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Washington Post Op-ed today: The Books Google Could Open, by Richard Ekman, president of the Council of Independent Colleges. eWeek.com: Publishers Fight Back Against Google with New Book Search Service: “Publisher HarperCollins and Austin, Texas-based LibreDigital announced today a hosted service called LibreDigital Warehouse that will give publishers and booksellers the ability to deliver searchable …
From the Official Google Blog: “For every Google Scholar search result, we try to automatically determine which articles in our repository are most closely related to it. You can see a list of these articles by clicking the “Related Articles” link that appears next to each result.”
“Reflink is a reference portal of selected information sources dealing with refugee, asylum, human rights and related topics.” [Lyonette Louis-Jacques] Also from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): UNHCR Legal Information includes: RefPol – Large selection of refugee policy documents, positions and guidelines, mainly UNHCR documents (more added daily); RefLeg National legislation, …
GSA Telework Laws A Guide to Telework in the Federal Government, August 3, 2006: the “guidance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) suggests that one of the keys to success and continuity of operations during any emergency, especially a pandemic health crisis, is an effective teleworking program that is just a matter of routine …
New York Times Editorial today: Where the Books Are. See also this related posting, NY Public Library Project to Update Access to Reference Works.
Publication of OIG’s Guidelines for Evaluating State False Claims Acts, Federal Register, August 21, 2006.
FEMA 2006 Federal Disaster Declarations [Last Modified: Monday, 21-Aug-2006] [thanks to Michael Ravnitzky] Declared Disasters by Year or State Major Disaster Declarations Emergency Declarations Fire Management Assistance Declarations
Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Law Enforcement Efforts in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 21, 2006. See also, Today [August 21, 2006], Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales visited New Orleans and announced additional federal resources to help fight violent crime that has risen in the months following Hurricane Katrina.
Press release: “Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today told a meeting of the Progress & Freedom Foundation that she has formed an Internet Access Task Force to examine issues being raised by converging technologies and regulatory developments, and to educate and inform the enforcement, advocacy and education initiatives of the Commission. “I also …
DHS Office of Immigration Statistics: Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2005 (August 2006) (PDF – 7 pages). Related government documents: See also 2005 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: “a compendium of tables that provides data on foreign nationals who, during a fiscal year, were granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., …
DOJ Office of Justice Programs: “A contributing factor in British law enforcement’s recent success in thwarting terrorist plots is the ability of different agencies to share critical information in a timely manner. In the aftermath of terrorist bombings in London in July, police forces across the United Kingdom went live with the Violent and Sex …
Repercussions continue from AOL release of user data — from News.com: Three workers depart AOL after privacy uproar and commentary by Anita Ramastry, Privacy and Search Engine Data: A Recent AOL Research Project Has Perilous Consequences for Subscribers.