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OmniMedicalSearch.com [via reviews by ResearchBuzz and SearchEngine Watch]: Features: using the drop-down menu, users may choose to search one or all of the 15 indexed medical search engines, and may choose either the MedPro option (“primarily for medical professionals”) or the Basic option (“customized for the general public”). In addition, users may search one or …
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From UPI: “Congress is moving to force a shift to “open access,” a form of free-to-consumer publishing, for scientific papers. The move angers commercial publishers, who see their livelihoods threatened, and scares scientific societies, who are afraid they will face revenue losses or new costs they cannot afford. Even librarians, who pushed for the move, …
Request for Information for Study on Investigations of Disputed Consumer Information Reported to Consumer Reporting Agencies Related reference: Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
Federal Judiciary: Assessing and Formally Documenting Financial Disclosure Procedures Could Help Ensure Balance between Judges’ Safety and Timely Public Access GAO-04-696NI, June 30, 2004 (Please note, the full text of this GAO report is not available in electronic form at this time.) Abstract: “During calendar years 1999 through 2002, the most recent years for which …
IceRocket, a privately owned and operated Search Engine “IceRocket is pioneering commercial search by putting the interests and wants of consumers before advertisers. IceRocket uses innovative metasearch technology to search the Internet’s top search engines, including WiseNut, Yahoo, MSN, Teoma, Altavista, Alltheweb, Lycos, and many more. IceRocket offers a full suite of Internet search products …
Learning Movable Type – Tutorials and helpful tips for beginners to the Movable Type web publishing system.
Civil Liberties and the 9/ 11 Commission – An ACLU White Paper on Notable Findings and Recommendations in the Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States [PDF, 18 pages] “The following analysis attempts to list and analyze those parts of the 9/ 11 Commission report most relevant for the …
“The total number of Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act access requests received by all federal departments and agencies during Fiscal Year 2003 was 3,266,394. This is 863,456 more than the number of requests received during Fiscal Year 2002, an increase of nearly 36%, and it marks the first year in which the three-million-request level has …
August 3, 2004 press release – National Archives Names Two Companies to Design an Electronic Archives “Today, Archivist of the United States John W. Carlin announced the two companies (Lockheed Martin and Harris Corporation) that will lead the way in designing a technological solution to the challenge of preserving electronic information across space and time.”
FCC Takes Action To Protect Wireless Subscribers From Spam: “The Commission adopted a general prohibition on sending commercial messages to any address referencing an Internet domain associated with wireless subscriber messaging services.”
From Government Computer News: According to the Senate’s CIO, “Were implementing what we need to accomplish the vision of giving senators, staffs and committees the ability to do their job anytime, anywhere and under any circumstances…”