Category «Internet»

Interior Department Launches New Drupal Powered Website

The US Department of the Interior launched a new Drupal based website for all its components (using HTTPS), and it showcases the visual impact of the agency’s mission using an array of photos, videos and graphics. It is big move forward to provide users with an accessible, user friendly and visually appearing and easy to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

ICO orders removal of Google search results

UK’s Information Commission’s Office– August 20, 2015: “Google Inc has been ordered to remove nine search results after the ICO ruled that they linked to information about a person that was no longer relevant. The ICO ruling concerns nine links that are part of the list of results displayed when a search is made by …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

FCC to provide open source platform for communications with people with disabilities

Commission to Offer Open Source Video Access Platform to Increase Adoption of Direct Communications Access: “FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced on [August 20, 2015] that the  agency will offer an open source video access platform that will enable Americans who are deaf,  hard of hearing, deaf-blind or who have a speech disability to communicate directly …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

2015 Digital Business Global Executive Study and Research Project

“MIT Sloan Management Review and Deloitte’s1 2015 global study of digital business found that maturing digital businesses are focused on integrating digital technologies, such as social, mobile, analytics and cloud, in the service of transforming how their businesses work. Less-mature digital businesses are focused on solving discrete business problems with individual digital technologies. The ability to …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Commerce, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Marketing, Social Media

Lessons from Leading Edge of Customer Experience Management

A Report by Harvard Business Review Analytic Service – Lessons from the Leading Edge of Customer Experience Management – 2014. “CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT — the collection of processes an organization uses to manage customer interactions across the enterprise—is more important than ever. The days of the single customer touch point are long gone. Today’s companies …

Subjects: Blogs, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Marketing, Social Media

U.S. Investigations Services Agrees to Forego at Least $30 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

DOJ news release: “The Justice Department announced today that U.S. Investigations Services Inc. (USIS) and its parent company, Altegrity, have agreed to settle allegations that USIS violated the False Claims Act (FCA) for conduct involving a contract for background investigations that USIS held with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).  The companies have agreed …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

Review Federal Agencies on Yelp

Yelp Official Blog: “We are excited to announce that Yelp has concluded an agreement with the federal government that will allow federal agencies and offices to claim their Yelp pages, read and respond to reviews, and incorporate that feedback into service improvements. We encourage Yelpers to review any of the thousands of agency field offices, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Internet, Privacy, Search Engines

POGO – Former CRS Researcher Calls for Public Access

“Despite bipartisan support from many organizations, Capitol Hill still hesitates to grant public access to taxpayer-funded formal reports from the Congressional Research Service (CRS). The Project On Government Oversight has long reported on the importance of opening these reports to the public. POGO worked with many open-government allies to urge Members of Congress to change the …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

How Victims Can Regain Control Mitigate Threats in Wake of OPM Breach

 “In June 2015, the Nation learned that the personnel records of 21.5 million United States citizens had been exfiltrated by an unknown adversary from the Office of Personnel Management, one of the largest known breaches in the history of the U.S. Government.  The immediate public outcry included congressional hearings attributing the breach to OPM administrators and …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy

FAA software glitch heavily impacted east coast air travel

News release: “The FAA identified a recent software upgrade at the Leesburg, VA, high-altitude radar facility as the source of Saturday’s automation problems. The agency is working closely with its contractor, Lockheed Martin Corp., to prevent future occurrences.  Despite the outage, air traffic controllers safely handled 70 to 88 percent of Saturday’s scheduled arrivals and …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Transportation

Smithsonian Institution’s Plan for Increased Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research

“PURPOSE: This document outlines the Smithsonian Institution’s plan to provide increased public access to certain peer-reviewed scholarly publications and supporting digital research data that arise from research funded, in whole or in part, by a federal funding source (hereinafter “Federally Funded Research Materials” or “FFRM”), consistent with the principles of access under the Office of …

Subjects: Copyright, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Privacy