Press release, September 11, 2006: “The Customer Respect Group, an international research and consulting firm that focuses on how corporations treat their online customers, today released findings from its Annual Review of the Largest 100 US Companies… as defined by Fortune Magazine in April 2006. The average rating for the companies was 5.7 on a 10-point scale, in line with the average rating assessed across all website evaluations in 2006. In 2005, the largest 100 companies slightly exceeded the overall average rating…The largest 100 US companies appear to be gathering more personally identifiable information. The use of that information is also changing. Fewer companies are sharing personal data with outside organizations, but more than half continue to send unsolicited marketing emails to those that supply personal information for other reasons.” A list of top scoring companies is included in this release, and access to the full Scorecard of the Largest 100 US Companies requires registration.
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Daily Archives: September 12, 2006
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: July 2006
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: July 2006 – released September 12, 2006. Full Release – PDF | Technical Note, Tables: XLS, Highlights – PDF Continue Reading
NJ Rejects Justice Department Argument in Phone Records Suit
Press release: “Acting Attorney General Anne Milgram declares in a brief filed in federal court that the United States Justice Department’s move to block a state investigation into whether telephone companies provided call records to the National Security Agency without a court warrant interferes with the Attorney General’s ability to investigate violations of New Jersey… Continue Reading
GAO Reviews State of Enterprise Architecture Programs in Federal Agencies
Enterprise Architecture: Leadership Remains Key to Establishing and Leveraging Architectures for Organizational Transformation, Full-text GAO-06-831, and Highlights, August 14, 2006. “The state of the enterprise architecture programs at the 27 major federal departments and agencies is mixed, with several having very immature programs, several having more mature programs, and most being somewhere in between. Collectively,… Continue Reading
Google Joins ALA and Bookstores to Promote Access to Banned Books
Inside Google Book Search Blog: “Starting today, you can visit http://www.google.com/bannedbooks to explore 42 banned or challenged books honored by the Radcliffe Publishing Course as among the Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century. You can see which of these novels have been targeted for banning, find out where you can buy or borrow them,… Continue Reading
Survey of Core Business Reference Sources in Print and Online
From Diane K. Kovacs, an the results of an Essential Reference Tool Survey – Business Reference: includes Print, Free Web-Sites, Govdocs Sites, and Fee-Based Websites. Continue Reading
EFF White Paper Recommends Search Privacy Techniques
“The Electronic Frontier Foundation has developed the following search privacy tips. They range from straightforward steps that offer a little protection to more complicated measures that offer near-complete safety. While we strongly urge users to follow all six tips, a lesser level of protection might be sufficient depending on your particular situation and willingness to… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Discipline Procedures
A Review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Discipline Procedures, OIG-07-57 (PDF, 49 pages), released September 11. 2006. Continue Reading
