Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (5 Items) E-Mail
Source: InfoWorld Can E-Mail Be Saved?
"Battered by junk and reeling under makeshift fixes, e-mail is ripe for reinvention. Here's how six of the industry's most provocative thinkers envision a brighter day.... Our six experts gave us six different answers. But all of them agreed that positive identification, rather than rejiggered economics, is the key to clearing the clutter from the e-mail channel in the enterprise." Ideas from Eric Allman (author of Sendmail); Bill Warner (developer of the Wildfire voice system); Eric Hahn (former Netscape CTO; now CEO of own startup, Proofpoint); Ray Ozzie (creator of Lotus Notes; founder/CEO of Groove Networks); Dave Winer (chairman/founder of Userland and uberblogger); Brewster Kahle (creator of WAIS, Alexa; now head of The Internet Archive). Download entire special report as PDF (5.92 MB)
-- Documents in the News Environment
Source: U.S. Commission on Oceans Full Text, Just Released, Preliminary Report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
Background in this Washington Post article.
- Research Funding--United States
Source: RAND Corporation New, Vital Assets: Federal Investment in Research and Development at the Nation's Universities and Colleges
"The federal government's investment in research and development (R&D) at the nation's universities -- which is pivotal to the U.S. innovation system -- has grown considerably. This report assesses that investment and presents a detailed analysis of the federal funds received for the conduct of R&D by state and by individual universities and colleges." Among other findings, the study reports, "Medical schools received 45 percent of all federal research and development funds provided to U.S. colleges and universities in the 2002 fiscal year." Full document, including appendix of state-by-state information - (PDF; 2.2 MB) Summary only (PDF; 0.1 MB) State-by-state appendix only (PDF; 0.9 MB) Press release See Also: New, Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 2001, 2002, and 2003 (via NSF)
-- International Relations
Source: House of Commons Library New Research Paper: Kashmir
"This Paper discusses the disagreements between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, the situation in Indian administered Kashmir and the current discussions between India and Pakistan, and between India and some Kashmiri separatists. It includes relevant UN resolutions and international agreements in Annexes, and a map."
-- Construction--Glossary
Source: National Contractor Referrals and License Bureau NCRS Glossary of Contractor Terms
"The construction term glossary has over 12,000 entries.... The best way to search for a term is to use either single words or short phrases. Alternatively, you may choose to browse the glossary by using the alphabetical index located under the search term box."
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