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Daily Archives: November 22, 2005

GSA Website Redesigned

Press release: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) [November 2, 2005] launched a redesign of its external agency Web site. The refreshed site will make it easier for federal customer agencies, businesses, and citizens to get the information they need on GSA’s products and services.
Improvement include:

  • “A newly redesigned homepage that will make it easier for specific visitor groups to find the information they need to do their jobs. This includes individualized categories for federal agencies, citizens and vendors that wish to do business with GSA.
    An enhanced search presentation that improves the organization of results information.”
  • “A more user-friendly layout of information using an improved tab system to better identify topical information.”
  • “An enhanced presentation of current GSA initiatives and events.”
  • DOJ IG Report on Agency’s Top Management and Performance Challenges

    November 18, DOJ/OIG Top Management and Performance Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2005: Counterterrorism; Sharing of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information; Department and FBI Intelligence-Related Reorganizations; Information Technology Systems Planning and Implementation; Information Technology Security; Financial Management and Systems; Grant Management; Detention and Incarceration; Judicial Security; and Supply and Demand for Drugs. Continue Reading

    Report on Gov ‘t Docs That Verify Facts on Pre-War Intel

    Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel, by Murray Waas, special to National Journal. “Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime of Saddam… Continue Reading

    Library of Congress Launches World Digital Library Initiative

    Library of Congress press release: “Google Is First Private-Sector Partner with Funding of $3 Million. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin announced today that Google is the first private-sector company to contribute to the Library’s initiative to develop a plan to begin building a World Digital Library (WDL) for use… Continue Reading