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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Fw: VERY DISTURBING: Website scrub: No URL left behind?
Thanks for sending this along, Jerry! It is a summary of the shennaighans that the American Library Association (a hotbed of radicals, indeed!) has been monitoring in its up-to-date bulletins I fwd this list these past few months. wrt: From Education Week (September 18, 2002): No URL Left Behind? Web Scrub Raises Concerns http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=03web.h22 Where are all the surprises in this? why is ths all SO predictable? where ARE the Canyons deep enough to contain us all in this *Brave New World*?! (aka Novo Ordo Seclorum! that New World Order!) Oh! they're *out there*! ...and most helpful, BTW, in addition to the quite fine summary of these DIRE affairs this article offers, are the WEB links for context at the end of this review by Education Week (On-the-Web)... ;-} rap. REFs: The Department of Education provides a site map breaking down its current Web offerings. See also a linked organizational chart. http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp http://www.ed.gov/utilities/siteMap.jsp http://www.ed.gov/about/offices.jsp The department recently developed a distinct site designed to provide information on the "No Child Left Behind" Act and related initiatives to parents. http://www.nclb.gov/index.html The research digests put out by the Educational Resources Information Center may soon be removed from the department's domain. The digests would still be available from ERIC's own network of sites. http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/ http://eric.ed.gov/ Read "Pentagon Reassesses Its Web Sites," a 1999 news story from the WashingtonPost.com's "Federal Internet Guide." The article covers a debate about whether the Pentagon, in an Internet policy change, "went too far in restricting the information it makes public on the Internet." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/fedguide/stories/ap021699.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/fedguide/overview.htm The National Archives and Records Administration provides information on federal records management, including frequently asked questions. http://www.archives.gov http://www.archives.gov/records_management/index.html http://www.archives.gov/records_management/records_management_basics/federal_government.html PHOTOS: The Department of Education's Web site, shown at left in a 1997 incarnation and below as it currently appears, has been a work in progress since its 1994 debut. Three times the agency has overhauled the site. A fourth face-lift is under way. http://www.edweek.org/info-epe/copyright.htm © 2002 Editorial Projects in Education Vol. 22, number 03, page 1,26 -- "Dein Wachstum sei feste und lache vor Lust! Deines Herzens Trefflichkeit Hat dir selbst das Feld bereit', Auf dem du bluehen musst." JS Bach: Bauern Kantata Richard A. Parkany: SUNY@Albany Prometheus Educational Services http://www.borg.com/~rparkany/ Upper Hudson & Mohawk Valleys; New York State, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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