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Monthly Archives: February 2007
OpenStreetMap Provides Comprehensive Map of Baghdad
“OpenStreetMap is an free and open collaborative map of the entire world. We gather GPS tracks and draw maps over them, in an editable wiki style database. And recently we added aerial imagery to our toolbox, thanks to Yahoo!, so dense urban areas and remote locations can be mapped just by tracing streets in the… Continue Reading
Awareness Watch Report on Script Resources
Via Marcus P. Zillman, news of his latest Awareness Watch Newsletter, on Script Resources. “Resources for scripts, codes and programming languages on the Internet continue to expand at a very rapid rate especially with the developments in the Web 2.0, MashUps, and the constant creation of new applications which of course foster new scripts.” Continue Reading
Free, Third Party Search Engine for Patent Searches
PTO Direct was created by intellectual property professionals for intellectual property professionals and their clients. Its purpose is to provide an efficient way to search, gather and share relevant intellectual property record information from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office. PTO Direct provides free patent searches.” [Ted McClure] Continue Reading
New LC Country Profile of Colombia
New LC Country Profile of Colombia, February 23, 2007. Continue Reading
Web Capacity Encounters Limits With Increased Global Demand for Rich Media
Deloitte Telecommunications Predictions 2007 (TMT Trends 2007) – “This study examines 10 emerging developments sure to make 2007 another eventful year for the telecommunications industry”: 1. “Reaching the limits of cyberspacegrowth in video traffic on the “superhighway” means the Internet is approaching gridlock. 2. The net neutrality debate needs resolutionthe Internet, fundamental freedom for all… Continue Reading
Pay Raise for Federal Judges Sought by Corporate Lawyers
Follow up to previous postings on calls for judicial pay raises, “the top lawyers at 60 major U.S. corporations have urged congressional leaders to provide a “substantial increase to the salaries of federal judges.” Letter text, February 15, 2007. Continue Reading
Voters Remain In Neutral As Presidential Campaign Moves Into High Gear
Pew Research Center Survey – Voters Remain In Neutral As Presidential Campaign Moves Into High Gear – Republicans Lag in Engagement and Enthusiasm for Candidates, Released: February 23, 2007 “with more candidates than usual, but many people appear not to have noticed. Americans are no more likely to say they have given the presidential campaign… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Report on Interim Review of Contract Costs, Clearbrook
Interim Review of Contract Costs, Clearbrook, LLC, FEMA Disaster No. DR-1603-LA, Report No. DD-07-06 (PDF, 6 pages), February 2007. Continue Reading
Oversight Committee Requests Information on TSA Traveler Identity Verification Website
Follow up to February 21, 2007 posting, DHS Announces Traveler Redress Inquiry Program, today Rep. Henry Waxman, Chair of Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter to TSA requesting “explain why a TSA website that collected Social Security numbers and personal information from the public operated for several days without basic security measures.” Continue Reading
Redacted Versions of Agency Business Cases Posted Online
Federal Computer Week reported that “sixteen agencies complied with the Office of Management and Budget’s request to post their information technology business cases online.” Direct links to the data by agency, as follows: Department of Commerce business cases Department of Education business cases Department of Labor business cases Department of Housing and Urban Development business… Continue Reading
County Clerk Property Records Images No Longer Available Online
“Access to online Texas county clerk public record databases has been shut down after the Attorney General issued an opinion on Feb. 21 clarifying that clerks must redact social security numbers from documents before releasing copies of them and/or posting them online. Texas Attorney General opinion GA-0519 is here…and is the cause for this removal.… Continue Reading
