CRS Guide on Tracking Federal Legislation
Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide To Basic Sources (18 pages, PDF), posted by FAS and link via Marcus P. Zillman.
A Pathfinder to Law Related Blogs
From Lynn Lenart at the University of Akron School of Law, her Law Library Pathfinder to Law Blogs – Blawgs. Thank you for including beSpacific. “The purpose of this pathfinder…is to provide a starting point for law students and law faculty interested in identifying blogs they wish to monitor or to provide basic information for …
9/11 Public Discourse Project
“The ten members of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (known as the 9-11 Commission) have initiated a nationwide public education campaign for the purpose of making America safer and more secure. In so doing, the commissioners will give people throughout America the opportunity to participate in a debate that has …
Important Lessons About E-Mail Bare Repeating
This sentence is worth remembering: “Don’t ever put anything in an e-mail that you wouldn’t want to read on the jumbotron at Times Square.” So says Alan Murray in his WSJ article, Indiscreet E-Mail Claims a Fresh Casualty (available free today).
Stateline.org Launches New, Improved Website
The Pew Charitable Trusts funds Stateline.org, and this terrific resource that “provides timely, trustworthy information on state policy innovations and trends,” has a new design, an updated technology platform, and additional features. The site now offers RSS feeds: three news feeds, 12 issue oriented feeds on topics including health care and technology, and updates from …
Review of Desktop Search Tools
PC Magazine compares, contrasts and rates the 12 top contenders in the emerging desktop search arena. Consideration is given to range of features and applications indexed, ease of use, security and privacy issues, reliability and future product availability. And the winner is….the free Yahoo! Desktop Search.
MSN’s News Aggregator Offers Deduping
Program Manager Todd Colby posted to msnsearch’s WebLog last month on MSN Newsbot’s addition of a ‘similar coverage’ feature [SearchEngineGuide]: “As you may know, many news sites publish wire service stories, like those from The Associated Press. Since the same story is republished on multiple sites the reader does not gain by having these presented …
Spyware Workshop Report Available From FTC
“The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report summarizing the issues and drawing some conclusions from its April 2004 workshop, “Monitoring Software on Your PC: Spyware, Adware, and Other Software.” The report, a transcript of the day-long session, a list of participants and their presentations, and comments filed with the Commission, is available here.” …
Wizardry Behind Google’s System Stability
In the category of learning from the pros, this ZDNet article decribes the combination of hardware, software and expertise leveraged by Google to ensure optimal system performance. Scaled down to smaller enterprisewide operations, this information provides food for thought. Related news: “Google today announced the formal launch of Google Desktop Search, a free downloadable application …
First Press Pass Issued To Blogger By White House
The New York Times reports that Garrett M. Graff, editor of FishbowlDC, has been issued a press pass by the White House. Better yet, read Garrett’s chronicle of how the events unfolded.
More Fallout Over ChoicePoint ID Theft Scam
Shareholders sue ChoicePoint: “A class-action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of those who bought ChoicePoint shares between April 22, 2004, and March 3, 2005..”
Impact of Growing Open Source Access to Topical E-Journals
The following article, in PDF, begins on page 1 and continues on page 13: Information Free-for-all? by Trudy Bell, from IEEE’s The Institute Quarterly, March 2005. [Peggy Garvin] Related beSpacific postings on open source journals and public access to scientific sources. See also, Open Access or Differential Pricing for Journals: The Road Best Traveled?