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From the Overview portion of a report issued by the E-government Unit, State Services Commission (New Zealand), A standard for the publication of government news summaries. “This document proposes a technical standard for the publication of government agency news on the web. “News” in this context means media releases and other event-related content authored by …
From NewsKnife, an organization that rates news sites, their current survey, December 2003 through March 2004, lists the most relevant news sites based on Google searches, as follows: The New York Times, Reuters, The Washington Post, ABC News, Voice of America and the San Francisco Chronicle. The complete alphabetical list of the top 81 sites …
H. R. 4129 – “Law Enforcement Access – (1) Requirements regarding assistance capabilities- Effective as provided in paragraph (3)(D), each provider of a connected VoIP application shall ensure that its equipment, facilities, or services are capable of — (A) enabling the government to intercept communications transmitted using such application and to access call-identifying information regarding …
H.R. 4104, the text in pdf, of the Intelligence Transformation Act of 2004, “To establish the Director of National Intelligence as head of the intelligence community, to modify and enhance authorities and responsibilities relating to the administration of intelligence and the intelligence community, and for other purposes.” From the text of the press release by …
“The UNHCR Library and Forced Migration Online (FMO) are pleased to announce that the International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology (ITRT) is now available as an interactive and searchable tool online. Users can quickly locate terminology in English, French or Spanish by: 1) browsing alphabetically, 2) browsing by a newly-defined subject class hierarchy, or 3) conducting …
RL32336 — FBI Intelligence Reform Since September 11, 2001: Issues and Options for Congress: From the report’s conclusion – “Should the Congress choose to influence the direction and/or outcome of the FBI’s intelligence reform, numerous options, from support of the status quo to the establishment of an autonomous domestic security intelligence service, are available for …
Multinational Collections Database Search: “The Multinational Collections Database lists items which reprint the laws and regulations of international jurisdictions on a particular legal topic, comparative in nature. The purpose of the database is to provide additional identifying information about titles, beyond that which is provided in the Library’s Online catalog.”
Of note for bloggers and others interested in fair use and the Internet, as posted on p2pnet.net, Reuters News Agency will deploy FAST ESP this month to track and identity fair use violations of their website content. Will this include the use of portions (how small or how large) of articles whose content is quoted …
According to an April 5 WSJ article, by June 1 Reuters will begin to scale back the range and number of news stories it allows other websites, such as Excite, to republish. Links will increasingly take readers directly to the Reuters site, and eventually users will be required to subscribe to “in-depth” and “high-profile” news.
Press release today: ACLU Files First Nationwide Challenge to “No-Fly” List, Saying Government List Violates Passengers’ Rights. No-Fly List Resource page Link to 28 page complaint (pdf)
VoteHere, Inc., a manufacturer of e-voting technology, announced the release of the reference source code for its voting verification system. This release was a response to growing public concern about e-voting machine security issues, and is a first for this industry.
MaineMostWanted.org was launched February 2004 using the same technology implemented at the Mass Most Wanted site, launched June 2002. Users may search by keyword, case number, type of crime, height, weigh, build, gender, city or region of the state.