Follow-up to September 18, 2006 posting Belgian Court Rules Against Google in Copyright Dispute, reports that Begian news rights representative Copiepresse is continuing its breach of copyright action against Microsoft and will target Yahoo in future. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2006
Ireland Launches Citizens Information Website
“www.citizensinformation.ie provides comprehensive information on all aspects of Public Services and entitlements for citizens in Ireland. [The site] is based on a personal approach to the presentation and delivery of information on public services and the social and civil rights of everyone in Ireland. We gather information from various government departments and agencies, and make… Continue Reading
EU Politicians Test Web 2.0 Applications to Reach Constituents
Business Week: Europe’s Politicians Embrace Web 2.0 – “Seeking new ways to engage with voters, European politicians have taken to blogging and podcasting to get their messages out.” Continue Reading
Updated CRS Report on War Crimes Act
The War Crimes Act: Current Issues, updated October 2, 2006 [via FAS] Continue Reading
Google Launches Custom Search Engine
Google press release: “Google Custom Search Engines empower users to choose which pages they want to include in their index, how the content should be prioritized, whether others can contribute to their index, and what the search results page will look like…organizations or individuals simply go to www.google.com/coop/cse and select the websites or pages they’d… Continue Reading
AG Gonzales Speaks in Support of Military Commissions Act to Jag Corp Summit
Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Jag Corps Leadership Summit, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, October 23, 2006: “This new law [the Military Commissions Act of 2006] provides for full and fair military trials of captured terrorists; reinforces and clarifies our obligations under the Geneva Conventions; and buttresses our ability to gather… Continue Reading
DOE OIG Audit on Remediation of Waste At Nuclear Burial Grounds
Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General, Audit Report “Remediation of the Waste Burial Grounds at the Hanford Site”, October 200 (15 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Cmte Report: Some Perspective on Bush Administration Economic Claims
“Updated version of a report prepared by the Democratic staffs of the House Budget Committee and Joint Economic Committee detailing the contrast between many of the Administration’s economic claims about jobs, wages, income, and debt, and economic reality.” Some Perspective on Bush Administration Economic Claims, September 23, 2006 (7 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Study Examines Readership of Political Blogs
Institute for Policy, Democracy and the Internet: The Audience for Political Blogs: New Research on Blog Readership, by Joseph Graf, October 20, 2006. (14 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
GAO Report on DOD Pandemic Flu Preparedness Efforts
Press release: “Reps. Waxman and Davis today released a GAO report detailing the Department of Defense’s pandemic influenza preparedness efforts. While the department has taken some important steps, accountability, funding, and communications need to be clearer and more focused across the Department to fully prepare for the threat.” GAO Report on Influenza Pandemic (54 pages,… Continue Reading
DOI OIG Inspection Report on Drug Testing Procedures At Secure Nuclear Sites
Inspection Letter Report “Drug Testing for Security Positions at DOE’s Portsmouth and Paducah Sites”, October 18, 2006: “We determined that DOE random drug testing procedures for protective force personnel had not been implemented at the Portsmouth and Paducah sites.” Continue Reading
Letter to President Bush On Iraq from House and Senate Democratic Leaders
Excerpt of letter dated October 20, 2006: “Iraq continues a rapid descent into full-scale civil war, with our troops increasingly caught in the middle. Over 200 U.S. troops were killed in the last 90 days, including 70 in the first two and one-half weeks of October, and on average 100 Iraqis are killed each day.… Continue Reading
