The CIO is not scheduled for a presentation to the Budget committee — and there are more than $700 million in expenditures statewide. Interesting
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Appropriations Hearings
Rep. Terry Coleman just asked the Accounting Officer how much sales tax revenue the state was losing to Internet Sales
Answer: $200-300 million
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Papal Views on Third Millenium Tech
“Today we have vast material resources available to us,� he said. “The men of this technological age risk becoming victims of the successes of their intelligence and the results of their operative capabilities, if what they obtain is spiritual atrophy and an emptiness in the heart. Pope Benedictus Urbi et Orbi  Times Online December 26, 2005
I can think of several names — Ralph Reed, Tom DeLay, Dick Cheney …
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News for today
Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving. No clips til Saturday.
Business
Ford is on track to unveil revamp plan in January
WSJ ($$$) |staff |Business:Auto
Pajamas – Open – Pajamas
Yahoo | AP | Business:Media:Internet
Cable vs. Phone: Giants escalate turf war
WSJ ($$$) | staff | Business:Telecom Continue reading
WSJ ($$$) |staff |Business:Auto
Pajamas – Open – Pajamas
Yahoo | AP | Business:Media:Internet
Cable vs. Phone: Giants escalate turf war
WSJ ($$$) | staff | Business:Telecom Continue reading
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News for today
November 22 2005
Business
GM to close factories and cut 30,000 jobs
NYT | Maynard, Micheline | Business:Auto:GM:Doraville
Doraville on GM’s hit list
AJC | Grantham, Russell | Business:Auto:Atlanta
Future cloudy for Ford facility
AJC | staff | Business:Auto:Atlanta
New AT&T could complicate Cingular’s plans
AJC | staff | Business:Communications:Atlanta
No. 2 Vodka maker turns to web ads
Yahoo | Adweek | Media:Ads
Home Depot apoligizes to customer accused of stealing a pencil
AccessNorthGa | AP | Business:Tough Times
Car Rental Customer charged for damage already reported against previous renter
Post | staff | Business:Tough Times
NYT | Maynard, Micheline | Business:Auto:GM:Doraville
Doraville on GM’s hit list
AJC | Grantham, Russell | Business:Auto:Atlanta
Future cloudy for Ford facility
AJC | staff | Business:Auto:Atlanta
New AT&T could complicate Cingular’s plans
AJC | staff | Business:Communications:Atlanta
No. 2 Vodka maker turns to web ads
Yahoo | Adweek | Media:Ads
Home Depot apoligizes to customer accused of stealing a pencil
AccessNorthGa | AP | Business:Tough Times
Car Rental Customer charged for damage already reported against previous renter
Post | staff | Business:Tough Times
Courts
High Court changes ruling on ID theft
Macon | staff | Courts:ID Theft:Cyberlaw
Justices reverse ID fraud decision
AJC | Husted, Bill | Courts:ID Theft:Cyberlaw
Macon | staff | Courts:ID Theft:Cyberlaw
Justices reverse ID fraud decision
AJC | Husted, Bill | Courts:ID Theft:Cyberlaw
Economy
Outsourcing to the heartland
Wired | staff | Economy:US:Outsourcing
GM Doraville plant to shutdown in 2008 (-2,900 jobs)
ABC | staff | Economy:Georgia:jobs
Doraville GM plant to close
Gwinnett | staff | Economy:Georgia:Jobs
Atlanta to lose business icon, but not hope
AccessNorthGA | AP | Economy:Georgia:Jobs
Shortage of immigrant workers alarms growers in West
Post | Geis, Sonya | Economy:US:Immigration
Moderate growth in economy expected
Seattle | AP |Economy:US:Indicators
Florida boatmaker will create 425 Baxley jobs
Jacksonville | staff | Economy:Ga:Jobs
Wired | staff | Economy:US:Outsourcing
GM Doraville plant to shutdown in 2008 (-2,900 jobs)
