Press release: Vivísimo and MSN Search to Provide Search Backbone for Redesigned FirstGov Portal: “As part of the agreement, Vivísimo teamed with Microsoft’s MSN Search Web service to provide search results for the government domain. The MSN Search Web service includes extensive coverage of government documents in its index as well as a rich set of filtering-related operators. Vivísimo will leverage its Velocity software and Clusty Web search platforms to selectively crawl and metasearch federal and local government-related content and cluster the combined MSN Search and Vivísimo results for easier navigation by FirstGov users.”
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Daily Archives: September 23, 2005
Blog Launched With Focus on Real ID Act of 2005
MIT Online Forum: The Real ID Act of 2005: “This is a facilitated discussion of the problems and prospects related to the Real ID Act of 2005, enacted by Congress and signed by the President. For purposes of this online discussion, we are focused on the driver license and identity management aspects of the legislation,… Continue Reading
Secure E-Gov Site for First Responders Dealing With Hazmat Issues
“E-Plan is a highly reliable, highly secure, Internet accessible repository of facility, and hazardous material information. E-Plan system was designed, built and implemented specifically for first responders through a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). The E-Plan system… Continue Reading
Commentary on Vetting Process for Supreme Court Nominees
How the U.S. Senate Can Obtain Information From Former Federal Government Employees Who Are Now Supreme Court Nominees: A New, More Direct Approach that Won’t Require Fighting Over Records Continue Reading
TSA Finally Drops Plan to Use Passenger Data From Commercial Aggregators
From EPIC: “The Transportation Security Administration has abandoned plans to use information from data aggregators to check airline passengers’ backgrounds. TSA made the decision shortly before a working group issued a scathing report (19 pages, PDF) on the program. Last year, an EPIC FOIA request revealed (4 pages, PDF) that Axciom proposed to water down… Continue Reading
Federal Depository Library Program Selection Proposals
“GPO is releasing three briefing papers and soliciting comments from the depository library community. Depository Selection: History and Current Practice is provided as background information for the other two papers. It provides an overview of the item number process in its current form. Depository Selection Mechanisms: New Model for the Selection of Online Titles proposes… Continue Reading
Secret DHS Plan To Protect Mass Transit Will Be Shared
A previously classified plan authored by TSA to protect mass transit from terrorist attacks will now be shared with state local and other authorities charged with facilitating and executing the evacuation of citizens. Related reference: Washington Post: “A federal judge yesterday demanded to see a highly secret plan for protecting the Washington area’s rails from… Continue Reading
Blogs in US and Abroad Seek Freedom From Regulation
From AP: European Union Head Office Insists It Has No Plans to Regulate the Internet Political blogs fight FEC Additional links on FEC and regulation of blogs Continue Reading
Blogs and Web Mapping Services Respond With Immediacy During Disasters
From AP: Hurricane Rita Pushes Blogs, Podcasts and Rich Maps to Forefront of Media’s Efforts Related links: Stormwatchers – Citizen journalists covering Hurricane Rita, sponsored by the Houston Chronicle News updates from the Times Picayune, Nola.com Rita map Continue Reading
Pace of Broadband Adoption Slows
Pew Internet press release: “53% of Americans who go online from home have high-speed, but growth rate of broadband adoption is down substantially from last year.” Related links: Broadband Adoption in the United States: Growing but Slowing See also: The 33rd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy will be held September 23-25 at… Continue Reading
