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Gov’t Warned Prior to Katrina Hit Of Storm’s Impact and Cost

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A 39 page report from the Department of Homeland Security’s National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, titled: Fast Analysis Report (Update to Reflect Category 5 Status) to DHS 1P on Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast, dated August 28, 2005, provides detailed estimates of the tremendous potential consequences of the storm on civilians, public and private infrastructure, and the economy. This data was provided to the White House prior to the catastrophic impact of the hurricanes on the Gulf states.
Related references:

  • New York Times: White House Declines to Provide Storm Papers
  • New York Times: White House Was Told Hurricane Posed Danger
  • AP: Documents Show Govt Forewarned on Katrina
  • Lieberman Says Devastation of Katrina Was Predicted “Over and Over Again”
  • Senators: White House Stalls Katrina Probe
  • White House Situation Room Put on Alert Pre-Katrina About Levee Break: Congressman Thompsom Writes the President Demanding Answers

    • Review of Best Corporate Intranets Highlights Diversity of Technology

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    Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, January 23, 2006: Ten Best Intranets of 2006. The full report is available for download ($), but the summary reviews highlights of the findings, including the global scope of the projects, the size of the companies implementing successful applications (averaging 80,000 employees), and trends in architectures, navigation, training and use of multimedia. Continue Reading

    New Search Capabilities Added to FirstGov Portal

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    “FirstGov.gov, in concert with private sector partners Vivísimo, Inc., and the Microsoft Corp., has launched the government’s most powerful search engine, one that: Vastly expands the search to include federal, state, local tribal and territorial documents; Increases the universe of government documents from 8 million to 40 million; Searches more efficiently and effectively by leveraging… Continue Reading

    OpenCRS Site A Resounding Success

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    From CDT: “Less than a year after the Center for Democracy & Technology made Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports freely available to the public, members of the Internet community have responded by downloading more than 1 million of the informative documents from OpenCRS.com. CDT launched OpenCRS.com in June as a way to provide citizens access… Continue Reading