ABC | staff | Economy:Georgia:jobs
Doraville GM plant to close
Gwinnett | staff | Economy:Georgia:Jobs
Atlanta to lose business icon, but not hope
AccessNorthGA | AP | Economy:Georgia:Jobs
Shortage of immigrant workers alarms growers in West
Post | Geis, Sonya | Economy:US:Immigration
Moderate growth in economy expected
Seattle | AP |Economy:US:Indicators
Florida boatmaker will create 425 Baxley jobs
Jacksonville | staff | Economy:Ga:Jobs
Education
Regents name three finalists for Chancellor’s position
AccessNorthGa | AP | Education:Higher Ed:Admin:Chancellor
Chancellor Finalists announced
RedandBlack | Staff | Education:Higher Ed:Admin:Chancellor
Three finalists to University System named
AJC | Simmons, Kelly | Education:Higher Ed:Admin:Chancellor
Regents announce chancellor finalists
Athens | staff |Education:Higher Ed:Admin:Chancellor
GSU professor faces child porn charge
AJC | staff | Education:Higher Ed:Staff
AccessNorthGa | AP | Education:Higher Ed:Admin:Chancellor
Chancellor Finalists announced
RedandBlack | Staff | Education:Higher Ed:Admin:Chancellor
Three finalists to University System named
AJC | Simmons, Kelly | Education:Higher Ed:Admin:Chancellor
Regents announce chancellor finalists
Athens | staff |Education:Higher Ed:Admin:Chancellor
GSU professor faces child porn charge
AJC | staff | Education:Higher Ed:Staff
Energy
Oil prices up on US snowstorm warnings
San Fran | staff | Energy:Heating
San Fran | staff | Energy:Heating
Ethics
Former aid to DeLay pleads guilty
NYT | Stout, David | Ethics:DeLay:Abramoff:Scanlon
NYT | Stout, David | Ethics:DeLay:Abramoff:Scanlon
Government
Fulton tax assessors hit with $1.4 million penalty
AJC | staff | Government:Fulton:Taxes:Competence
AJC | staff | Government:Fulton:Taxes:Competence
Ga 316 at I-85 to be rebuilt
AJC | staff | Government:GA:Transportation
Companies elected for road project
Gwinnett | staff | Government:Ga:Transportation
AJC | staff | Government:GA:Transportation
Companies elected for road project
Gwinnett | staff | Government:Ga:Transportation
Health
Grady faces $42 million shortfall
AJC | staff | Health:Grady
AJC | staff | Health:Grady
Issues
Is TABOR in Arizona’s future?
Arizona Capital | staff | Issues:TABOR
Georgia needs a taxpayer bill of rights
AJC | Kent, Phil | Issues:TABOR
Arizona Capital | staff | Issues:TABOR
Georgia needs a taxpayer bill of rights
AJC | Kent, Phil | Issues:TABOR
Politics
Poll: Anti-Bush sentiment trickling down
Raleigh | staff | Politics:GOP:Bush
Two ejected from Bush event in Denver file suit
NYT | Johnson, Kirk | Politics:Bush:Speech
Around Town
Marietta | Kinney, Bill | Politics:Georgia
Raleigh | staff | Politics:GOP:Bush
Two ejected from Bush event in Denver file suit
NYT | Johnson, Kirk | Politics:Bush:Speech
Around Town
Marietta | Kinney, Bill | Politics:Georgia
Technology
World Digital Library planned
Post | Vise, David | Technology:Books:Access
Google gives $3 million to Digital Library
NYT | staff | Technology:Books:Access
Texas sues Sony under anti-spyware law
USA | staff | Technology:Cybercrime:DRM
Sony BMG sued over CD’s with Anti-piracy software
NYT | Zeller, Tom | Technology:Cybercrime:DRM
Hackers hitting popular apps
Yahoo | Techweb | Technology:Security:Internet
Hackers targeting security programs
Post | Krim, Jonathan | Technology:Security:Internet
Post | Vise, David | Technology:Books:Access
Google gives $3 million to Digital Library
NYT | staff | Technology:Books:Access
Texas sues Sony under anti-spyware law
USA | staff | Technology:Cybercrime:DRM
Sony BMG sued over CD’s with Anti-piracy software
NYT | Zeller, Tom | Technology:Cybercrime:DRM
Hackers hitting popular apps
Yahoo | Techweb | Technology:Security:Internet
