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House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, September 28, 2005 hearing, Guarding Against Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Post-Katrina Relief and Recovery: The Plans of Inspectors General. Links to Prepared Testimony
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Protecting Copyright and Innovation in a Post-Grokster World. Grokster is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file including images, audio, video, reports and documents. September 28, 2005.” Testimony and Member Statements
S. 1768 – A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. Sponsor: Sen Arlen Specter[PA] (introduced 9/26/2005)
“The data, obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) under the Freedom of Information Act…document[s] changes in the kinds of cases being brought to court: immigration and weapons prosecutions are climbing while white collar crime and drug prosecutions are sliding. The new data go through the end of March 2005 (the first half of …
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Volume VIII, September 2005 (requires free registration): “The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report is an analysis and discussion of Internet security activity over the past six months. It covers Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, malicious code, and future trends. This edition of the Threat Report, covering the first six months of 2005, …
Hurricane Katrina: Providing Oversight of the Nation’s Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Activities GAO-05-1053T, September 28, 2005. Highlights. “GAO’s past work has noted a host of needed improvements in a variety of government programs related to Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters. For example, GAO found that there have been a number of challenges in preparing …
“The List of Classes is the official listing of publications available for selection by depository libraries participating in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The list is arranged by the Superintendent of Documents classification numbering system and is designed to group together publications by the same government author.” [GPO Access]
“Google Video offers viewers a way to see material from archived TV programs, educational videos, personal productions and more.” From Google Blog: “For our seventh birthday, we are giving you a newly expanded web search index that is 1,000 times the size of our original index.” Google to Remove Boast About Index Size
Global War on Terrorism: DOD Needs to Improve the Reliability of Cost Data and Provide Additional Guidance to Control Costs, GAO-05-882, September 21, 2005. Highlights. “GAO found numerous problems in DOD’s processes for recording and reporting costs for GWOT, raising significant concerns about the overall reliability of DOD’s reported cost data. As a result, neither …
“OnGuardOnline.gov provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information.”
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From Sam Hine, this link to the Bruderhof Peace Barn, a tremendously moving and respectful website about a memorial to the victims of flight 93, created by the 5th-8th grade students of the Spring Valley Bruderhof School, located near the site of the crash.