Category «Knowledge Management»

Committee Requests Information from the Director of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

“Chairman Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman Kucinich have requested information on the plan by Dr. David Schwartz, the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), to privatize Environmental Health Perspectives, a leading journal on environmental health read in over 190 countries. The Oversight Committee also requested information relating to Dr. Schwartzs conduct as …

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

How Company Codes of Conduct Regulate Political Spending and a Model Code to Protect Company Interests and Shareholder Value

News release: “Faulting S&P 100 companies for weak regulation of their political spending, a Center for Political Accountability report urges the adoption of a strong model code of conduct to protect companies and their shareholders. The report, entitled Open Windows: How Company Codes of Conduct Regulate Political Spending and a Model Code to Protect Company …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Asked and Answered on Google Katrina

Press release: “Rep. Brad Miller, Chairman of the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Science & Technology Committee…asked Google Chairman Eric Schmidt to explain why Google had changed its satellite maps of the New Orleans region to pre-Hurricane Katrina images.” Google Blog: “in September 2006, the storm imagery was replaced with pre-Katrina aerial photography …

Subjects: Congress, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

White Paper Addresses Legal Education and the Promise of Technology

New Skills, New Learning: Legal Education and the Promise of New Technology, by Gene Koo, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, March 26, 2007. “A large majority of lawyers perceive critical gaps between what they are taught in law schools and the skills they need in the workplace, and appropriate technologies …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Sustaining America's Fisheries and Fishing Communities: An Evaluation of Incentive-Based Management

Press release: “Environmental Defense today released the results of a landmark study that provides a clear roadmap for rebuilding fishing stocks and restoring fishing communities. Entitled “Sustaining Americas Fisheries and Fishing Communities,” this research details how Limited Access Privilege Programs (LAPPs), or “catch shares,” save fishing stocks and help restore fishing communities by offering clear …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Opening up of the Bad Arolsen Holocaust Archives in Germany

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on Opening up of the Bad Arolsen Holocaust Archives in Germany, March 28, 2007. United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) Chairman Alcee L. Hastings (D-Florida), March 14, 2007 press release: “The Holocaust archives located in Bad Arolsen remain the largest closed …

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

New on LLRX.com for March 2007

A Legal Analysis of the Impacts of Administrative Court Decisions on the Validity of Private Law Contracts In Turkish Law, by Assoc. Prof. Vedat Buz and Cagdas Evrim Ergün Criminal Justice Resources: Criminal Justice Library Internships, by Ken Strutin CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com: The Capitol of Newspapers, by Paul Jenks The Goverment Domain: GovTrack and OpenCongress …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Marketing

Usability Issues Assist Online Editors Seeking Better Connection With Readers

Eyetracking points the way to effective news article design: “Featured finding #1: Rewrite + reformat = remember Featured finding #2: Precise and relevant editing = successful design Featured finding #3: Photos edited for relevance = photos viewed” [via Darlene Fichter]

Subjects: Blogs, E-Commerce, Knowledge Management

ACLU v Gonzales COPA Decision

ACLU v Gonzales [originally ACLU v. Reno, then ACLU v. Ashcroft], Final Adjudication on the constitutionality of the Child Online Protection Act, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, March 22, 2007 (84 pages, PDF) Alternate link to the PDF decision, ACLU v. Gonzales, 22 March 2007, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Final Order, …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Privacy

Access to CRS Reports To Diminish With Imposition of New Distribution Limitations

Via Secrecy News: CRS Director Daniel P. Mullohan issued a memo to all CRS staff, entitled Distribution of CRS Products to Non-Congressionals, stating that “prior approval should now be required at the division or office level before products are distributed to members of the public…effectively immediately.” Related article, Washington Post, You’d Know if You Were …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Private Sector Working Group Develops Private Health Sector Projects Database

“The Private Sector Working Group developed a searchable database of over 140 health projects worldwide that work with the private commercial sector. This database is a central repository of the private sector projects in family planning, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS. It contains a brief description of the project and is searchable by keyword, country, region, …

Subjects: E-Government, Knowledge Management

'Coping with Water Scarcity' is the theme for World Water Day 2007

About World Day for Water: “The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/47/193 of 22 December 1992 by which 22 March of each year was declared World Day for Water, to be observed starting in 1993, in conformity with the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) contained in Chapter 18 …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

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