I am posting a few thoughts on the SI Career Blog about my internship experience at the Columbia River Gorge Commission. I'll try to aggregate all of those posts into one post here at CiC when they are complete. Until then, you can find the posts there.

From First Monday v11n9. CIC seminar participants should be prepared to discuss this on Friday.

This article presents findings from the 2006 Public Libraries and the Internet study and other research that demonstrate the impact of public Internet access in public libraries on the communities and individuals that the libraries serve.

The 2nd International Conference on e-Government (ICEG) will be held at the University of Pittsburg, USA, on 12-13 October 2006. See URL: www.academic-conferences.org/iceg/iceg2006/iceg2006-home.htm

Apologies for double posting
Context and Theme
The reality is that if implemented with a vision, e-Government offers tremendous opportunity to reduce poverty, improve government functions and governance, and enhance citizen participation in government. Furthermore, equitable e-Government information and service delivery is expected to enhance economic prosperity and promote accountability and transparency in the public sector. To derive these benefits, countries are harnessing the burgeoning ICT sector to create knowledge societies and knowledge-driven economies.

International Symposium on Local e-Democracy
Tuesday, July 26 - Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
http://dowire.org/localedem

Sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the United Kingdom and the UK Local e-Democracy National Project with the help of our conference partners.

The International Symposium is a dynamic one day conference exploring leading e-democracy trends around the world followed with field visits to area government and community e-democracy projects the next day.

International Symposium on Local E-Democracy
July 26-27, 2005 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
http://dowire.org/localedem

The International Symposium on Local E-Democracy
is a dynamic conference exploring leading e-democracy
trends around the world. The next day, a field trip
to the "wired" chambers of the Minnesota State
Legislature and Northfield, Minnesota's community

This - a longer writeup of a story I heard on NPR last week - refers to the lawsuit Keith Harper discussed last November.

Security of Indian trust computers at issue in new hearings
BY BILL MCALLISTER/MEDIANEWS GROUP

WASHINGTON A nine-year-old class-action lawsuit that has forced the
government to begin accounting for its mishandling of billions of
dollars in Indian Trust assets enters another critical phase this week.