The Immigration and Naturalization Service's Contacts With Two September 11 Terrorists: A Review of the INS's Admissions of Mohamed Atta and Marwan Alshehhi, its Processing of their Change of Status Applications, and its Efforts to Track Foreign Students in the United States [.pdf]
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/2002_05/fullreport.pdf
Six months after the September 11th tragedy, Huffman Aviation International, a small flight training school in Venice, Florida, received official documents from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) allowing Mohamed Atta and Marwan Alshehhi (2 of the 19 plane hijackers) to attend their school. Subsequently, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigated the circumstances surrounding that ordeal, and recorded the outcome of that investigation in this newly released report. This report reveals OIG's analysis and conclusions regarding Atta's and Alshehhi's entries into the US, INS's processing of Atta's and Alshehhi's change of status applications and the I-20 forms associated with those applications, and INS's system for monitoring and tracking foreign students in the US. At the report's end, OIG provides 24 systematic recommendations addressing the inadequacies regarding INS's practices and procedures.
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Twenty-third Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [.pdf, .doc]
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/Products/OSEP2001AnlRpt/
During the 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), Congress appointed the US Department of Education to perform a national assessment of all activities operating under the Act. Presented by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), this volume of the annual report to Congress regarding the implementation of IDEA contains the results of this national assessment. The report contains four sections -- Results, Student Characteristics, Programs and Services, and Policies -- and each section can be assessed individually. Viewers may choose to download the report using Adobe Acrobat or MS Word.
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Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) [.pdf]
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/index.htm
Presented by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Cholesterol Education Program, this report summarizes the panel's discoveries regarding the detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults. Internet users have the option of viewing the 40-page executive summary or the 372-page full report. Some of the many topics addressed in the report include risk assessment and management of coronary heart disease, primary and secondary prevention of LDL-cholesterol lowering therapy, therapeutic lifestyle changes, and drug interventions to improve adherence. This extensive report also assesses and provides recommendations for those who fall in the "special populations" category. In short, persons in the medical field, as well as individuals who suffer from high cholesterol (or know someone who does), will find this report valuable.
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Netherlands Institute for War Documentation
http://www.niod.nl/engels/english.html
Promoting and facilitating the study of the global impact of World War II, the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIWD) actively encourages consultation of its archives and services -- some of which are accessible online, while others must be consulted in person. With extensive textual and photographic documentation of the war, especially aspects relating to the German occupation of the Netherlands, the NIWD is a fantastic resource for anyone attempting to conduct research on the traumatic impact of world war. Particularly strong in documenting the war as it impacted the Netherlands and its immediate geographic neighbors, the Institute supports research on the mistreatment and deportation of the Jews through meticulously maintained records, the majority of which are in Dutch or German. Aside from presenting lists of its holdings and areas of expertise, the NIWD site also makes available online bibliographies produced by its area scholars and archivists. Lastly, the site also serves as a source of information on associated organizations and their efforts, including forthcoming publications, conferences, and research awards.
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Scottish Women Writers of the Romantic Period
http://alexanderstreet.com/PSSWRP.htm
Presented by the Alexander Street Press along with scholars from the University of California at Davis and the University of Nebraska, Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period is a newly released electronic database of over 60 volumes of lyric poetry written by Scottish women between 1789 and 1832. The database includes poems of more than fifty women whose works were well known in their time, but absent from modern bibliographies. This electronic collection also includes a critical introduction written by Stephen Behrendt, a bibliography listing more than 250 works, and thirty-five critical essays written by leading academics. This resource is available on the Web, either through annual subscription or as a one-time purchase of perpetual access.
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Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Presented by the Library of Congress, Portals to the World is an electronic database containing selective links that provide information on the various nations and other areas of the world. Countries are arranged alphabetically and contain links sorted in areas such as General Resources, Government and Law, Literature and Culture, News and Current Events, Libraries, Business and Residential Directories, and much more. Although in a nascent stage, the site provides a vast amount of links for each listed country. When completed, the project intends to have all the nations of the world included on its Web page.
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The National Academies' 2001 Report to Congress
http://www.nationalacademies.org/annualreport/
The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, together, formulate what is known as the National Academies. Each year, the National Academies present a Report to Congress that reveals its work, discoveries, and evaluations. The 2001 report has recently been released, and it contains data in the areas of science, engineering, and technology; natural resources and the environment; health and safety; education and social issues; studies and projects completed; current Congressional authorized activities; and revenue applied to 2001. On the whole, this report is primarily for those persons interested in the procedural practices and findings of the National Academies.
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Spring 2002 InfiniBand Solutions Conference Speakers [.pdf]
http://www.infinibandta.org/events/past/spring2002/
InfiniBand is high-end architecture for computer input/ output systems. It is a very new technology and is scheduled to be available on the market late this quarter. With high profile companies like Intel, Microsoft, and Dell supporting the InfiniBand Trade Association, the technology is generating considerable interest within the industry. In the Spring 2002 InfiniBand Solutions Conference (held last month), speakers addressed the technology, its architecture and protocols, and the direction that it might take as it emerges. These presentations are given on the conference's Web site, and they provide a good insight into InfiniBand's beginnings. This site is also reviewed in the May 24, 2002 NSDL MET Report.
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