Category «Internet»

NH Gov’t Moves From Paper to E-Records

This press release from New Hampshire Governor Craig Benson announces the implementation of E-Library Services, which will “enable viewing all agency reports that are generated by the State’s budget, financial and human resource computer systems. All such reports will be viewable in a web-browser by authorized users. The e-Info Library Services will be an official …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet

Appeals Ct. Decision May Open Way for Expanded Choice of Broadband Providers

U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 10/06/03, 02-70518, Brand X Internet Services v. FCC. From the Washington Post: “Currently, the vast majority of the nation’s approximately 14 million homes that subscribe to cable high-speed Internet service have no choice when it comes to their service provider. If the ruling survives a likely appeal, the decision …

Subjects: Courts, E-Mail, Internet

Evaluating Health Websites

From Consumer WebWatch, A Report on the Evaluation of Criteria Sets for Assessing Health Web Sites, published September 30, 2003. See also Discussions of Health Web Sites in Medical and Popular Media, from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

Subjects: Internet

Worldwide Survey of E-Politics

PoliticsOnline announced the results of its global survey to identify the 25 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. From the press release, what follows is a selection of the honorees: BBC News and iCan team – The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) website is arguably the leading global authority in political news. Dean …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet

New GAO Report on E-Gov Initiatives

Electronic Government: Progress and Challenges in Implementing the Office of Personnel Management’s Initiatives, by Linda D. Koontz, director, information management, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-03-1169T, September 23. Highlights.

Subjects: E-Government, Internet

Law Firm Technology Survey

The Eighth Annual AmLaw Tech Survey, September 2003. Survey results were compiled from responses provided by 137 law firms, and address the following categories: document management, docketing & calendaring, spam defense, litigation support, and electronic evidence vendors. Additional information on expenditures related to hardware, software and IT related personnel is provided in another survey titled …

Subjects: E-Records, Internet

Controversy Over New Web Typo Site

Yesterday came news that VeriSign had launched a new service that redirects users who mistype urls of websites (apparently at the rate of 20 million times per day) to Site Finder, which in turn markets the availability of these mistyped .com or .net domains. A Slashdot posting provided this link to a pdf document on …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet