The scale, scope and challenges inherent in the successful implementation of large-scale e-gov initiatives is well defined by this article, NASA rethinks Web site approach, which states that “the agency has more than 3,000 Web sites hosting 4 million pages of information,” which it is now working to make accessible via the main website.
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Daily Archives: May 12, 2003
Resources to Fight Spam
From Spamabuse.net, this link to spam e-mail blocking and filtering applications/services (free and commercial) available to Windows, Mac and Linux users. Continue Reading
First Gov Portal Wins High Profile Award
The Institute for Government Innovation at Harvard Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government announced the five winners of their prestigious Innovations in American Government Awards. Referred to as the ‘Oscar’ for government sites, FirstGov is among this year’s distinguished list. Continue Reading
Air Cargo Bill Includes CAPPS II Oversight
From the Washington Times, Hill assumes oversight role on airline screening: “Congress has given itself special oversight authority to track a new airline screening process criticized by some lawmakers as an infringement on privacy and civil liberties.” This article refers to the enrolled version of S. 165 (pdf), an act to improve air cargo security,… Continue Reading
Intelligence Reauthorization
On May 8, Senate Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts introduced S. 1025: “An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.” See also the accompanying report… Continue Reading
Google Adds Regional International News
See Google Branches Out Again with Overseas News, Google News comes to UK, and via Research Buzz, with cascading attribution as follows: “A tip of the hat to Microdoc for announcing that Google’s got a new international version of their news search at http://news.google.com.au. (The Microdoc story is at http://tinyurl.com/bj8y) A tip of the hat… Continue Reading
Stanford Libraries Robot Based Digitization Project
This New York Times article, Library’s robot is a real page-turner, available via the International Herald Tribune, describes a fascinating, ambitious, costly, technically challenging and also interesting from the perspective of fair use, project underway at the Stanford University Libraries. Using a robotic book scanner from 4DigitalBooks, the libraries are undertaking projects to digitize their… Continue Reading
ACLU Report on 9/11
A new 28 page ACLU report (pdf), Freedom Under Fire: Dissent in Post-9/11 America, documents instances of “censorship, surveillance, detention, denial of due process and excessive force” on the part of the government. See the press release here. Continue Reading
