From the ACLU press release: “The Senate Intelligence Committee announced today that it is rushing forward with a markup of Patriot Act reauthorization legislation Thursday, but that the session will be behind closed doors…Some of the most extreme parts of the Patriot Act are set to sunset, or expire, at the end of this year… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Enhanced Version of MSN Search Toolbar Launched
Microsoft press release: Searching just got smarter with launch of MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search: “The MSN® network of Internet services today launched the new MSN Search Toolbar with Windows® Desktop Search, a suite of tools that helps people rapidly search across the Web or their PC and provides easy access to world-leading… Continue Reading
FDA Aggregates Drug Safety Info For Easier Consumer Access
Index of Drug Specific Information: “FDA is in the process of updating its drug safety information and making it available to consumers in a new, user friendly format. Under the new format, clicking on a drug takes you to a “core page” with links to all information on that drug available on the FDA site.… Continue Reading
Ramifications of Real ID Act on DMV Agencies Across the Country Begins to Resonate
‘Real ID’ Faces Reality: “The National Conference of State Legislatures estimates it could cost states as much as $750 million to implement measures required by the act, including some $80 million to create links among state databases.” From the Washington Post (reg. req’d), Anti-Terror Legislation Expected to Lengthen DMV Lines Link to text of Real… Continue Reading
IBM Encourages Enterprise Blogging And Sets Guidelines for Authors
From this posting by James Snell, a member of the IBM’s Software Standards Strategy Group: “…IBM today is publishing an announcement on its Intranet site encouraging all 320,000+ employees world wide to consider engaging actively in the practice of “blogging”…So with IBMers blogging both inside and outside our Intranet environment, recognizing full well that it… Continue Reading
Dogpile.com Sponsored White Paper Documents Rate of Overlap in Big Three Engine Results
Missing Pieces: A Study of First Page Web Search Engine Results Overlap “A comprehensive study conducted by metasearch engine Dogpile.com in collaboration with researchers from The University of Pittsburgh and The Pennsylvania State University has found that page one results returned by leading single engines Google, Yahoo! and Ask Jeeves differ substantially from one another.… Continue Reading
FTC Seeks Comments on Provisions of CAN-SPAM Act
Press release from FTC, May 12, 2005: Agency Seeks Comment on Definitions and Substantive Provisions Under the CAN-SPAM Act. The Federal Trade Commission published a Federal Register notice today seeking public comment on certain definitions and substantive provisions under the…CAN-SPAM Act. CFR Part 316: Project No. R411008: Definitions, Implementation, and Reporting Requirements Under the CAN-SPAM… Continue Reading
New York Times Announces New Online Fee-Based Service
Press release: “The New York Times announced today a new online offering called TimesSelect, which for a modest fee will provide exclusive access to Op-Ed and news columnists on NYTimes.com, easy and in-depth access to The Times’s online archives [initially, the archives will go back only to 1980 but eventually to 1851], early access to… Continue Reading
FirstGov Reference Center on Libraries
The FirstGov.gov Reference Center Libraries. An alphabetical list of links to resources including: national, federal and local libraries, online library databases, email listservs, Government RSS Library, and lots more. Worth a look. Continue Reading
Auto Recal Update Website Launches
Follow-up to my April 29, 2005 posting: New Justia Web Site Enables Consumers to Easily Track Auto Recalls: “Justia, an innovative provider of legal marketing services and resources for law firms, today announced the launch of a comprehensive auto recalls center (http://auto-recalls.justia.com) with free RSS feeds of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration auto recalls for… Continue Reading
Current Law Journal Content Seeks Assistance to Expand Titles
John Doyle, Washington and Lee Law School, announced that his Current Law Journal Content currently covers 800 journals. He is seeking to “include additional English language non-U.S. titles.” Continue Reading
New York Times Link Generator Needs Your Support
The terrific folks who give us continuous, open access to New York Times articles through the New York Times Link Generator are in need of support following the failure of their server hard drive. Continue Reading
