Web Search--Ask Jeeves
Web Search--iLOR
Source: SearchDay "iLOR Dumps Google for Ask Jeeves/Teoma"
Chris Sherman breaks the news of iLOR's change from providing results from Google to providing results from Ask Jeeves. He writes, "Run a search on iLOR and you see the same set of results you'd get from searching Ask's Direct Hit database(though iLOR plans to switch to the Teoma database as soon as Ask allows it). These results are ranked by popularity, as measured both by how many people visited a page and how much time was spent viewing it." See Also: Read iLOR's Official Announcement See Also: "Ask Jeeves Completes Integration of Teoma Results"
Online Industry--Dialog Dialog Unveils New Product Aimed at Small Business Market, DialogPRO
Dialog PRO (Predictable Research Online) will be a fee-based service with fixed monthly fees providing unlimited search and retrieval capabilities. From the news release, "A subscriber's fixed monthly subscription is based on the individual source selections the subscriber chooses. All DialogPRO accounts are available for flat fee subscriptions. (Certain restrictions, based on client revenue size, apply.) Additional content materials not included in a subscription may be searched and retrieved on a transactional basis." See Also: DialogSelect, Open-Access, Pay-Per-View
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New and Updated Reports from the Congressional Research Service
It's time for another look at a selection of new and or updated reports from the CRS. To access these full-text reports(.pdf) head to this page from Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) or this page Rep. Mark Green (R-WI). Then, select/click the appropriate category and scroll to the report. Here are a few selected new or recently updated reports. CRS Issue Briefs
*IB87020 Campaign Financing (Updated 2/14/02)
*IB10012 Intelligence Issues for Congress (Updated 2/4/02)
*IB93033 Iran: Current Developments and U.S. Policy (Updated 2/11/02)
*IB94049 Iraq-U.S. Confrontation (Updated 1/18/02)
*IB10068 Major Tax Issues in the 107th Congress (Updated 2/14/02)
*IB94041 Pakistan-U.S. Relations (Updated 2/14/02)
*IB95112 Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy (Updated 1/31/02)
- CRS Short Reports
*RS21115 Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans (Updated 2/6/02)
*RS21135 Enron Collapse: An Overview of Financial Issues (Updated 2/14/02)
*98-53 Salaries of Federal Officials: A Fact Sheet (Updated 1/7/02)
- CRS Long Reports
*RL30153 Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation (Updated 2/6/02)
*RL31270 Internet Statistics: Explanation and Sources (Updated 2/6/02)
*RL31119 Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2002
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