Hackers targeting security programs
Post | Krim, Jonathan | Technology:Security:Internet
Op/Ed
Stop going nowhere
AJC | Editor | Editorials:MARTA
Doraville GM loss a lesson for Georgia
AJC | Editor | Editorials:Jobs
RIP, School Revenue and Budget Ideas
AJC | Editor |Editorials:Legislature:TABOR:Education:Sales Tax
Agendas drive leak of memo
AJC | Wooten, Jim | Editorials:Voting:ID:Burmeister
Minor changes to voter id law may be prudent
Athens | Editor | Editorials:Voting:ID
Israel-American chamber could be resource for Georgia
Athens | Jones, Walter | Editorials:Trade:Israel
Unions need to retool
Augusta | Editor | Editorials:Jobs
GOP opposition to Voting Rights Act akin to ‘Southern Strategy’
Macon | Editor | Editorials:Voting:Politics
The ties that bind the Legislature
Macon | Editor | Editorials:Marriage
Taxing and unfriendly church
NYT | Editor | Editorials:Religion:IRS
A blot on the nation
Rome | Editor | Editorials:Homeless
You cannot serve God and Wealth
Waco | Young, Jack | Editorials:Reed:Abramoff
AJC | Editor | Editorials:MARTA
Doraville GM loss a lesson for Georgia
AJC | Editor | Editorials:Jobs
RIP, School Revenue and Budget Ideas
AJC | Editor |Editorials:Legislature:TABOR:Education:Sales Tax
Agendas drive leak of memo
AJC | Wooten, Jim | Editorials:Voting:ID:Burmeister
Minor changes to voter id law may be prudent
Athens | Editor | Editorials:Voting:ID
Israel-American chamber could be resource for Georgia
Athens | Jones, Walter | Editorials:Trade:Israel
Unions need to retool
Augusta | Editor | Editorials:Jobs
GOP opposition to Voting Rights Act akin to ‘Southern Strategy’
Macon | Editor | Editorials:Voting:Politics
The ties that bind the Legislature
Macon | Editor | Editorials:Marriage
Taxing and unfriendly church
NYT | Editor | Editorials:Religion:IRS
A blot on the nation
Rome | Editor | Editorials:Homeless
You cannot serve God and Wealth
Waco | Young, Jack | Editorials:Reed:Abramoff
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Winer has a WordPress blog
Dave is playing with WordPress. There goes the neigborhood!
Welcome!
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WYSIWG NOT WORKING
For some reason, the WordPress WYSIWIG is not functioning — hence my posts look like crap.
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e-Topical Stories
November 21 2005
11/21/2005
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Woodward? Google? A plague a week
   NYT | Carr, David | Business:Media:Newspapers
Use the Internet, don’t fear it, Newspaper editors told
   Yahoo | AFP | Business:Media:Newspapers
Campaigns
Warner surges in to New Hampshire
   Post | Leibovich, Mark | Campaigns:US:2008:Warner
   Post | Leibovich, Mark | Campaigns:US:2008:Warner
Congress
Inheriting a nation: GOP prepares to revoke citizenship birthright
   Monitor | staff | Congress:Immigration:Constitution
   Monitor | staff | Congress:Immigration:Constitution
Education
Two UGA law professors put on state bar Freedom Commission
   Athens | staff | Education:Higher Ed:UGA
New hospital to reshape Emory
   ABC | staff | Education:Higher Ed:Emory
At Harvard, a man, a plan and a scanner
   Athens | staff | Education:Higher Ed:UGA
New hospital to reshape Emory
   ABC | staff | Education:Higher Ed:Emory
At Harvard, a man, a plan and a scanner
   NYT | Hafner, Katie | Education:Higher Ed:Books:Google
Advanced math multiplying in middle schools in Maryland
   Post | Vise, Daniel | Education:K12:Math
Government
Metro commutes shorter, congestion no better
   AJC | Hart, Ariel | Government:GA:Transportation
   AJC | Hart, Ariel | Government:GA:Transportation
Mayor takes wheels of trolley project
   AJC | staff | Government:GA:Transportation
Issues
