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In following the continuing saga of the Google Print Program, from WSJ’s Free Features today: Authors’ Second Chance “Google’s ambitious plan to put books online could give authors and publishers a new lease on life. But Google Print’s critics say the ambitious plan runs afoul of copyright laws.”
From the The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart: Privacy Commissioner’s 2004-2005 Annual Report on the Privacy Act – Commissioner calls for reform to the Privacy Act. October 6, 2005. Press release: “In her 2004-2005 Annual Report on the Privacy Act, the Commissioner highlights some of the most significant issues her Office has faced in …
Press release: “On September 26, 2005, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) received official grant award notification from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the amount of $500,000, to promote the need for a common framework, or architecture, and standards for information sharing at …
Google launched a beta version of Google Reader, a service that requires users to have a gmail account. Google Reader Help FAQ
Press Release: Mayors Outraged by Unprecedented Congressional Vote to Prohibit Loan-Forgiveness In Disaster Relief Bill
From GPO, news about the release of the Congressional Pictorial Directory: 109th Congress “The 109th Congressional Pictorial Directory provides a color photograph of each member of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the 109th Congress. It also includes information about a Member of Congress’ length of service, political party affiliations, and Congressional district. …
From the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Canadian Legal Information Institute Advanced Search: users may restrict or extend the scope of their query to specific jurisdictions, legislation collection types, case law collection types (from within a total of 98 collections), in addition to using the advanced search template fields that restrict searches to specific …
“The European Court of Human Rights HUDOC Portal is a powerful, user-friendly information system which provides free online access to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, the European Commission of Human Rights and the Committee of Ministers. The judgments, decisions, resolutions and reports of these bodies are held in a database and …
From the Christian Science Monitor today, Experience needed? The long history of nonjudge justices. “Nearly half of justices had no prior experience on the bench.”
The GPO announced that its plan, the Future Digital System (FDsys), to digitize most government documents beginning with the Federal Papers, should be completed by summer 2007. See also the December 1, 2004 GPO report, A Strategic Vision for the 21st Century (23 pages, PDF)
Key Ruling Backs Blog and Web Rights Delware Supreme Court, John Doe No. 1 v. Cahill et. al., October 5, 2005 (33 pages, PDF) Related links: Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents Updates to Recent White Paper on Blogging Anonymously
H.R. 3910 – To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require individuals to present a government-issued photo identification as a condition of voting in elections for Federal office, to prohibit any individual from tabulating votes in an election for Federal office unless the individual has been subject to a criminal background check, …
