Report No. D-2008-048 Procuring Noncompetitive Spare Parts Through an Exclusive Distributor, February 6, 2008. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2008
University of Chicago Law Removes Classroom Web Access
Jerry Crimmins, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, April 10, 2008: ” The University of Chicago Law School has removed Internet access in most of its classrooms because of a growing problem of students surfing the Web on laptops during lectures…Law students’ use of laptops to surf the Web, read and write e-mail and play computer games… Continue Reading
Transformed Social Interaction in Immersive Virtual Reality
Transformed Social Interaction in Immersive Virtual Reality, J.N. Bailenson, Stanford University. Continue Reading
Library of Congress Opens New Interactive Collections
Inside the Experience: “Opening April 12, interactive technologies will make the Library of Congress and its collections more dynamic and accessible than ever. This Library of Congress Experience will offer hands-on interaction with rare cultural treasures in ways that inspire and engage. Artifacts like the Waldseemüller map (the first to include the name America), the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Media Ownership, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Force Structure, Internet Sales
Media Ownership: Economic Factors Influence the Number of Media Outlets in Local Markets, While Ownership by Minorities and Women Appears Limited and Is Difficult to Assess, GAO-08-383, March 12, 2008 Millennium Challenge Corporation: Analysis of Compact Development and Future Obligations and Current Disbursements of Compact Assistance, GAO-08-577R, April 11, 2008 Defense Acquisitions: 2009 Review of… Continue Reading
DHS OIG: Collision of the M/V COSCO BUSAN with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
OIG-08-38 – Aillison of the M/V COSCO BUSAN with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, April 2008 (PDF, 56 pages): “Response to an oil spill is a multifaceted and multilayered effort requiring both an autonomous and cooperative response on the part of each stakeholder. This mishap highlighted the need for federal, state, and local agencies to… Continue Reading
GPO Study of Regional Depositories
FDLP Desktop: “The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) was directed by the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) to conduct a study on the conditions of regional depository libraries. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the extent to which public access to Federal depository resources may be impaired by current or projected organizational, financial,… Continue Reading
House Committee on Small Business Explores Updating Tax Code as Means of Helping Entrepreneurs Spur the Economy
News release: “Times change and so should the tax code, but with tax day less than a week away millions of entrepreneurs are facing outdated IRS provisions that stifle their ability to boost the economy. Today, the House Committee on Small Business heard from a panel of business owners and tax experts at a hearing… Continue Reading
Conference Report: Disruptive Civil Technologies- Six Technologies with Potential Impacts on US Interests out to 2025
National Intelligence Council (NIC) is the Intelligence Community’s (IC’s) center for midterm and long-term strategic thinking. Conference Report: Disruptive Civil Technologies – Six Technologies with Potential Impacts on US Interests out to 2025 “Six civil technologies offer the potential to enhance or degrade US power over the next fifteen years according to National Intelligence Council… Continue Reading
White House Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet: The Way Forward in Iraq
Fact Sheet: The Way Forward in Iraq – “Today, President Bush announced that after detailed discussions with the Secretaries of State and Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff he is accepting General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker’s recommendations on the way ahead in Iraq. General Petraeus reported that security conditions have improved… Continue Reading
FTC: Do Not Call Registrations Permanent
News release: “Telephone numbers placed on the National Do Not Call Registry will remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008. More than 157 million phone numbers are on the National Do Not Call Registry. Under the Act, the Federal Trade Commission will continue to… Continue Reading
PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata, version 2.0
News release: “Together with its supporting documentation, the PREMIS Data Dictionary provides a comprehensive, practical resource for implementing preservation metadata in digital archiving systems. Preservation metadata is defined as information that preservation repositories need to know to support digital materials over the long term. This document is a revision of Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata:… Continue Reading
