Peek at Space Pix
Software Engineering Patrik Göthe has a nice little project called PeekSpace in which he curates free·to·use space photography — much of it from NASA. As he says, there are plenty of free images of space on the web, but they are scattered in “an unaccessible sea of quantity and flash-slide shows.” So, Patrick has gone […]
Official New FCC Net Neutrality Rules Published
Document of the day: Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet; Final Rule Federal Register Vol. 80 Monday, No. 70 (April 13, 2015) Part II, Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR Parts 1, 8, and 20. [Official PDF version at FDsys.] SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes rules to protect and promote […]
More than 1,000 Government Domain Names Terminated
The government transparency website MuckRock has posted a list of all “.gov” domain names that have been terminated (including the reasons for termination) within the last ten years. The list was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the General Services Administration. Terminated .gov Domain Names. Muckrock. The Dot-Gov Rejects: The 1,000 […]
GPO: Designer of Government Websites
The Government Publishing Office announced yesterday that it has designed the Department of Commerce’s new Web site. GPO Designs New Department Of Commerce Website. GPO News Release (Apr 8, 2015). GPO designer Jon Raedeke collaborated with Commerce’s Chief Information Officer’s team on this project. GPO was responsible for designing the user-friendly, mobile-optimized Web site that […]