Press release, August 17, 2006, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: “USCIS Announces Establishment of a Records Digitization Facility in Williamsburg, Ky., that will digitize more than one million UCIS Alien-Files (A-Files) during the first phase…[there are approximately 70 million immigration records].”
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Historic U.S. Cold War Arsenal Data Reclassified
Press release: “The Pentagon and the Energy Department have now stamped as national security secrets the long-public numbers of U.S. nuclear missiles during the Cold War, including data from the public reports of the Secretaries of Defense in 1967 and 1971, according to government documents posted today on the Web by the National Security Archive…Documents… Continue Reading
CRS Report Addresses Public Health and Medical Response to Disasters
CRS Report, The Public Health and Medical Response to Disasters: Federal Authority and Funding, July 28, 2006 (32 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law Available Free Online
International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law “…is ICNL’s quarterly journal of analysis on global civil society. IJNL addresses legal topics as well as social, cultural, political and economic issues affecting the legal environment. Our readers include attorneys, government officials, grantmakers, scholars, and activists…IJNL is electronically distributed without charge to subscribers.” [Lawsites] Continue Reading
HHS OIG Report on Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness and Response During Recent Hurricanes
Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness and Response During Recent Hurricanes (OEI-06-06-00020), August 17, 2006 (48 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Latest Hoover's Leadership 100
Hoover’s Leadership 100: “…a monthly list which highlights the CEOs from the most searched-for companies on Hoover’s (as presented in the Hoover’s 100). The Leadership 100 provides insight on their bios, company affiliations, work highlights, and salaries.” Continue Reading
New Scholarly Article on Topical Interests and Mitigation of Search Engine Bias
Technology Review: Surprising Search Patterns – A new study questions the common assumption that search engines control the hierarchy of the Internet. Topical interests and the mitigation of search engine bias, by S. Fortunato , A. Flammini, F. Menczer, and A. Vespignani, School of Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47406; Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld,… Continue Reading
NARA's FY 2006 Expenditure Plan
Electronic Records Archives: The National Archives and Records Administration’s Fiscal Year 2006 Expenditure Plan, Full-text GAO-06-906 and Highlights August 18, 2006. Continue Reading
National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Annual Report 2006
National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Annual Report 2006 (82 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
State Dept. Website on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Reconstruction Efforts
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Reconstruction Efforts: Includes links to Useful Internet Sites, U.S. Government Documents, Speeches, Fact Sheets, Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS). Continue Reading
U.S. – U.K. Cooperation on Intel Aided Terror Investigation
Federal Times: “British authorities broke up an alleged terrorist plot to bomb U.S.-bound airliners last week in part because of improvements in the way U.S. intelligence agencies are sharing information, according to the Homeland Security Departments chief intelligence officer.” Continue Reading
