S. 2453 – A bill to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs; to the Committee on the Judiciary. [Congressional Record: March 16, 2006 (Senate)][Page S2316-S2376] “Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I seek recognition today to introduce a bill to regulate electronic surveillance programs designed to gather intelligence for national security purposes.” Related postings… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2006
Article Reviews Substance and Services of Intelligent Digital Libraries
What Do You Do with a Million Books? by Gregory Crane, Tufts University Continue Reading
FBI IG Report on Brandon Mayfield Case
A Review of the FBI’s Handling of the Brandon Mayfield Case(Unclassified and Redacted), Special Report, March 2006; HTML (Full Report Coming Soon); List of PDF Files. Continue Reading
Financial Website for Investors Launched by Google
Google launches its challenge to financial news websites in US: “Google Finance is trumpeting features that will allow users to monitor their portfolio and get access to chief executives’ pay details without wading through annual reports.” Continue Reading
Sprint Nextel Files Lawsuit Against PI Firm For Sale of Customer Phone Records
Press release: “Sprint Nextel Corp. announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against a private investigation firm that employs deceptive practices to illegitimately obtain customer call detail records, and then sells the confidential information to online data brokers. In its complaint against San Marco & Associates of St. Petersburg, Fla., Sprint Nextel states that… Continue Reading
Report on Strategic Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Strike Systems
Final Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Future Strategic Strike Skills (89 pages, PDF), March 2006. This report is unclassified. Continue Reading
Transformational Technology Areas Critical to US and UK Defense
Defense Critical Technologies, (151 pages, PDF), March 2006. This report is a product of the Defense Science Board (U.S.) and the Defence Scientific Advisory Council (UK). This report is unclassified. Continue Reading
Comparison of Web Browsers
Wikipedia has published an extensive comparison of over two dozen web browsers. Included is information on each respective browser’s general history, features, operating system support, web technology support, languages in which the brower is available, and technical vulnerabilities. Readers note that all data is subject to verification, as this is a collaborative, open source publication. Continue Reading
Enterprise Search Makes Inroads in Tackling Corporate Info Overload
ComputerWorld reports on enterprisewide search applications implemented by large corporations for a range of tasks, including competitive intelligence, e-discovery, and generating intranet content. Solutions such as FAST, Autonomy and Endeca index formats including text, audio and video. Continue Reading
DOJ Site On Overseas Legal Operations Disappears
The Memory Hole has recovered content from the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) website, apparently removed from public access within the past month. The recovered website pages have been posted by Russ Kick here. Continue Reading
FDIC OIG Report Assesses Risks to the Corporation
OIG-Identified Management and Performance Challenges Facing the FDIC (2005) Continue Reading
2003-4 Statutes at Large Online From GPO
The United States Statutes at Large (Volume 117, 108th Congress) is now available online from the U.S. Government Printing Office, with future volumes to follow as they become available. Continue Reading
