From the press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as part of its Homeland Security Information Network initiative, announced today the expansion of its computer-based counterterrorism communications system to all 50 states, five territories, Washington, D.C., and 50 major urban areas to strengthen its flow of threat information. This communications capability will deliver to… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2004
No Extension for 9/11 Panel According to Hastert
Hastert Tells White House He Won’t Extend 9/11 Panel Continue Reading
ID Theft Report Indicates Heightened Consumer Concern
RSA Security Study Shows Identity Theft Awareness High, But Consumer Confidence Low, (abstract only available online). Continue Reading
GAO Report on Private Sector Use of Social Security Numbers
Social Security Numbers: Private Sector Entities Routinely Obtain and Use SSNs, and Laws Limit the Disclosure of This Information. GAO-04-11, January 22. Highlights. Continue Reading
Preparing for the Google IPO
From Wired Magazine, The Complete Guide to Googlemania!…the process leading up to the IPO, the impact on the company’s employees, and predictions of what will happen thereafter. Continue Reading
Baltimore County Circuit Court Law Library Catalog Now Online
The Baltimore County Circuit Court Law Library’s catalog is now available online at this link. [Stephanie Levasseur] Continue Reading
New GAO Report on Freedom of Information Act
Information Management: Update on Freedom of Information Act Implementation Status. GAO-04-257, February 18. Highlights. Continue Reading
The Web as a Tool for Campaign Attack Ads
“In Politics, the Web Is a Parallel World With Its Own Rules: A new bare-knuckled political use of the World Wide Web has showed its head: the Internet attack ad.” Continue Reading
Arizona Launches Corporate E-Filing
For-Profit Corporations Can File Annual Reports On-Line “All corporations doing business in or from Arizona must file an Annual Report with the Arizona Corporation Commission. In its ongoing effort to make the filing and updating process easier for corporations, the Commission is launching an on-line E-File feature. For-profit corporations will be the first group to… Continue Reading
Opening of Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun Papers at LC
From the Library of Congress press release: “The 362-page guide (finding aid, already posted online as referenced in this link) to the Blackmun papers will be available on the Librarys public Web site, www.loc.gov, at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, March 4. Other materials, including case files for eight major cases and videotapes and transcripts of interviews… Continue Reading
Google Image Search Expanded
“Google Image Search has been significantly updated,” says Sergey Brin, Google co-founder and president of Technology. “We’ve doubled the index to more than 880 million images, enhanced search quality, and improved the user interface.” Google Advanced Image Search Continue Reading
Online Directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, from the CIA (links to countries in alphabetial order) Continue Reading
