As part of the Google D.C. Talks series, Jim Young of Google moderated a discussion on “National Security and Web 2.0.” Panelists Lt. Col. Patrick Michaelis of the U.S. Army and Dr. Calvin Andrus and Sean Dennehy of the CIA explained how their organizations are using Web 2.0 tools to share knowledge quickly and make intelligence assessments. The panel also discussed the technical and cultural challenges to bringing Internet tools to the national security realm. This event took place on June 12, 2009 at Google’s offices in Washington, D.C.

Nicole Wong, Google’s Deputy General Counsel, testifies before two subcommittees of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce at a June 18, 2009 hearing on online advertising. Topics of discussion include Google’s advertising products, our commitment to protecting the privacy of our users, and the need for consumers to have greater transparency and choice when it comes to behavioral advertising.

You can track packages by typing the tracking number for your UPS, Fedex or USPS package directly into the search box. We’ll return results that include quick links to easily track the status of your shipment.

To see trends for population and unemployment rates of U.S. states and counties, type “population” or “unemployment rate” followed by a state or county. You can click through to a page that lets you compare different locations.

Sometimes the best way to ask a question is to get Google to fill in the blank by adding an asterisk (*) at the part of the sentence or question that you want finished into the Google search box.