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The current American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) E-Government Report is available in two parts, one presenting Fourth Quarter Scores (Last Update: February 18, 2004) Retail, Finance/Insurance, E-Commerce, and one presenting Recent E-Government Scores for Q1 2004. The studies indicate that some e-gov sites register user satisfaction that meets that of widely known e-commerce sites such …
The new issue of FDA Consumer Magazine is now available, Volume 38, Number 2, March-April 2004. Includes a link to current updates from fda.gov – “Places of interest on FDA’s Website and other government and health-related sites.”
Recall is a beta search engine at the Internet Archive that indexes the text of over 11 billion pages. A presentation about this technology can be downloaded.
Through foi.net, users may “search a database of requests for information filed with departments and agencies of the Canadian government under Canada’s Access to Information Act. It contains descriptions of most requests filed since January 1, 1999.”
“In a 75-page petition to the Federal Communications Commission, the Justice Department called for Internet broadband and online telephone providers to be required to provide access for wiretaps and other monitoring of voice communications.” [Link]
From Talking Points, a copy of a letter to AG Ashcroft signed by six Senators in response to the Report on the Investigation into Improper Access to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Computer System.
FCC Moves to Allow More Opportunities for Consumers Through Voice Services Over The Internet.
IBM commissioned a privacy study by the Ponemon Institute, the results of which are detailed in this press release. The “survey of 44 U.S.-based multinational organizations and revealed that while privacy protection is growing in importance for businesses, investments in privacy initiatives are significantly lower when compared to other corporate compliance initiatives, such as environmental …
Government Gazettes Online: “This website attempts to list all online government gazettes and their characteristics to aid researchers. A description of the contents and coverage are included for each gazette.” The listing is alphabetical by country, and includes the gazette title, url, languages, free or fee, range of coverage, format of, and an abstract about, …
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A terrific database from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, it currently comprises links to over 2,900 exhibitions, browsable by alphabetical title list, exhibition name, institution and subject terms. [Metafilter] From among the site’s eclectic, whimsical and content rich resources: Gutenberg and Beyond: Books, Libraries, and Changing Technology, Memories of Picnics and Thomas Edison: A Lifetime of …
The Memory Hole launched a companion blog on March 10, where the author will focus on breaking news and information.