1. In the DEEP Web
Let’s go fishing…

2. As summarized from a White Paper by Michael K Bergman
entitled, “The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value”
A link to the 50+ page document is provided
at the end of this lecture (1).

3. “Searching on the Internet today can be
compared to dragging a net across the surface of
the ocean.”

4. Here’s another way to look at it.

5. Some key points to remember
 “Most of the Web’s information is buried down on
dynamically generated sites, and standard search
engines never find it.”
 “The deep Web is qualitatively different from the
surface Web.”
 Bright Planet has quantified the size and relevancy of
the deep Web in a study based on data collected in
2000.

6. Key findings from the study include:
 Public information on the deep Web in currently 400-550
times larger than the commonly defined WWW.
 Deep Web contains 7,500 terabytes of information
compared to 19 terabytes on the surface Web.
 Deep Web contains nearly 550 billion individual
documents compared to 1 billion on the surface Web.
 More than 200,000 deep Web sites presently exist.

7. Key findings from the study include:
 The typical deep Web site is not well known to the
Internet-searching public.
 The deep Web is the largest growing category of new
information on the Internet.
 More than half of the deep Web content resides in topic-
specific databases.
 A full 95% of the deep Web is publicly accessible
information – not subject to fees or subscriptions.

8. I Love this quote!
“Eighty-five percent of Web users use search engines to
find needed information, but nearly as high a percentage
cite the inability to find desired information as one of
their biggest frustrations.”

9. Bright Planet did an analysis of the
largest deep Web sites
 And compiled a list of 60 known, largest deep Web sites
containing data of about 750 terabytes of roughly 40 times
the size of the known surface Web.
 Roughly two-thirds of these sites are public ones,
representing about 90% of the content available within this
group of sixty.
 We will be exploring two of these sites in our exploration of
government resources, US Census and GPO Access.
 The full list of 60 sites is presented as Table 2 in the linked
White Paper at the end of this lecture .

10. Bear with me as we review some basic civics we
learned in the 4th grade.

11. Who remembers this?

12. Yes, that is right.
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
All three branches are represented in the deep Web.

13. Executive Branch
 President
 Vice-President
 Departments (Presidential Cabinet) – Some examples
include
 Department of Transportation
 Department of Labor
 Department of Justice

14. Executive Branch
 President
 Vice-President
 Departments (Presidential Cabinet) – Some examples
include
 Department of Transportation
 Department of Labor
Department of Justice
Now, let’s just drill a little deeper on this one department.

15. Department of Justice
 The primary rulemaking components of the
Department of Justice include:
 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
(ATF)
 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
 Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
 Civil Rights Division
 Office of Justice Programs
 Executive Office for Immigration Review

16. Department of Justice
 The primary rulemaking components of the
Department of Justice include:
 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
(ATF)
 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
 Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
 Civil Rights Division
 Office of Justice Programs
 Executive Office for Immigration Review
Once again let’s drive down on one facet – the DEA

17. Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) enforces federal controlled substances laws and
regulations. Through its diversion control program
(DCP), the DEA regulates drug manufacturers,
distributors, importers, exporters, hospitals, doctors,
pharmacists, and others involved with controlled
substances, and tracks transactions involving designated
chemicals that have legitimate uses but are subject to
diversion for illicit purposes.

18. Just one example…
 Controlled Substances Act (2).
 Just one of the laws they enforce. It is codified as part
of the US Code. The DEA is charged with enforcing
its provisions. US Code is one of the sources we will
work with in this unit.

19. Okay let’s back up.
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch

20. Legislative Branch
 Congress
 House of Representatives
 Senate
 What do they do?
 No jokes here. They make the laws.
 How?

21. Nope, I couldn’t resist one more.

22. Judicial Branch
 Courts decide arguments about the
meaning of laws, how they are applied,
and whether they break the rules of the
Constitution.
 The Supreme Court and the other courts
in the Federal system issue opinions (or
rulings) and access to those opinions are
considered part of the deep Web.

23. As we have discussed, there are 3 branches
of government. We have focused thus far on
the Federal Level. In addition to the Federal
level, we must also learn about the other
two levels of government:
State and Local
There are deep Web resources for those as well.

24. Please note as we move through this portion of the
lecture, I am using examples based on the State of
MISSOURI and the Local of SPRINGFIELD. You can
adapt these examples to fit your state and locality.
Let us proceed.

25. Executive Branch
State Local
Missouri Governor, Jay Nixon Springfield Mayor, Bob Stephens
Within the Executive Branch are works with City staff in the various
six statewide elected officials and departments to see that the laws
sixteen executive departments (city ordinances) are enforced.
responsible for executing the laws
of the state.

26. Legislative Branch
State Local
 House of Representatives and  Springfield City Council
Senate make up the Missouri  Citizens, City staff or Council
Congress in Jefferson City. members suggest an
 The bill to law process
ordinance that may resolve a
problem or address a concern.
matches the Federal system.
 Those proposed ordinances
go through a series of
readings, debate, committee
work, and a vote before some
are enacted into law. Some
die just like at Fed or State
level.

27. Judicial Branch
State Local
 Missouri Court System  Springfield Municipal Court

28. Deep Web at the State
and Local Levels
 Missouri Revised Statutes (3)
 Missouri Code of State Regulations (4)
 Casenet – Missouri Court records case records including docket
entries, parties, judgments and charges in public court.
Restrictions apply (5).
 Springfield City Code and Zoning Ordinances (6)
 Springfield MO Outstanding Municipal Warrants (7)
I point these out not because we will necessarily cover them, but to
illustrate that these are all government resources that can be
considered part of the deep Web. Including them may also
encourage you to seek out such resources in your own jurisdictions.

30. This is a three-week unit on
Government Resources.
 Week One – Reading and Discussion Board
Participation
 Week Two – Exploration of Resources
 Week Three – Practice via Assignment
 Please visit the Discussion Board, Unit
Support, and Assignments sections of
Blackboard to proceed.

31. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LECTURE
RESOURCES
1. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-
idx?c=jep;view=text;rgn=main;idno=3336451.0007.104
2. http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/21cfr/21usc/index.ht
ml
3. http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/statutes.htm
4. www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/csr.asp
5. https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/base/welcome.do
6. http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=11598
7. http://www.springfieldmo.gov/spd/wanted/municipalwa
rrants/default.aspx