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Press release: “County governments are using Information Technology with greater and greater savvy each year, according to the 2006 Digital Counties Survey, an annual study by the Center for Digital Government (Center) and the National Association of Counties (NACo).”
FEMA Reorganization Legislation in the 109th Congress, July 7, 2006 (39 pages, PDF)
AP reports that “[t]he names, addresses and Social Security numbers of as many as 540,000 injured workers [in New York] have been lost, and the state and a contracted company are trying to protect the workers from identity theft.”
Bureau of Justice Statistics – Improving Criminal History Records for Background Checks, 2005: “Describes the achievements of the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP), its authorizing legislation, and program history. This program report summarizes NCHIP-funded criminal record improvement efforts, including improved accessibility of records, full participation in the Interstate Identification Index, the automation of records …
Data Used to Report Toll-Free Telephone Quality Are Reliable, but Internal Controls Need to Be Documented, July 21, 2006 – Reference Number 2006-40-107 (26 pages, PDF): “Each year, millions of customers call the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) toll-free telephone lines seeking assistance in understanding the tax law and meeting their tax obligations. Toll-free telephone assistors …
Buy American Act Compliance, OIG-06-037, May 2006 (PDF, 17 pages), July 25, 2006.
Democratic Leadership Conference press release: “The American Dream Initiative is an opportunity agenda for the middle class and all who aspire to join its ranks. Our vision is straightforward and clear: to leave our children a richer, safer, smarter, and stronger nation than the one we inherited. We believe that every citizen should have the …
Press release: “Presidential signing statements that assert President Bush’s authority to disregard or decline to enforce laws adopted by Congress undermine the rule of law and our constitutional system of separation of powers, according to a report released today by a blue-ribbon American Bar Association task force.” Task Force Report with Recommendations (34 pages, PDF) …
Collaborative Reference Work in the Blogosphere, by Jeffrey Pomerantz (16 pages, PDF): “This paper explores the use of blogs as a platform for providing reference service, and discusses Lycemum, and open source software project from ibiblio.org, for this purpose.”
Survey of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita Contracts and Grants – Audit: OS-DEN-17829-6-001-07-06
Washington Post: Top-Secret World Loses Blogger – CIA Contractor Is Fired When Internal Post Crosses the Line
Francisco, James R., “Knowledge Management Tools Supporting Education” (July 2006). [Link to download] “Knowledge management tools are becoming a significant component in the development of learning management systems. This paper examines recent research in the application of KM systems and tools to the academic environment.”