Month: August 2006

Statute Law Database – timetable

We are in Phase 2 of the public pilot for the SLD, which runs till 8 September. I am a Phase 2 trial user. As to the remaining timetable, Tony Hopkins, head of the SPO, reports: The last phase (3) of the pilot is scheduled to be completed by the end of October 2006. This […]

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New legislation feeds

At long last OPSIis producing RSS feeds of latest legislation. The feeds only include legislation added to the sitein the last 3 days, which is fine if you’re collecting and aggregating the data in your feed reader or otherwise, butnot much useif youare viewing the feed unaggregated.

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Google’s steps towards world domination (3)

John Naughton on the launch of Google Checkout: The trouble with IT is that there’s always someone whose business plan involves world domination. … The latest contender for Supreme Ruler is Google, which until recently was a cheeky startup run by guys claiming the freehold of the Higher Moral Ground, but is now a grubby […]

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First peek at the Statute Law Database

I now have access to the SLD for Phase 2 of the Public Pilot which runs from today for 5 weeks. Phase 3 will extend the public user base to over 100 but there’s no indication how long this will last, norof the timetable for the final evaluation, modifications and publication. Will keep you posted […]

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