The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering “website has undergone significant improvements in the areas of content, navigation and design, making it easier to find information and answers to questions in a clear and user-friendly manner. The website will also serve as a showcase for NIBIB grantees whose work is featured heavily throughout the site.” Improvements include a Google powered search engine, a searchable funding opportunities database, and browse capabilities for the Resource Centers to facilitate research about new technologies and techniques.
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Daily Archives: October 13, 2005
European Civil Liberties Network (ECLN)
The European Civil Liberties Network (ECLN) will be launched on Wednesday, October 19, 2005. [d.c.] “Participating organisations share the common objective of seeking to create a European society based on freedom and diversity, a society of fundamental civil liberties and personal and political freedoms, of free movement and freedom of information, and equal rights for… Continue Reading
Free Medical Journal Articles on Impact of Katrina
From the October 13, 2005 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the following essays, available at no cost to non-subscribers, “discuss the immediate challenges [physicians] faced and address the public health concerns in the aftermath.” Volunteer Work Logistics First Public Health Response Assessing Needs Finding Supplies Aftershocks Evacuated Populations Lessons… Continue Reading
Establishment of the National Clandestine Service (NCS)
News release: “Today, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency announced the President’s approval of the establishment of the National Clandestine Service (NCS) within the CIA. The new Director of the NCS will report directly to the Director of the CIA and will work with the Office of… Continue Reading
Presidential Teleconference With Troops Scripted
Additional update to this issue, as the controversy escalates, October 14, 2005 Washington Post (reg. req’d): Caught on Tape Follow-up to my postings on the expanding controversy associated with federal government sponsored news, see also today’s AP article, Bush Teleconference With Soldiers Staged. Related link: White House press release: President Addresses U.S. Troops in Iraq… Continue Reading
Survey Says Patients and Physicians Support E-Health System
Press release: “Eighty-six percent of U.S. physicians surveyed said that a health-care system that adopted information technology such as electronic health records would improve the quality of health care patients receive. In addition, 79 percent of patients also believe that, according to national surveys commissioned by the Technology CEO Council.” Related links: Technology CEO Council,… Continue Reading
Questionnaire On Nomination Of Harriet Miers
Press release: Specter-Leahy Release Questionnaire On Nomination Of Harriet Miers To Be Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court, October 12, 2005. See also U.S. Senate Asks Miers If She Made Promises on Court Rulings Continue Reading
New Online Tool for CI Research
Press release: “LexisNexis, a leading provider of legal, news, business information and risk management services, announces the addition of a powerful new search capability for its Anti-Money Laundering, Risk Management, and RiskWise(R) applications. Called Negative News, the new feature searches over 13,000 news sources for negative news content relating to a specific subject person or… Continue Reading
