The Web as a Tool for Campaign Attack Ads
“In Politics, the Web Is a Parallel World With Its Own Rules: A new bare-knuckled political use of the World Wide Web has showed its head: the Internet attack ad.”
Category «Internet»
Chicago Law Enforcement Database Cited for Decrease in Crime
Taking IT to the Street – “How the Chicago Police Department used technology to fight crime and become the first Grand CIO Enterprise Value Award winner.” [Slashdot] “The CLEAR (Citizen Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting) database, deployed in April 2000 and now topping 200GB, is the foundation for a growing set of integrated CLEAR applications …
Domain Area for Children Underutilized
The domain area created by law just for kids has attracted little interest or investment, resulting in the creation of but a handful of new children friendly websites.
New Online Resource for California Voters
From the California Voter Foundation, the California Online Voter Guide, launched yesterday, “serves up nonpartisan information on California propositions, the Presidential election, congressional races, and state legislative contests.”
New Tool for Updating Campaign Blogs
“Feedster is working to ensure everyone’s voice is heard by making political Feedpapers, up-to-the-minute digests of RSS-based news and blog commentary, available to all the campaigns and bloggers. In less than a minute, you can associate your blog with the candidates and parties you support and make sure your voice is heard.” [Link]
HP to Create Digital Archive of TIME Magazine
Today Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) announced the company “is partnering with TIME to create a complete digital (searchable) archive containing every issue of the publication since its inception (1923-present),” to be released in May (to subscribers).
Political Websites’ Growing Impact on Voters
Excerpt from a January 28 press release from comScore Networks on their December 2003 survey assessing the impact of political websites: “…more than 40 percent of visitors reported that political sites have increased their interest in learning more about issues or candidates. Nearly 30 percent of visitors told comScore that they are more actively involved …
CourtEXPRESS Adds Doc. Research and Retrieval from Int’l Courts
From today’s press release: “CourtEXPRESS, a national leader in online docket research and retrieval from U.S. Courts, announced today the introduction of retrieval services for international courts and tribunals…Orders for such dockets and documents can be submitted through the CourtEXPRESS web site, just as done for U.S. materials.”
Current Awareness Web Resource
Awareness Watch Newsletter, by Marcus P. Zillman, “is a monthly publication that will highlight the latest resources and sites on the Internet that pertain to current awareness happenings and alerts.”
A Good Intro to RSS
An Introduction to RSS Feeds, by Jessica Baumgart, Winter 2004, News Library News (pdf). News Library News is the quarterly bulletin of the Special Libraries Association News Division.
FCC To Establish Regs for Internet Telephony
Press release, February 12: FCC Moves to Allow More Opportunities for Consumers Through Voice Services Over The Internet. Statement by FCC Chairman Powell FCC Voice-Over-Internet Protocol website FCC VoIP Factsheet
Guides to Web Research
The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook – A Guide for the Serious Searcher, by Randolph Hock, February 2004. The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources, by Barbara Quint (Editor), Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo, January 2004.
