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Following up with reports related to January 17, 2006 posting, Comparison of Congressional Oversight During Clinton and Bush Administrations, Secrecy News has posted two CRS reports as follows: Congressional Oversight, updated January 3, 2006 (6 pages, PDF) Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals, updated January 11, 2006 (6 pages, PDF)
From The Center for Technology in Government (CTG), University at Albany – Sharing Justice Information: A Capability Assessment Toolkit, November 2005, by Anthony M. Cresswell, Theresa A. Pardo, Donna S. Canestraro, Sharon S. Dawes, and Dubravka Juraga (116 pages, PDF) “This toolkit is designed for justice professionals to use when considering or planning for a …
Business Intelligence: Not Just for Bosses Anymore: “Business intelligence has long been about spitting out dataoften irrelevant and outdatedto a few big bosses. But today’s BI is both more meaningful and more egalitarian. And it requires ever tighter alignment between IT and the business.”
From askSam, “Search and analyze the full text of the Copyright Law of the United States of America & related laws contained in Title 17 of the United States Code.”
Google’s Infinite Database Under Scrutiny, press release, January 20, 2006: “Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the ranking Democrat on the Telecommunications subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee…announced his plans to introduce a bill to strengthen consumers’ Internet privacy. When Congress returns, Rep. Markey will introduce legislation to prohibit the storage of personally identifiable …
Beyond Algorithms: A Librarian’s Guide to Finding Web Sites You Can Trust, by Karen G. Schneider, a librarian and writer, who is Director of Librarians’ Internet Index (LII).
The January 15, 2006 issue of LLRX.com includes the following articles: Deep Web Research Research 2006, by Marcus P. Zillman The Google Library Project: The Copyright Debate, by Jonathan Band Researching Laws and Information on Nutritional and Dietary Supplements On the Web, by Joel Rothman Election Law @ Moritz, by Sara Sampson Adobe’s Macromedia Studio …
Press release, National Resources Council of Maine: Maine’s First-In-The-Nation Law Requiring Manufacturers to Pay to Recycle Electronic Waste Goes Into Effect “Today Maine launched the first manufacturer-funded program in the nation designed to capture hazardous electronic waste for safe disposal and recycling. Under the law enacted in 2004, beginning January 18, municipalities will send waste …
I am delighted to announce the addition of three new columns on LLRX.com, authored by leading professionals from different spheres of our community. Law librarian and blogger Connie Crosby writes about The Tao of Law Librarianship, the second installment of which is titled Do-It-Yourself Professional Development. Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys, by Frederick L. …
On January 4, 2006, Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA) sent a letter to President Bush stating that “… the practice of briefing only certain Members of the intelligence committees [on NSA programs] violates the specific requirements of the National Security Act of 1947.” A New York Times article published on January 19, 2006 discusses a January …
Country Profiles: “This series of profiles of foreign nations is part of the Country Studies Program, formerly the Army Area Handbook Program. The profiles offer brief, summarized information on a country’s historical background, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security. In addition to being featured in the front matter of …
This January 13, 2006 New York Times article, Even Law Firms Join the Trend to Outsourcing, raises questions about outsourcing expert legal services.
