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Recent suggested reading on enterprise blogs, and corporate blogs for public consumption: Establishing a Weblog On Your Organization’s Intranet (PDF): Sabrina I. Pacifici and Dennis Hamilton’s presentation from the SLA Annual Conference in Toronto is a ying and yang study of blogging enterprisewide behind the corporate firewall, with examples of blogs, and numerous references to …
The latest American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) E-Government scores [excel format] reports that consumers continue to rate most favorably the data provided by health related websites, including those run by the National Institutes of Health [MedlinePlus and the National Cancer Institute main website]. Related references: This GovExec.com article which includes commentary and a chart with …
As a follow-up to my October 26, 2004 post, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sidelines Web Document Library, from the NRC’s June 9, 2005 press release: “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is restoring public access to more than 70,000 additional documents through its on-line public library, ADAMS, after reviewing them for security sensitivity. The restoration involves administrative, contractual, …
Press release: EFF Announces its New Legal Guide for Bloggers – “The Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF) is pleased to release a document that informs bloggers of their legal rights. EFF’s Legal Guide for Bloggers is a collection of frequently asked questions (FAQs)designed to educate bloggers about their legal rights in a number of areas, including …
Choi, Stephen J. and Gulati, Gaurang Mitu, “Which Judges Write Their Opinions (and Should We Care)?” (May 2005). NYU Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 05-04; NYU, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-06; Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 715062. [Link] Abstract: “Common wisdom holds that many federal judges do not write their …
Supreme Court Review reigns supreme among legal journals: “There are thousands of English law journals in the world on topics ranging from international property law to environmental law to human rights law, but the single most cited law journal in the English language is the Law School’s Supreme Court Review. That is according to the …
On June, 2005 the New York Times published this article, Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming, which states that Philip A. Cooney, White House Council on Environmental Quality’s chief of staff, formerly with the American Petroleum Institute, altered climate research already vetted by government scientists. Related documents and additional details are available …
CSIS Commission Backs Open Dissemination of Unclassified Fundamental Research, June 9, 2005: “Self-regulation within the scientific community is an important aspect of achieving national security goals, according to a CSIS panel report on science and security. The report also rejects a proposal by the Commerce Department’s Inspector General that would have the effect of restricting …
From the Statement Regarding Release of the Redacted, Unclassified Version of the Office of the Inspector General’s Report Entitled “The Handling of Intelligence Information Prior to the September 11 Attacks”, June 2005 Office of the Inspector General. “On June 7, 2005, the unclassified, redacted version of the Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) report that …
Report on the Meeting of Experts on Digital Preservation: Metadata Specifications – REVISED: Report on the Meeting of Experts on Digital Preservation: Metadata Specifications. June 2, 2005 (PDF 140 KB “GPO is working with the library community on a national digitization plan, with the goal of digitizing a complete legacy collection of tangible U.S. Government …
As a follow-up to my February 4, 2005 posting, Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers Now Available to Public, news today that this week’s revelation about “Deep Throat” will result in an expansion of the collection purchased and maintained by the University of Texas at Austin’s Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. Related reference: Press release from …
WSJ free feature today: How a Lawyer Finally Unveiled ‘Deep Throat’ Related reference: Identity of Watergate Confidential Source Revealed After 30 Years
