Nothing new here, but nevertheless worth noting that Time.com has an article, Checking What You Check Out, on opposition to the Patriot Act by librarians across the country. See also my topical resource on the issue here.
Also note this posting from the Volokh Conspiracy that states the Time article erroneously interprets Section 215 of the Patriot Act.
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Daily Archives: May 7, 2003
Ask Jeeves Chosen for Another Gov't Portal
The newly redesigned District of Columbia portal has implemented JeevesOne’s natural language search. See also this FCW review of the site’s new features, cost and user community. Continue Reading
Net Gambling Bill Approved By House Cmte.
H.R. 21, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act, sponsored by Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa), was passed by the House Committee on Financial Services yesterday. See also Hearing on Proposals to Regulate Illegal Internet Gambling, Senate Banking Committee, March 18, 2003, and GAO-03-89 Report, December 20, 2002, Internet Gambling, An Overview of the Issues. Continue Reading
FirstGov Has Yet Another New Look
The FirstGov portal has undergone its third redesign since the site’s introduction September 2000, although the new lingo according to this press release (thanks Tara) is that the site has been ‘refreshed.’ From the release: “The new refreshed site allows users to go straight into a Citizen Gateway, which provides easy access to government services… Continue Reading
File Sharing Network Closed on Another Campus
Ohio State University (OSU) has shut-down dormitory-based computers running a network used to share music files with 3,000 students. The students were using a legal P2P file sharing application called Direct Connect. From the OSU student newspaper, the Latern, Raid pulls plug on illegal network, which states, “A group consisting of a computer crime specialist,… Continue Reading
NY City Portal Relaunched
Via Metafilter, news that New York’s Mayor Bloomberg was behind the launch of the newly designed MyNYC.gov Portal. This well crafted site provides updated news banner headlines about issues including public health and transportation, a quick search engine to locate city services and facilities, straight-forward links to the Mayor’s office, agency services, elected officials, live… Continue Reading
Law Day, U.S.A., 2003
According to this resource, “In 1961, Congress designated May 1 as Law Day, a time for Americans to reflect on the rule of law in a constitutional republic.” I missed the exact date on this one, but nevertheless thought it worth mentioning. Here is the link to Law Day, U.S.A., 2003, By the President of… Continue Reading
Book Review: Librarians, Reference and the Web
Here is a recent review of the Librarian’s Internet Survival Guide: Strategies for the High-Tech Reference Desk by Irene E. McDermott (reference librarian/systems manager at the San Marino Public Library in California). Continue Reading
A Flurry of Google PR
Google: An engine of change; Inside Google; Google CEO Has No Near Term Plans for IPO; and All Eyes on Google. Continue Reading
