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“Italian internet users use more e-government than other European net surfers: moreover, central government offices are actually creating traffic in the net…60% of Italian internet users have visited government public sites.” [Link]
CBS News Polls, November 2, 2005 Poll: More Bad News For Bush Poll: Approval Ratings Compared
Bloggers Say Blah to White House Briefings First Press Pass Issued To Blogger By White House, March 7, 2005
Citizens Against Government Waste press release: “The FOIA requests are part of an ongoing effort to determine the DOJ’s cost of antitrust litigation…seeking material related to fiscal years 2000 through 2006, including a breakdown of cases initiated, a budget itemization, and a list of consultants employed during this period of time.”
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, Senate Democratic Leader Invokes Rare Closed Session to Force Review of WMD Intel – see this related press release from the Senate Democratic Communications Center, November 1, 2005: “For more than two years, Senate Democrats have pressed Republicans to address the misuse of intelligence. At every turn, Republicans have blocked efforts …
The official U.S. government Web site for information on pandemic flu and avian influenza, launched today by HHS. Content on, and links from the site, as follows: General Information, Health and Safety, Monitoring Outbreaks,Planning & Response Activities, Travel & Transportation, Research Activities, and News: including Press Releases, Press Conferences, Speeches Testimony The National Strategy for …
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Contracting for Response and Recovery Efforts, GAO-06-235T, November 2, 2005.
The newest additions to the Google product blogs, now numbering ten, are: Inside Google Desktop Blog: “We’ll be using this blog as an easy way to make announcements and share all kinds of information – including developer tips, in-depth feature descriptions, user feedback, and ideas on how to get more out of Google Desktop.” Google …
Oklahoma Courts Now Offer RSS Newsfeeds: “You can now receive Oklahoma appellate court opinions and Oklahoma Attorney General opinions via RSS newsfeeds at no charge.” As Jim indicates, Oklahoma joins two other trailblazing states, West Virginia and Louisiana, who also offer feeds.
Acquiring Copyright Permission to Digitize and Provide Open Access to Books, Published by the Council on Library and Information Resources and Digital Library Federation, (72 pages, PDF) Related references to Google’s announcement that Print Program scanning will resume, along with clarifications on the programs goals: From the Official Google Blog posting, October 31, 2005: “..the …
New York Times: Data Security Laws Seem Likely, So Consumers and Businesses Vie to Shape Them Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident, updated October 19, 2005 H.R. 4127, the Data Accountability and Trust Act. According to sponsor Representative Clifford B. Stearns, “This bill (16 pages, PDF) requires entities …
Senate Democrats invoked rarely used Rule 21 to force a closed door meeting today with the goal of obtaining an agreement to fully investigate the administration’s use of WMD documents as a justification for the Iraq war. According to a statement issued by Sen. Harry Reid, the “Key questions that need to be answered include: …