Category «Government Documents»

Democrats Advance Innovative Technology Agenda

Press release: “House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi unveiled the House Democrats new Innovation Agenda: A Commitment to Competitiveness to Keep America #1 (12 pages, PDF) in a speech at the National Press Club this morning. “First, we recognize that in a globalized, knowledge-based economy, America’s greatest resource for innovation and economic growth resides within America’s …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Wireless Web

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

Newly Released Gov Docs Highlight Alito’s Views on Key Issues

From FindLaw: “Newly revealed documents show that Pres. Bush’s latest U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee, Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., stated in a 1985 application for a position as Assistant Deputy Attorney General that “I am and always have been a conservative,” and was “particularly proud of my contributions in recent cases in which the government …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

EPA Proposes To Limit Public Access to Pollution Release Inventory

Burden Reduction Proposed Rule (Phase II) Public Notice Announcing EPA’s intention to initiate a rulemaking to modify the frequency of reporting under the TRI program Fact Sheet Describing Both of the Above Actions EPA Proposes Burden Reduction Rule for the Toxics Release Inventory EPA Letter to Congress Facts from OMB Watch on TRI Proposal

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

DNI Creates New Open Source Center

Office of the Director of National Intelligence press release: “Based at the CIA, the Center will advance the Intelligence Community’s exploitation of openly available information to include the Internet, databases, press, radio, television, video, geospatial data, photos and commercial imagery. The Center’s functions will include collection, analysis and research, training and information technology management to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Government Launches Mine Emergency Operations (MEO) Database

U.S. Newswire: “The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced that a new mine emergency operations database listing mine rescue teams nationwide and mine emergency services and related contacts at the federal, state and local levels is available on the Web…Located at https://lakegovprod1.msha.gov/MEO/Default.aspx, the Mine Emergency Operations (MEO) database can …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents