Google Colombia

The forgery, pictured below, purports to be page 76 of a U.S. sixth grade textbook titled An Introduction to Geography by David Norman. There is no indication that such a book exists. The U.S. Library of Congress, with more than 29 million books and other printed materials, has no record of it. The Online Computer Learning Center's WorldCat database, the world's largest database of bibliographic information with more than 47 million books, has no record of the book. Nor can such a book be found in Internet searches on amazon.com or Google. ... [Read More]

U.S. Foreign Policy: Connections and Opportunities

Tom Friedman writes in The Lexus and the Olive Tree that in 1990 there were 800 computer systems linked on the internet. Friedman wrote in a column last June that, “In the past three years, Google has gone from processing 100 million searches per day to over 200 million searches per day – only one-third come from inside the United States. The rest are in 88 different languages . . . VeriSign, which operates much of the Internet’s infrastructure, was processing 600 million domain requests per day in early 2000. It is now processing 9 billion per day.” ... [Read More]

United States Embassy Press Release

Office of the Spokesman Thank you very much, Mrs. (Buntzie) Churchill, for that kind introduction and for inviting me back to the great city of Philadelphia and your World Affairs Council. My thanks to Claudia McBride and Denise Bala for their terrific help in planning this event. Over the past 55 years, you have engaged the public on the international issues of the day. We support your efforts and thank you for being leaders in America s conversation about foreign policy. Just as we are proud of what you do, I want you to be proud today and every day of the men and women of your U.S. State Department Foreign Service, Civil Service, and Foreign Service Nationals who serve you in 164 embassies and 263 total posts around the world. Every one of them has earned your support. You are r ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Under Secretary of State Sees Four Trends Shaping Today's World

Tom Friedman writes in "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" that in 1990 there were 800 computer systems linked on the Internet. Friedman wrote in a column this past June that, "In the past three years, Google has gone from processing 100 million searches per day to over 200 million searches per day ... only one-third come from inside the United States. The rest are in 88 different languages ... VeriSign, which operates much of the Internet's infrastructure, was processing 600 million domain requests per day in early 2000. It is now processing 9 billion per day." ... [Read More]

The Global War Against Terrorism: The Way Ahead

"Globalization" refers to the web of connections - including commercial, communications, or cultural -- that bind our world together. Since the end of the Cold War, the spread of open societies and new technologies has greatly accelerated the pace of globalization. As Tom Friedman reminds us in The Lexis and the Olive Tree, the Internet did not even exist as we know it before 1990. In 1990, there were 800 elemental computer systems linked on the Internet. Today, Google.com searches more than two billion websites in a matter of seconds to find information on nearly anything you can imagine. ... [Read More]

Remarks at the Cleveland Council on World Affairs

Tom Friedman writes in The Lexus and the Olive Tree that in 1990 there were 800 computer systems linked on the Internet. Friedman wrote in a column this past June that, “In the past 3 years, Google has gone from processing 100 million searches per day to over 200 million searches per day ... only one-third come from inside the United States. The rest are in 88 different languages ... VeriSign, which operates much of the Internet’s infrastructure, was processing 600 million domain requests per day in early 2000. It is now processing 9 billion per day.” ... [Read More]

Under Secretary Grossman Remarks at The Air War College

Thank you, General Rayburn, for that kind introduction and for hosting me today at the Air War College.  General Lamontagne, it’s wonderful to see you again.  The General and I worked together in Turkey when he commanded first Operation Provide Comfort and then Operation Northern Watch, and I was Ambassador.  I was honored to have worked with you then and it is certainly an honor today to greet you now as the Commander of this great Air University.   I’m sorry that my fello ... [Read More]

Creating Good Jobs for the Americas: Business and Government Perspectives

Greene: Google "Doing Business," it has a home page of its own. ... [Read More]

China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau)

During the year, a Harvard Law School report concluded that China had the most extensive Internet censorship in the world. According to the report, the Government blocked at least 19,000 sites during the 6-month study, and may have blocked as many as 50,000. Blocked sites included those of major foreign news organizations, health organizations, educational institutions, Taiwanese and Tibetan businesses and organizations, democracy activists, and religious and spiritual organizations. In September the Government blocked Google, a foreign-based search engine. After 2 weeks, during which the Government allegedly enhanced blocks on sensitive sites, access was restored. Altavista, another foreign-based search engine, was also blocked. The Government denied that it ever blocked the search engines. The authorities reportedly began to employ more sophisticated technology, such as "packet sniffers," enabling the selective blocking of specific content rather than entire Web sites in some cases. ... [Read More]