According to new stats by BlogPulse, Yahoo News ranks at the top of the list of sources to which bloggers most frequently link, with the New York Times a close second. Interesting, as Yahoo News is an aggregator and the Times is a primary publisher, although it too aggregates stories, from AP. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2005
Intelligence Cmte. Hearing on PATRIOT Act
U.S. Senate Committee on Intelligence, hearing on USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, April 27, 2005. Statements of Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States and Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Porter J. Goss Director, Central Intelligence Agency ACLU Says Excessive Secrecy Surrounds Controversial Patriot Act; Calls on Senate… Continue Reading
Oversight Hearing on the Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security – Oversight Hearing on the Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Sections of the Act that Address–Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). (Part 1) Section 204: Clarification of Intelligence Exceptions from Limitations on Interception & Disclosure of Wire, Oral & Electronic Communications; Section 207: Duration of FISA Surveillance of… Continue Reading
Comprehensive Revised Report with Addendas on Iraq’s WMDs
4/25 — Comprehensive Revised Report with Addendums [addendas] on Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (Duelfer Report) “The Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence on Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) has released a revised edition of his September 2004 Comprehensive Report on Iraq’s WMD, as well as six previously unpublished addendums. The report,… Continue Reading
Stats Withheld From Global Terrorism Report Focus of Debate
Press release, Committee on Government Reform, Minority Office – Withheld Data Shows ‘Dramatic Up-tick’ in Terrorist Attacks “Tuesday, April 26, 2005 — At a congressional briefing yesterday, Administration officials revealed that the data that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has withheld from this year’s Patterns of Global Terrorism report shows a “dramatic up-tick” in terrorist… Continue Reading
Wave of Public Comments on RFID In Passports Results in Possible Change of Course
Wired reports that plans to implement biometrics in U.S. passports generated significant negative public response, resulting in reconsideration of the importance of privacy issues related to RFIDs. Continue Reading
GAO Adds Enhancements to Facilitate Searching the Site
“Full Text Search Enhancements: In response to your requests that we improve searching, GAO has introduced a new feature to enhance full text searching and your ability to select the best results to meet your needs. In the past, search results have included titles and your search terms with the text surrounding them, the URL,… Continue Reading
Int’l Telecommunications Union Stats Document Global Broadband Usage
ITU’s New Broadband Statistics for 1 January 2005: “ITU has just released its new statistics on global broadband penetration per 100 inhabitants as of 1 January 2005. Korea and Hong Kong, China have kept the top rankings they received in 2004. The Netherlands makes an impressive move from 9th in ranking in 2004 to 3rd… Continue Reading
Reviews of Norton’s New Antispyware Beta
First Look: Symantec’s So-So Spyware Protection CNET editor’s take, Norton Internet Security 2005 Antispyware Edition (beta) Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com
Part One of the April 24 issue of LLRX: Blogs…Got Content! (ppt), by Sabrina I. Pacifici Gumshoe Librarian 2 – More Sites and Services From Around the Corner and Around the World ((ppt), by Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici So your firm’s got a website. Great. But is it stuck in 1997? or 10… Continue Reading
Report Documents Internet Censorship in RI Public Libraries
Reader’s Block: Internet Censorship in Rhode Island Public Libraries, A Report prepared by the Rhode Island Affiliate, American Civil Liberties Union, April 2005. “For eight years, the ACLU in Rhode Island has been studying public library response in the state to the introduction of the Internet as an information tool. On one level, it is… Continue Reading
Increased Restrictions Limit Access to Gov Docs According to ALA Lobbyist
Proponent of open government – McDermott: Feds closing the door to information Continue Reading
