Chris Zammarelli, blogger of the month (BOTM) for February, 2007
February is a short month, but I'm sure that Chris Zammarelli, this month's blogger-of-the-month, will make the most of it. Check out Chris' bio for more. Welcome Chris! I'd also like to thank Deb Liptak for being our BOTM for January. Deb was very busy and posted lots of great stories. Thanks tons Deb. We hope you continue to add to the conversation! Here's the list of Deb's posts in reverse chronological order:
- Two Leaders
- House Committee on Science and Technology
- FirstGov.gov will soon become USA.gov
- What is Information Warfare?
- Wikileaks.org
- Military Expands Intelligence Role in U.S.
- Pentagon Sets Rules for Terror Suspect Trials
- Boeing and U. S. Air Force Research Laboratory Launch "Airborne Information Broker" Balloon.
- Woman faces 13-year wait for public records
- New Report: Government Secrecy vs. Freedom of the Press
- Rockefeller: I Don't Trust What They're Doing
Chris Zammarelli, BOTM for February, 2007
Chris Zammarelli is studying e-government at the University of Maryland's College of Information Studies. He the webmaster for SLA's Government Information Division and writes the blog Libraryola. He has worked in law and government libraries for a number of years, and is a huge GAO fan. Continue reading
Feb. 6 Hearing on EPA issues
From the Feb. 1 Congressional Record Daily Digest, page D130:
Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 6, to hold an oversight hearing to examine recent Environmental Protection Agency decisions, focusing on EPA actions and documents, including monitoring regulations related to perchlorate, the process for setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), the lead NAAQS process, air toxics control (the once in always in policy), the Toxic Release Inventory, and EPA library closures, 10 a.m., SD-406.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearings are webcast; see the hearings section of their site at http://epw.senate.gov/ . Continue reading
SIPP saved for 2007!
Great news! According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), the nation’s only large-scale, longitudinal source of data on poverty, unemployment, and disability, has been funded for FY07!! Read the press release. FGI has been tracking this for a while. You can see our past stories here. Continue reading
Information Operations Roadmap
I came across a recently declassified document from October, 2003 called Information Operations Roadmap authored by Donald Rumsfeld from Bryan Alexander's blog. The document is attached. Continue reading