit to Obtain SEC Documents May Cost Company $2M
WSJ free feature: SEC Watchdog’s Data Request Snags on Fee Fight: “A government watchdog may get the SEC records it wants — but may have to pay millions of dollars for them.” At a cost of $28 per hour for research fees into documents from 26 companies, the SEC claims that a company called SEC …
Press Fights Libby Subpoenas For Expanded Access to Plame Related Documents
Reuters reports that Time, the New York Times, and NBC News opposed attempts by Libby’s defense to widen the scope of discovery pertaining to Plame CIA leak documents which may be in the possession of journalists and their respective employers.
