Washington Post: Pentagon Expanding Its Domestic Surveillance Activity, Fears of Post-9/11 Terrorism Spur Proposals for New Powers Related references: Report by the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, March 31, 2005 CIFA: Department of Defense Counterintelligence Field Activity Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2005
New Portal to Clinical Trial Registries Offers Search and Results Data
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) press release: “The new internet search portal establishes links to IFPMA member company websites as well as other commercial and government-sponsored websites containing information on clinical trials provided by pharmaceutical companies.” See also Website on Clinical Trials Data in the Spotlight Continue Reading
Via Charitable Org., Google Targets Power of Search for Genetic Data
UK Times: Google turns its search power to the hunt for genetic drugs: “David Vise’s book reveals how it is sifting information to help scientists advance medicine…Google’s data-mining techniques appear well suited to the formidable challenges posed by analysing the genetic sequence.” The Google Story, by David Vise Welcome to Google.org the philanthropic arm… Continue Reading
New York Times Notable Books of the Year
New York Times, 100 Notable Books of the Year Continue Reading
Proposed Export Controls Regs Impact Foreign Research Scholars in U.S.
Universities Say New Rules Could Hurt U.S. Research Related resources: March 28, 2005 Federal Register, Department of Commerce advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Revision and Clarification of Deemed Export Related Regulatory Requirements. DOD IG Report: Export Controlled Technology at Contractor, University, and Federall-Funded Research and Development Center Facilities, March 25, 2004 (40 pages, PDF) Dept.… Continue Reading
Comparison of Major Citation Search Services
As We May Search – Comparison of Major Features of the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar Citation-based and Citation-enhanced Databases. Current Science 89(9), 2005, p. 1537-1547, by Peter Jasco. Web of Science Scopus Google Scholar Continue Reading
Growing Number in Congress, Public At Odds With Administration Revision of Iraq War Intel
White House press release, November 15, 2005, Setting the Record Straight: The New York Times Editorial on Pre-War Intelligence. WSJ free feature: Majority Believe White House Misleads Public, Poll Shows New York Times: Even Supporters Doubt President as Issues Pile Up Levin and Reed Compare Bush Administration Statements with Intelligence Community Statements on Pre-War Iraq… Continue Reading
Internet Played Key Role in Katrina Relief Effort and As News Source
Press release: “In the aftermath of the Gulf Coast Hurricanes, 13 million Americans made donations to relief efforts online and 7 million set up their own hurricane relief efforts using the internet. In addition to using the internet to respond directly to the crisis, 50% of online users sought out news and information online, with… Continue Reading
Data Privacy Bill Reported to Full Senate
The Personal Data Privacy And Security Act of 2005 was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and moves forward to Senate hearings. Reported in Senate, S. 1789 Continue Reading
Collaborative Version of RSS Under Development By Microsoft
PC World: Microsoft Makes RSS a Two-Way Street – Proposed ‘extensions’ to specification allow multidirectional synchronization. Microsoft: Frequently Asked Questions for Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE) Ray Ozzie’s Weblog: Really Simple Sharing Continue Reading
Controversy Over Potential E-Voting Fraud in Ohio
Ohio’s Diebold Debacle: New machines call election results into question, by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman. See also GAO Report: Continued Federal Efforts Needed to Improve Electronic Voting Continue Reading
Advocacy Groups Petition FCC For Stay On Web Wiretapping Compliance
Press release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for Democracy and Technology, and representatives of industry, academia, librarians and others today filed a joint request for a stay with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), arguing that the Commission has been “unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious” in demanding that broadband Internet access providers and interconnected Voice… Continue Reading
