The United States Government Accountability Office has released a 320 page report (PDF) admitting that "DHS has made limited progress in the areas of emergency preparedness and response."
Scirus, a free science-specific search engine by Elsevier Science, is expanding its repository search service to Asia-Pacific by partnering with Chiba University to index its institutional repository, Curator, and to power the search capability on its site
New Research estimates that the size of the online research market in the UK will more than double in 2004, compared to 2003, with estimated values as high as £160m.
BT announced its intention to cut the prices for its shared Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) products by up 70% in a series of cuts starting from June this year.