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The World Digital Library Project to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness

“The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and …

Subjects: Internet

UNESCO Launches New Literacy Portal

UNESCO launches new Literacy Portal: “In todays world, one in five adults is still not literate (two-thirds of them women) while 72 million children are out-of-school. Since its foundation in 1946, UNESCO has been at the forefront of global literacy efforts and is dedicated to keep literacy high on national, regional and international agendas. However, …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Libraries

UK Guardian Reports Google Earth Used by Militants for Attacks on Israel

Guardian UK: “Palestinian militants are using Google Earth to help plan their attacks on the Israeli military and other targets, the Guardian has learned. Members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a group aligned with the Fatah political party, say they use the popular internet mapping tool to help determine their targets for rocket strikes.”

Subjects: Search Engines

New GAO Reports: Energy Employees Compensation, Federal Electricity Subsidies, Fusion Energy

Energy Employees Compensation: Actions to Promote Contract Oversight, Transparency of Labor’s Involvement, and Independence of Advisory Board Could Strengthen Program, GAO-08-4, October 26, 2007 Federal Electricity Subsidies: Information on Research Funding, Tax Expenditures, and Other Activities That Support Electricity Production, GAO-08-102, October 26, 2007 Fusion Energy: Definitive Cost Estimates for U.S. Contributions to an International …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Judiciary Committee Releases Questions To AG Nominee Mukasey

Follow up to previous postings on the nomination of Michael B. Mukasey to be Attorney General, today’s press release provides additional documents: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Friday released written questions and correspondence submitted for the record to Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey. Consistent with standard committee practice, Senators were given a week …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, E-Government, Government Documents

Index of Presidential Signing Statements 2001-2007

“A comprehensive index of presidential signing statements issued between 2001 and 2007. The index, compiled by Neil Kinkopf, associate professor of law at Georgia State University College of Law and former special assistant in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, provides a comprehensive list of every provision of a law objected …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

2007 World Press Freedom Index

Press release: “Eritrea has replaced North Korea in last place in an index measuring the level of press freedom in 169 countries throughout the world that is published today by Reporters Without Borders for the sixth year running…Outside Europe – in which the top 14 countries are located – no region of the world has …

Subjects: Blogs, Censorship, Freedom of Information

National Priorities Project Tracks War Related Spending and Alermative Spending Scenarios

More War Funding Requested (Updated): “On October 22, the administration submitted a request for a further $45.9 billion in war-related spending for fiscal year 2008. This request is on top of $147 billion already requested for the Department of Defense and $3.6 billion for other agencies for the fiscal year. If appropriated by Congress, the …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legislation

SIGR Report: Agency Management of the Closeout Process for Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund Contracts

Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction: Agency Management of the Closeout Process for Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund Contracts, October 24, 2007 “In the course of implementing the $20.9 billion Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) program, thousands of contracts were issued for activities ranging from the purchase of supplies to billion-dollar …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ Global Highlights Fall Edition Available

“The latest edition of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative’s Global Highlights has been released and includes a wealth of information about the Global Initiative. This issue…includes information about upcoming training (such as the Global 101 primer and 2008 National Fusion Center Conference) and important resources (such as the requested …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Hearing on the State Department and the Iraq War

“Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified at an Oversight Committee hearing focusing on the State Departments performance on several significant issues relating to the Iraq war, including the impact of the activities of Blackwater USA and corruption within the Iraqi ministries on the prospects of political reconciliation in Iraq. The Committee discussed with the Secretary …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Joint Economic Committee Report on Subprime Lending Crisis

October 25, 2007 press release: U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released a report today analyzing the greater financial impact of the subprime foreclosure boom. The JEC report entitled, The Subprime Lending Crisis: The Economic Impact on Wealth, Property Values and Tax Revenues, and How We Got Here (34 …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

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