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Monthly Archives: April 2005
Presentation: What blogs are vs. What they are not
Doc Searls’ closing keynote at Les Blogs, Paris, 25 April 2005 Continue Reading
Tri-Partisan Patriot Act Reform Caucus Formed
Press release: “U.S. Representative Tom Udall, D-N.M., Thursday became a founding member of the tri-partisan Patriot Act Reform Caucus. Passed weeks after the September 11 attacks, the sweeping anti-terrorism law has increasingly come under criticism from the left and the right. The law included 16 provisions that expire at the end of 2005. Other members… Continue Reading
CIA Releases National Intelligence Estimates on Vietnam
Estimative Products On Vietnam, 1948-1975 “This collection of declassified estimative products is the first such release by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of documents exclusively on the Vietnam war and is one of the largest such releases to date. Of the 174 documents that comprise the collection, 38 appear at least in part on this… Continue Reading
Advocacy Group Seeks Disclosure of FBI Docs on PATRIOT Act
“In a complaint (pdf) filed this week, EPIC asked a federal court to force the FBI to disclose information about its use of expanded investigative authority granted by sunsetting provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.” Continue Reading
9/11 Cmte. Member Speaks Out on Continued Security Threats
9/11 panel flags failure to focus on key threats Related references on 9/11 Commission and subsequent 9/11 Public Discourse Project Continue Reading
Technology and libraries of the future; competing or complementary interests?
The Infinite Library, by Wade Roush, May 2005 issue of TechnologyReview.com. Related reference: European libraries join forces against Google Continue Reading
A Chronology of Significant International Terrorism for 2004
From the National Counterterrorism Center (via FAS), A Chronology of Significant International Terrorism for 2004, April 29, 2005 (92 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Blogs on Economic Issues Offer Wealth of Opinions From Range of Perspectives
Blogs offer economists’ thinking on daily living Continue Reading
Public Access to Gov’t Docs Subject of Continued Debate Within Library Community
Librarians worry important information is being lost/ Related reference: Depository Librarians Face Escalating Challenges Continue Reading
The World Factbook, 2005
CIA – The World Factbook, 2005– “Country information has been updated as of 21 April, 2005” Continue Reading
New Website Documents Auto Recall Info
Tim Stanley and crew have been busy, with the usual outstanding results. See his latest launch, Auto Recalls, an A to Z listing of makes and models, with accompanying RSS feeds. This site is easy to use, fast, comprehensive…and I just found out that my old minivan has a problem that needs to be addressed… Continue Reading