TABOR’s demise is greatly exaggerated
   Pueblo | staff | Issues:TABOR
After Eminent Domain Victory, disputed project goes nowhere
   Pueblo | staff | Issues:TABOR
After Eminent Domain Victory, disputed project goes nowhere
   NYT | Yardley, William | Issues:Eminent Domain
Why Iraq war support fell so fast
   CSMonitor | staff | Issues:Iraq
Katrina
Big ticket Katrina costs yet to come
   Boston | Post | Katrina:Budget
   Boston | Post | Katrina:Budget
Legislature
Facing off on eminent domain
   Rome | staff | Legislature:Eminent Domain
   Rome | staff | Legislature:Eminent Domain
Politics
Kilgore endorsement fals flat in Fairfax chamber
   Post | staff |Politics:GOP:Chamber
   Post | staff |Politics:GOP:Chamber
Technology
AT&T bets on Internet technology
   WSJ ($$$) | staff | Technology:Communications:Internet
   WSJ ($$$) | staff | Technology:Communications:Internet
Exercising the brain
   MIT | staff | Technology:e-Learning
Search now No. 2 among web tasks
   Yahoo | AP | Technology:Search
Big jump in search engine use
   PEW | staff | Technology:Search
Op/Ed
Money at a good time
   ABC | Williams, Dick | Editorials:Politics:Fulton:GOP
No time to cut the cord
   AJC | Editor | Editorials:Katrina
Storm victims will get housing, not heave ho
   AJC | Westmoreland, Lynn | Editorials:Katrina:Housing
   ABC | Williams, Dick | Editorials:Politics:Fulton:GOP
No time to cut the cord
   AJC | Editor | Editorials:Katrina
Storm victims will get housing, not heave ho
   AJC | Westmoreland, Lynn | Editorials:Katrina:Housing
White people! Don’t just cast a vote, sell it
   AJC | Bookman, Jay | Editorials:Voting:ID
PATRIOT Filibuster could protect our liberties
   Macon | Editor | Editorials:PATRIOT
Isakson right to back the President
   Marietta | McKee, Dan | Editorials:Isakson:Iraq
RIP well deserved for state school sales tax
   Marietta | Editor |Editorials:Education:Sales Tax
Why the US should look to Japan for better schools
   NYT | Staples, Brent | Editorials:Education:Reform
Keeping the faith: Veterans, Healthcare
   Rome | Editor | Editorials:Healthcare:Veterans
Respecting Marriage
   Savannah | Editor | Editorials:Marriage
Are we losing the global race for talent?
   WSJ ($$$) | Editor | Editorials:Immigration:Competitive
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20 nov 2005
November 20 2005
Campaigns
WMAZ Election Survey
WMAZ | staff | Campaigns:Ga:Gov:Survey
Lt. Governor’s race grabs spotlight
AJC | McWhirter, Cameron | Campaigns:GA:LtGov:Reed:Cagle
Congressional Candidate speaks to local Dems
Douglas | staff |Campaigns:Ga:CD01:Nelson
WMAZ | staff | Campaigns:Ga:Gov:Survey
Lt. Governor’s race grabs spotlight
AJC | McWhirter, Cameron | Campaigns:GA:LtGov:Reed:Cagle
Congressional Candidate speaks to local Dems
Douglas | staff |Campaigns:Ga:CD01:Nelson
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Final meeting of Emerging Telecom Study Committee
Present: Seabaugh, Loudermilk, Lewis, Balfour, Amerson
Chairman Seabaugh began the process by affirming to everyone that no one, including himself, attempted to influence the direction or outcome of the advisory committee.
Agenda
Presentation of Committee (I will scan and forward as it includes draft legislation)
Joe Bankoff is making the final presentation
Repeats his description of the process (he went over that during the last presentation)
Follows the printed report..
He says, the element that is missing, that the state needs to focus on to improve education, gain new jobs – is looking at what we need to do to get people to use it – digital literacy. He recommends that they consider further stidu by committee. Continue reading
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