A Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal Budget Process, GAO-05-734SP, September 1, 2005, released October 5, 2005 (182 pages, PDF).
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Daily Archives: October 5, 2005
French Government Site Hosts Public Database on Terror Attacks
French open terror database “La Base de Données sur les actes terroristes (BDT) a été ouverte au public le 22 septembre 2005 avec, au départ, un accès via les sites Internet du Ministère de l’Intérieur et de la Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique.” [Link] Continue Reading
Pew Survey on the Continuing Digital Divide
Press release: “Sixty-eight percent of American adults, or about 137 million people, use the internet, up from 63% one year ago. Thirty-two percent of American adults, or about 65 million people, do not go online, and it is not always by choice. Certain groups continue to lag in their internet adoption.” Digital Divisions: There are… Continue Reading
Volunteerism From Wireless Experts Connects Katrina Victims
“Radio Response is a group of volunteer IT professionals founded by Mac Dearman and dedicated to establishing an emergency communications infrastructure and currently working in the areas affected by hurricane Katrina. Beneficiaries of our work include shelters, medical centers,and relief organizations. All of our work is non-profit.” Continue Reading
President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee Makes A Comeback
“President Bush Broadens PCAST’s Duties: Executive Order elevates role of external information technology advice in the White House; PCAST to serve as President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (September 2005),” Press release. Related links: President’s IT Cmte. Reports on Critical Role of Computational Science for American Competitiveness President’s IT Advisory Committee Issues Recommendations on Cyber Security Continue Reading
CIA Review of Agency 9/11 Performance Yields No Action
CIA Director Porter J. Goss statement on CIA Office of the Inspector General Report, “CIA Accountability with Respect to the 9/11 Attacks”. “I will not convene an accountability board to judge the performances of any individual CIA officers.” Related links: Washington Post (reg. req’d): CIA Director Won’t Punish Officers For 9/11 Failures New York Times… Continue Reading
FTC Testimony On Program to Fight Spyware
FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development that spyware and other “malware” that is downloaded to consumers’ computers without their consent can cause problems ranging from sluggish computer performance to loss of sensitive personal data. Chairman Deborah Platt… Continue Reading
New Orleans Coalition for Disaster Relief and Legal Aid
Another project from Justia.com: “The Coalition seeks to bring together resources from all parts of the legal community (law school faculty, students, and practicing lawyers), as well as non-lawyers, to facilitate the fair distribution of federal, state, and private disaster relief to New Orleanians (wherever they may be) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. We… Continue Reading
Justia Launches U.S. Supreme Court Cases & Opinions Beta
From Tim Stanley and his terrific team at Justia.com, this news: “we just put up a new free U.S. Supreme Court site and full decisions database (Volumes 1 – 545+) with oyez.org and uscourtforms.com. The url for the initial beta version is http://www.justia.us…we have links to real audio and canned searches into google, msn and… Continue Reading
