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
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Monthly Archives: September 2006
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
NIST Report on Voting Audit Trails Released
Association for Computing Machinery, September 11, 2006, National Institute of Standards and Technology Report on Audit Trails Released Independent Verification: Essential Action to Assure Integrity in the Voting Process, by Roy G. Salton (26 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Lessons Learned From 9/11: DNA Identification in Mass Fatality Incidents
Lessons Learned From 9/11: DNA Identification in Mass Fatality Incidents: “On the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the National Institute of Justice has released this new report prepared by a panel of the Nation’s top forensic scientists. The report reviews the scientists’ experiences and offers guidance to laboratory directors on how to… Continue Reading
Online Legal Scholarship: The Medium and the Message
Jack M. Balkin, Online Legal Scholarship: The Medium and the Message, 116 Yale L.J. Pocket Part 20 (2006). “…blogging by legal experts has intervened in the debate in a new way, helping to inform not only the public but also the mainstream media and key players about complicated issues.” See also Blogs are liberating the… Continue Reading
Microsoft Live Seach Replaces MSN Search
Windows Live Search Blog: “…the new Live Search… no longer in beta, and powering searches on both Live.com and MSN. Continue Reading
Group Outlines Ramifications of EPA Library Closures
Follow-up to previous postings on EPA’s closure of libraries, this press release: “Prosecution of polluters by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “will be compromised” due to the loss of “timely, correct and accessible” information from the agency’s closure of its network of technical libraries, according to an internal memo released today by Public Employees for… Continue Reading
DOD IG Reports on Investigations of Detainee Abuse
Unclassified Executive Summary from the classified DoD IG Report No. 06-INTEL-10, Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse, released September 8, 2006 and dated August 25, 2006. IPO 2004C005, Review of Criminal Investigations of Alleged Detainee Abuse, 8/25/06 (Redacted Version, 72 pages, PDF), released September 8, 2006 and dated August 25, 2006 Continue Reading
2005 Digital Counties Survey Results Published
“The Center for Digital Government and the National Association of Counties (NACo) invited U.S. counties to participate in the 2005 Digital Counties Survey, which was underwritten by Hyland Software,developers of OnBase. The survey grouped counties into four population categories: one for large counties (500,000 or more), two others for mid-sized counties (250,000 499,999 and… Continue Reading
Consumer's Guide to Food Safety: Severe Storms and Hurricanes
USDA – A Consumer’s Guide to Food Safety: Severe Storms and Hurricanes: “Did you know that a flood, fire, national disaster, or the loss of power from high winds, snow, or ice could jeopardize the safety of your food? Knowing how to determine if food is safe and how to keep food safe will help… Continue Reading
