Shoe Screener System: “The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS/S&T) is interested in identifying potential vendors with prototype Shoe Screener systems for Government-conducted laboratory assessment. TSA is interested in establishing a Qualified Products Listing (QPL) as a method to regulate equipment used in Registered Traveler (RT) services provided by a commercial security… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Executive Order: Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation
Executive Order: Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation, August 17, 2007: “…Federal agencies shall, consistent with agency missions: (c) Manage wildlife and wildlife habitats on public lands in a manner that expands and enhances hunting opportunities, including through the use of hunting in wildlife management planning…(e)…foster healthy and productive populations of game species and… Continue Reading
WorldCat Registry More Global With Addition of ational libraries in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa
Press release: “Since its launch earlier this year, the WorldCat Registry continues to help libraries manage and share essential data that define their organizations, such as institution type, location, URLs for electronic services, circulation statistics and population served. National libraries in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa recently agreed to load their files into the… Continue Reading
UCSC's Open Archive of Congressional Proceedings
“Metavid, hosted by The University of California at Santa Cruz, is a project which seeks to capture, stream, archive and facilitate real-time collective [re]mediation of legislative proceedings. Metavid makes use of entirely free and open source software and video codecs to make both the footage and the architecture of the site available, accessible and recontextualizable.”… Continue Reading
University of Michigan Study Tracks Growing Income Gap Among American Families
Press release: “The rich really are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, a new University of Michigan study shows. The studythe most recent available analysis of long-term wealth trends among U.S. households is based on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR) since… Continue Reading
The Challenge of Electronic Discovery: How Reference Service, Records Management and Litigation Support Interact
Materials from PLL Programs at AALL 2007 – The Challenge of Electronic Discovery: How Reference Service, Records Management and Litigation Support Interact, Speakers: John Montaña, Esq., PelliGroup, Inc. and Rachelle L. DeGregory, Esq., LexisNexis [PowerPoint document] Continue Reading
Expanded Role for Wikis Role as Teaching Tools
Wiki becomes textbook in Boston College classroom – “IT prof says Web 2.0 technology boosts collaboration among students.” Continue Reading
Google's New Ad Traffic Quality Resource Center
“About the Ad Traffic Quality Resource Center – The relationship between Google and AdWords advertisers is built on trust. Advertisers rely on the relevance of our ad placement, our reporting statistics, and the quality of the clicks their ads receive. We take this trust seriously, and we know that AdWords couldn’t exist without it.” Continue Reading
Sony Take Back Recycling Program
“At Sony, we support the recycling of our products with the same respect we have when creating them. Teaming up with Waste Management, weve built a recycling program that makes it easy to dispose of electronics in an environmentally-safe way. Bring your unwanted Sony product to any participating Waste Management eCycling drop-off center and recycle… Continue Reading
Websites to Track Genealogy Proliferate, Along With Cost
New York Times, Latest Genealogy Tools Create a Need to Know: “As Web sites and genealogical societies proliferate and DNA testing becomes more widely available, the tools for tracing a family tree are becoming more accessible and the hunt is often intriguing. A bit of online detective work can yield a significant amount of… Continue Reading
FCC Auction of 700 MHz Band Licenses
Public Notice: Auction of 700 MHz Band Licenses Scheduled for January 16, 2008; Comment Sought on Competitive Bidding Procedures for Auction 73. Continue Reading
National Snow and Ice Data Center Launches Site on Arctic Sea Ice Melt
“The National Snow and Ice Data Center has launched this year’s news and commentary Web site [Arctic Sea Ice News] as we follow the Arctic sea ice melt season. From August 10, 2007, through the end of the summer melt season, we will post updates as events warrant.” “Arctic sea ice has now surpassed all… Continue Reading
