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Thursday, 22nd January 2004

Report on Permanent Public Access to Electronic Government Information

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (5 Items)
Mergers and Acquistions--Statistics
Source: Bureau van Dijk
Full Text, M&A Synopsis
From the document, "...a quarterly review of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and IPOs. The review is written by Ed Mountifield using ZEPHYR, the comprehensive M&A database which is published by Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing (BvD)." Numerous charts and rankings. 17 pages (pdf). Free. You can also find a few statistics on this web page.
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Technology--Lists & Rankings
Source: Technology Review
10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change Your World
From the article, "Technology Review unveils its annual selection of hot new technologies about to affect our lives in revolutionary ways�and profiles the innovators behind them."
The Ten Technologies:
Universal Translation
Synthetic Biology
Nanowires
Bayesian Machine Learning
T-Rays
Distributed Storage
RNA Interference
Power Grid Control
Microfluidic Optical Fibers
Personal Genomics
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Goverment Information--United States
Source: American Association of Law Librarians
Full Text, State-by-State Report on Permanent Public Access to Electronic Government Information
From the report, "The purpose of this study, generously funded by a grant from Aspen Legal Publishers, was to assess the level of permanent public access to electronic government information across all state governments. Members of the American Association of Law Libraries in each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico completed a comprehensive survey. The survey results reveal that no state is comprehensively addressing these challenges. Very few states have updated their statutes to explicitly incorporate electronic government information into their public access, Freedom of Information or depository laws."
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Computer Security
Source: NIST
Just Released, Full Text, Computer Security Incident Handling Guide
From a GCN article, "The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published guidelines for responding to security breaches in government computer systems."
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NASA
Source: NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Computational Sciences Division: Publications
Library of technical publications by NASA computational science researchers since 1999. Topics range from space- and aviation-specific (Mars Rovers: Past, Present and Future) to data/information management (Source Update Capture in Information Agents). Some reports are not available online but most are; extensive abstracts often available. Full text in PDF format.

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