Commentary on the Evolution and Impact of Open Access Scholarly Data
Delivering Open Access: From Promise to Practice – “Derek Law predicts how the open access agenda will develop over the next ten years.”
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Survey on Spy Program Reflects Public Concern With Constitutional Freedoms
ABA press release: “According to a poll commissioned by the American Bar Association and released today, 52 percent of respondents said that in the fight against terrorism, the President of the United States alone cannot suspend constitutional freedoms, with an additional 25 percent saying he must obtain authorization by a court of law or Congress. …
Commentary on Presidential Powers Pre and Post 9/11
Vice President Cheney and The Fight Over “Inherent” Presidential Powers: His Attempt to Swing the Pendulum Back Began Long Before 9/11, by John W. Dean.
Patriot Act Compromise Announced
AP: Agreement Reached on Patriot Act Changes
CRS Report Evaluates Federal Debt
01/27/06 The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance — Updated
New Feature of Google Desktop Raises Privacy Issues
EFF press release: “Google today announced a new “feature” of its Google Desktop software that greatly increases the risk to consumer privacy. If a consumer chooses to use it, the new “Search Across Computers” feature will store copies of the user’s Word documents, PDFs, spreadsheets and other text-based documents on Google’s own servers, to enable …
CRS Report on State and Federal Data Security Laws
Data Security: Federal and State Laws, February 03, 2006 “This report provides a brief discussion of federal and state data security laws. The security of personal information and risks to data are paramount concerns addressed in federal and state law, legislation, and regulations.”
E-Gov Site Seeks To Ensure Public Access to Telephone Service
“Lifeine Link-Up provides information and resources regarding federal and state Lifeline and Link-Up programs. Lifeline and Link-Up are programs that help ensure everyone has access to telephone service. These programs provide discounts to income-eligible individuals for both the initial installation costs of telephone service and for monthly telephone bills.”
Investigation into Plame CIA Leak Involves Other White House Officials
Cheney ‘Authorized’ Libby to Leak Classified Information, by Murray Waas, National Journal, Feb. 9, 2006: “Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, testified to a federal grand jury that he had been “authorized” by Cheney and other White House “superiors” in the summer of 2003 to disclose classified information to …
Tainted Warrants Used in Spy Program?
Yesterday’s posting, Judiciary Cmte. Requests Extensive Info On Domestic Spying Program From Attorney General, relied heavily on links to the Washington Post, and for good reason. The newspaper’s investigative reporting on the domestic spying issue has been picking up steam, with yet another must read article in today’s issue, Secret Court’s Judges Were Warned About …
Markey Introduces Bill to Block Online Storage of Personal Consumer Data
Press release: “Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the ranking Democrat on the Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today introduced the Eliminate Warehousing of Consumer Internet Data Act of 2006 (6 pages, PDF) designed to strengthen consumer’ Internet privacy and prevent companies from storing personal information for indefinite periods …
Sites Selling Cell Phone Records Succumb to Congressional Inquiry
Follow-up on House Cmte. Seeks Operations Docs. from Websites Selling Cell Phone Records and Sale of Cell Phone Records Subject of House Hearing and State AG Action and Bill to Prohibit Sale of Cell Phone Records Gains Momentum, news from AP tonight that several sites targeted by congressional investigation have ceased operations.
