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Digital Democrats, An Online Analysis of the Presidential Candidates, is an in-depth survey (92 pages, pdf) of how the websites of the eight declared candidates (Howard Dean, John Edwards, Dick Gephardt, John Kerry, Dennis Kucinich, Joe Lieberman, Carol Moselely Braun and Al Sharpton) are leveraging the online forum for the purposes of fundraising, communicating with …
The Department of Homeland Security issued a press announcement on Operation LIBERTY SHIELD, which “is a comprehensive national plan designed to increase protections for America’s citizens and infrastructure while maintaining the free flow of goods and people across our border with minimal disruption to our economy and way of life.” Under the topic CyberSecurity, the …
The Clinton Presidential Center website, still under construction, includes the following statement: “Since President Clinton had the honor of being the first president of the Internet age, this site will function as the first truly virtual Presidential Library. It will encourage users to search for information, communicate through chats, create a dialogue and participate in …
Kenote Systems announced that the company will provide regular reports on the performance of the communications networks that comprise the Internet backbone, as well as on major government and commercial sites, during the course of the war with Iraq. Keynote reports that for the week of March 10-14, the government websites that performed best were …
Microdoc News offers links and short reviews of the Top 5 Mapping Tools of the Internet, a timely resource given current events.
The FCC will hold a public hearing May 8 on the topic of compliance and oversight for the fraud-ridden e-rate program for libraries.
The start of the war against Iraq has generated a huge spike in web traffic to military sites, along with associated bottlenecks, which have impacted access to sites that include the U.S. Army Home Page and the UK Home Office’s site for terrorism information and advice. Commercial sites such as Yahoo News are also reporting …
The Supreme Court released the official transcript, in PDF (59 pages), of the oral argument held Wednesday, March 5, 2003 in United States v. American Library Association. See several of my previous postings on the case here and here.
As mentioned in my previous posting on PoliticalWeb.com, this site is offering a wealth of analysis on campaign related data. Newly available is this resource, 2002 Campaign Web Sphere Analysis, which details how “candidates for House, Senate and Governor used the Web in the 2002 campaign to facilitate civic engagement, establish connections to other political …
Tim Rozgonyi, Assistant Technology Systems Editor, Pittsburgh Gazette, has published a useful and timely annotated list of links, Iraq, War on Terrorism. Links are arranged by the following categories: Country Information
Brown University temporarily terminated Internet access for 67 students after they were identified as having downloaded files using P2P applications through the campus network. See also this Message to the Brown Community on Illegal Downloading of Music and Videos and Your Vulnerability, which links to the Using Computing Resources at Brown University guidelines.
According to a new survey by Nielsen//NetRatings, almost 45 percent of Internet users accessed federal government websites in February 2003, which accounted for a 26 percent increase in web traffic from December 2002. The Treasury Department’s site experienced a 176 percent increase in traffic in the past three months (although not clearly indicated, I believe …
