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Report Number 06-INTEL-10 05/18/07 Report Number 06-INTEL-10 Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse (U), 8/25/2006 (Public Release Version). NOTE: The unclassified Executive Summary from DoD IG Report No. 06-INTEL-10, Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse, 8/25/06, was posted on the Pressroom web page on 9/8/06.
Audit of Access of Airport Secured Areas (Unclassified Summary) OIG-07-35 (PDF, 6 pages) – released 05/18/2007.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Update: Medical Surveillance for Health Care Workers Exposed to Hazardous Drugs Recommended in New NIOSH Report. “A new report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that employers institute medical surveillance programs for health-care workers who are occupationally exposed to hazardous drugs, and suggests …
Social Isolation and American Workers: Employee Blogging and Legal Reform, by Rafael Gely and Leonard Bierman, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT), Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 2007. Abstract: “Despite the work environment’s central role in providing social engagement, employees in the American workplace are more socially isolated than ever before. Americans are moving …
Experimental Search: “See results on a timeline or map. With the timeline and map views, Googles technology extracts key dates and locations from select search results so you can view the information in a different dimension. Timeline and map views work best for searches related to people, companies, events and places.”
“Preliminary results from the July – December 2006 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of household with only wireless telephones continues to increase.”
After 5 uninterrupted years of writing this blog each day, I will be taking a brief vacation – no web, no email, no phone. Returning May 22.
Press release: “On Monday, May 14, 2007, the CIA unveiled its newly designed public Web site. The new site is an extension of the CIAs social contract with the American people…In addition to a new look and feel, the redesigned CIA.gov introduces a variety of interactive features including videos and virtual tours and …
B.B. Bell, General, US Army, Commander: Restricted Access to Internet Entertainment Sites Across DoD Networks, May 11, 2007 – “The DoD will block worldwide access to the following internet sites, on or about 14 May 2007: youtube.com, 1.fm, pandora.com, photobucket.com, myspace.com, live365.com, hi5.com, metacafe.com, mtv.com, ifilm.com, blackplanet.com, stupidvideos.com and filecabi.com” Stars and Stripes: DOD blocking …
CeRI: Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative: “The Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative brings together faculty and students from several disciplines and the legal informatics professionals at LII. We consult with government agencies on, and engage in theoretical and applied research about, the technology and practice of e-rulemaking and related areas of e-government. An alliance of broad-ranging scholarly expertise with …
Presentation Links from Computers in Libraries 2007
A new world unfolding – Posted by John Hanke, Director, Google Earth & Maps