Category «Internet»

The Terrorism Index

Center for American Progress: The Terrorism Index: A Survey of the U.S. National Security Establishment on the War on Terror Executive Summary and Methodology with Complete Terrorism Survey Results View the complete survey results

Subjects: Internet

Corporate Internet Filtering Polices May Impede Work Product

Reports on monitoring of employee website usage are not uncommon, but today’s New York Times article highlights how blocking specific sites can impede work product. This can certainly be the case not only in the newsroom but in law firms and other corporate environments where competitive intelligence monitoring has become increasingly important.

Subjects: Censorship, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Online Banking 2006: Surfing to the Bank

Pew Internet, Online Banking 2006: “Online banking is holding steady as a mainstream internet activity, growing along with internet use generally, though not accelerating as have some other forms of online activities. Fully 43% of internet users, or about 63 million American adults, bank online.” Online Banking 2006: Surfing to the Bank (3 pages, PDF)

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet

Hearing on Broadband Internet Access, Competition and Consumer Protection

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Reconsidering Our Communications Laws: Ensuring Competition and Innovation, June 14, 2006. Links to member statements and testimony [HTML] FTC press release on testimony: “The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Judiciary Committee that as the Committee considers legislation to amend the Communications Act, it should preserve the FTC’s existing authority …

Subjects: Congress, E-Commerce, Internet, Libraries

Americans Say Public Libraries Are Essential to 21st Century Communities

Press release: “Americans prize public library service in the Internet Age, a new research report released today by the nonpartisan public opinion research organization Public Agenda concludes. As local communities and states contend with tight budget constraints for public services, the public sees libraries as potential solutions to many communities’ most pressing problems, from universal …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

New Searchable Database of Congressional and NJ Legislative Documents

From John P. Joergensen, Rutgers University School of Law – Camden Law Library, news about the launch of a searchable online collection of U.S. Congressional documents, hearings and prints that are being scanned from their holdings. This is an ongoing project, and the collection will expand over time. In addition, see also the New Jersey …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

House Prices in America 2006

Press release: “A new study, House Prices in America, using Global Insight’s extensive proprietary databases on the housing market – which combined data and forecasts for home prices, home sales, housing stock, and household income with a methodology developed by the economics department of National City Corporation — examines current and expected housing prices in …

Subjects: Internet

House Passes Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006

H.R. 5252 – “Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 – Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow an eligible person or group to obtain a national franchise to provide cable service in a franchise area in lieu of any other authority under federal, state, or local law. Requires: (1) the filing of …

Subjects: Congress, Internet, Legislation