From the WSJ today ($$), A Guide to Some of the Internet’s Best — And Most Overlooked — Health Sites. For more substantive treatment of this issue (no pun intended), see the monthly column on LLRX.com, Metaforix@Health, and Gloria Miccioli’s Researching Medical Literature on the Internet — 2003 Update. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2004
Clinton Presidential Library to House Largest Such Document Collection in History
According to AP, Clinton’s collection of presidential materials and documents, totally about 630 tons, of which 80 million pages are designated as official documents, are now on their way to his library. The Clinton Presidential Center currently allows the public to “browse over 20,000 documents in 400+ categories.” Continue Reading
Campaign Websites and the Politics of Open Source
Knowing Their Politics by the Software They Use. Democratic campaign party websites are using open source apps, and the Republicans are using Microsoft. See also Political Influentials Online in the 2004 Presidential Campaign, (56 pages, PDF), a study by GW’s Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. Continue Reading
Survey Chooses Top 10 Digital Counties
According to the Center for Digital Governments’ 2004 Digital Counties Survey, the list of the top 10 digital county governments is led by San Diego County, California, followed by Johnson County, Kansas, Prince William County, Virginia, Roanoke County, Virginia, and Charles County, Maryland. Continue Reading
The Growing Strain Between E-Commerce and Search Engine Results
This PCWorld.com article doesn’t cover any new territory, but it succinctly examines the increasingly competitive quest of search engines for greater profits and the resulting impact on search results. Continue Reading
Guide to State FOI Laws
From the Freedom of Information Center, State FOI Laws: “The following sites contain basic statutes about open meetings and open records. Many states have multiple statutes that provide exemptions.” The page indicates the last update was May 1, 2004. Continue Reading
Open Source Journal Directory Adds Article Level Search
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) now provides users with keyword, Boolean and field search options. “This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 1142 journals in the directory. Currently 302 journals are searchable on article level. As of… Continue Reading
Commentary on Supreme Court Term
From the New York Times: The Year Rehnquist May Have Lost His Court ACLU Summary of the 2003 Supreme Court Term: Major Civil Liberties Decisions (24 pages, PDF) Supremes Tackle Some Issues, Punt Others Continue Reading
Corporate Blogging, Marketing and Communications
The President and COO of Sun Microsystems, Jonathon Schwartz, launched a blog on June 28. Other Sun bloggers comment on his effort: What’s missing from Sun blogs (or, is Executive Blogging enough)? and Sun has gone Cluetrain. Read the entire text of the book, The Cluetrain Manifesto, online for free. Continue Reading
HIPAA Compliance Deadline
From the CMS press release, June 30: Electronic Medicare claims that do not meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards will be treated as paper claims and paid more slowly than HIPAA-compliant electronic claims beginning July 1…” See also Hammer Coming Down for HIPAA Compliance Continue Reading
E-Marketing Looks to RSS to Bypass Spam
Company Plugs RSS as Alternate to E-Mail Marketing Continue Reading
Many Public Libraries Choose Not to Implement Filters
Libraries Choose to Filter or Not to Filter As CIPA Deadline Arrives Related news and references: Internet Filters Are: [Good] [Bad] [Both], and Supreme Court Rules Against Child Online Protection Act. Continue Reading
