Thomas Vander Wal's Bookmarks Tagged With "government"
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Senate Grapples With Web Privacy Issues - washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070902079.html?sec-tech
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The U.S. Senate is grappling with identity, privacy, and tracking on the internet again. They need serious help as they don't have a foundation for understanding in the slightest.
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Google has lots to do with intelligence
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/29/BUQLUAP8L.DTL
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The SF Gate has a good article about Intellipedia, a service that is a collection of social web applications that sit securely inside the boundaries of the intelligence community. The tools are shared across all intelligence agencies and informati… More
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Jounce:: The DC Web Community is Being Held Back by The Man
http://jounce.net/2008/03/24/the-dc-web-community-is-being-held-back-by-the-man/
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Jackson Wilkinson has a fantastic rant on the problems of technology industry in the Washington, DC area.
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Senate Bill 1959 to Criminalize Thoughts, Blogs, Books and Free Speech Across America
http://www.newstarget.com/022308.html
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This is one of the most chilling things I have run across possibly ever. Please read and take action. Thanks.
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GoPubMed: Searching is now sorted! The Web 2.0 for real
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=50204
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Pubmed has been augmented with GoPubMed to better focus on the medical document searcher's needs and preferences. Search results can be rated and curated (tagged) for improved results for that person in the future.
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DOT Bans Vista Upgrades - Technology News by InformationWeek
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197700911
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The agency has an "indefinite moratorium" on upgrades because "there appears to be no compelling technical or business case for upgrading," CIO Daniel Mintz says in a Jan. 19 staff memo obtained by InformationWeek. In addition, there are "specific… More
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Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook?
http://albumoftheday.com/facebook/
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While some of the "facts" in the Flash video are really a stretch (the purpose of DARPA, mostly) it is an eye opening - I am glad I refound it
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FTC abandons net neutrality - vnunet.com
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2193214/ftc-abandons-net-neutrality
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The FTC proves they failed economics by leaving pricing on access to internet to a market, but there can not be a market with oligopoly, as in telecom industry
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A-MAZE-ING / His reputation on the line, contractor finishes repair early, and I-580 opens
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/25/MNG6EQ1IDG1.DTL
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Utterly amazing that the destroyed Bay Area highway bridge was rebuilt and reopen in about half the alloted time. It is a great story of project management, resource allocation, and contract incentives.
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My life without Google - CenterNetworks - News, Reviews, Insights and Interviews
http://www.centernetworks.com/my-life-without-google
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How much did I use Google? Apparently a lot more often than even I could speculate. For the last two weeks, I've had google.com blocked at both work and home. The amount of data they're gathering on me is frightening. Not because of
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