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E-government websites offer useful holiday shopping advice to consumers via the following: FTC Consumer Alert – Holiday Shopping? How To Be On Guard When Youre Online and Consumer Action Buying tips: “Before you head out to the mall or shop online for that perfect present, take a few moments to read these tips to help …
Federal Trade Commission Public Hearings on Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-ade, November 6 – 8, 2006. Links to presentations (in formats that include html, PDF, and video), on the following topics: Key Changes Predicted in the Next Tech-ade; The Changing Internet; How Will We Communicate in the Next Tech-ade?; Social Networking – Trends and …
The Atlantic Monthly | December 2006, The Top 100 – The most influential figures in American history.
From Wired Magazine: “TV advertising is broken, putting $67 billion up for grabs. Which explains why google spent a billion and change on an online video startup.”
AP reports that in response to a FOIA suit filed by the Times Union newspaper, data for fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 on money directed to earmarked projects has not been posted on the New York State Senate website. [Please note, the files below are very large.] Community Projects Fund SFY 2003-04, November 22, 2006 …
Inside Google Books Search blog: “…we’ve just launched a bunch of new features and a whole new interface to make your online book experience better. First, we made it easier to find books you may be interested in by improving the “About this book” page. If you’re a bookworm looking for your next book to …
2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures: Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries — Is the manufacturing workforce still diminishing? How much are manufacturers investing in plants and equipment? This survey detailing manufacturing activity includes employment and payroll, number of production workers and wages, cost of materials, value added by manufacturers, value of shipments, total capital expenditures …
Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled that the NSA wiretapping documents are classified and not subject to FOIA.
Human Rights Watch: Judging Dujail – The First Trial before the Iraqi High Tribunal
Barrett v. Rosenthal, California Supreme Court, November 20, 2006: “In the context of defamation, the Communications Decency Act of 1996, codified at 47 U.S.C. section 230, prohibits “distributor” liability for Internet publications. Further, section 230(c)(1) immunizes individual “users” of interactive computer services, and no practical or principled distinction can be drawn between active and passive …
“Description: The selected findings and tables in this report, based on the 2004 Academic Libraries Survey, summarize services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report includes a number of key findings: During fiscal year (FY) 2004, there were 155.1 million …
Saving the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Requires Better Coordination of Environmental and Agricultural Resources, 2007-P-00004 [Report PDF – 69 pages] [At a Glance PDF] November 20, 2006.