GAO Reviews State of Enterprise Architecture Programs in Federal Agencies

Enterprise Architecture: Leadership Remains Key to Establishing and Leveraging Architectures for Organizational Transformation, Full-text GAO-06-831, and Highlights, August 14, 2006. “The state of the enterprise architecture programs at the 27 major federal departments and agencies is mixed, with several having very immature programs, several having more mature programs, and most being somewhere in between. Collectively, …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Google Joins ALA and Bookstores to Promote Access to Banned Books

Inside Google Book Search Blog: “Starting today, you can visit http://www.google.com/bannedbooks to explore 42 banned or challenged books honored by the Radcliffe Publishing Course as among the Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century. You can see which of these novels have been targeted for banning, find out where you can buy or borrow them, …

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Libraries

EFF White Paper Recommends Search Privacy Techniques

“The Electronic Frontier Foundation has developed the following search privacy tips. They range from straightforward steps that offer a little protection to more complicated measures that offer near-complete safety. While we strongly urge users to follow all six tips, a lesser level of protection might be sufficient depending on your particular situation and willingness to …

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

Lessons Learned From 9/11: DNA Identification in Mass Fatality Incidents

Lessons Learned From 9/11: DNA Identification in Mass Fatality Incidents: “On the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the National Institute of Justice has released this new report prepared by a panel of the Nation’s top forensic scientists. The report reviews the scientists’ experiences and offers guidance to laboratory directors on how to …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Group Outlines Ramifications of EPA Library Closures

Follow-up to previous postings on EPA’s closure of libraries, this press release: “Prosecution of polluters by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “will be compromised” due to the loss of “timely, correct and accessible” information from the agency’s closure of its network of technical libraries, according to an internal memo released today by Public Employees for …

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Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research, Libraries

DOD IG Reports on Investigations of Detainee Abuse

Unclassified Executive Summary from the classified DoD IG Report No. 06-INTEL-10, Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse, released September 8, 2006 and dated August 25, 2006. IPO 2004C005, Review of Criminal Investigations of Alleged Detainee Abuse, 8/25/06 (Redacted Version, 72 pages, PDF), released September 8, 2006 and dated August 25, 2006

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

2005 Digital Counties Survey Results Published

“The Center for Digital Government and the National Association of Counties (NACo) invited U.S. counties to participate in the 2005 Digital Counties Survey, which was underwritten by Hyland Software,developers of OnBase. The survey grouped counties into four population categories: one for large counties (500,000 or more), two others for mid-sized counties (250,000 – 499,999 and …

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Subjects: E-Government
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