“The Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has released its 2007 Coal Power Plant Database, a new, updated version which contains the most current and comprehensive collection of coal-fired power plant data in the United States. The database consolidates large quantities of information on the nation’s existing coal-fired power plants in a… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Declassified Histories of U.S. Nuclear War Plans Posted Online
National Security Archive: “The first comprehensive U.S. nuclear war plan, produced in 1960, was controversial within the U.S. government because top commanders and White House scientists objected to its massive destructivenessthe high level of damage and population casualtiesaccording to newly declassified histories published today by the National Security Archive. The war plan also appalled Secretary… Continue Reading
University of Michigan Library – Guide to Elections 2008
Documents Center, University Library, University of Michigan, Guide to Elections 2008. Choose this web guide as your basis for any aspect of election related research. It is comprehensive, current, and presents a wide spectrum of state and federal resources, as well as annotated links to free and fee-based publications, subscription services, and online guides maintainted… Continue Reading
Strategic Petroleum Reserve 2006 Annual Report
“The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the largest stockpile of government-owned emergency crude oil in the world. Established in the aftermath of the 1973-74 oil embargo, the SPR provides the President with a powerful response option should a disruption in commercial oil supplies threaten the U.S. economy. It also allows the United States to meet… Continue Reading
NEA Report: – To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence
National Endowment for the Arts Report: To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence: “This report is a new and comprehensive analysis of reading patterns of children, teenagers, and adults in the United States. To Read or Not To Read assembled data on reading trends from more than 40 sources, including federal… Continue Reading
Intelligence Guide Available on CD-ROM
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has released “Law Enforcement Intelligence: A Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies CD-ROM.” This guide is an electronic version of the 2004 print publication. The guide is targeted to managers, supervisors, and officers tasked with developing or reinvigorating their… Continue Reading
United States Announces Annapolis Conference on Middle East
State Department: “Forty-nine nations, organizations and individuals have been invited to attend the U.S.-sponsored international Middle East conference November 26-28 in Annapolis, Maryland, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack says…The United States will host Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, along with the members of the Quartet, which includes the United Nations,… Continue Reading
Nixon Presidential Library to Release New Materials at the National Archives
National Archives: “The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum will release approximately 122,800 pages of historical materials from the Nixon presidency at the National Archives in College Park, MD. Highlights include national security documents on U.S. policy towards Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the Soviet Union, and on the Kurds. Also included are documents on the… Continue Reading
Collaborative Online Government Document Database Launched
Blog announcement: “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), in conjunction with a coalition of government watchdog groups, launched a new online government document database, governmentdocs.org on Thursday, November 8. The database houses Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) responses, and other government documents, from a number of organizations, that can be browsed, searched and… Continue Reading
Breaking Down Digital Barriers: When and How ICT Interoperability Drives Innovation
This series is a project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and Research Center for Information Law at University of St. Gallen. Authors, John Palfrey and Urs Gasser. Breaking Down Digital Barriers White Paper Case Study: DRM-protected Music Interoperability and eInnovation Case Study: Digital Identity Interoperability and eInnovation Case… Continue Reading
Deployment of National Guard and Reserve in the Global War on Terrorism
Defense Science Board Report, September 2007 – Deployment of National Guard and Reserve in the Global War on Terrorism (53 pages, PDF): “…given current levels of operational demand, today’s Army active, National Guard and reserve force structure will not support the DOD [deployment] policy.” Continue Reading
UK Government Loses Personal Data on 25 Million Citizens
20 November 2007, Statement to the House of Commons by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, MP, on HMRC “With your permission Mr Speaker I should like to make a statement on the breach of procedures which led to missing personal data relating to child benefit from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs…The National Audit Office… Continue Reading
