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“The intent of this RFI is, consistent with the direction in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004, to provide Electronic Directory Services (EDS), or the functional equivalent, to enable authorized participants to locate and access information, organizations, services and personnel in support of their respective mission requirements for terrorism information…An initial …
Just thought I’d throw this into the mix tonight: Reinventing Television – We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a Special Report from Jon Stewart, by Thomas Goetz. [for those not familiar with Jon Stewart, please be advised that this interview includes sarcasm, satire, irony, and is rated L, for coarse language, in following with …
Libraries and Librarians: A link between Legal Information Services and Firm Productivity? (37 pages, Word document) by Margaret Aby Carroll, Library Sites Manager, Microsoft Corporation and Dr. Yvonne J. Chandler, Associate Professor, University of North Texas, School of Library and Information Science. [via excited utterances] “This study will seek to answer the following questions, “Can …
The patent law experts at rethink(ip) have created RSS feeds for all news items and notices released by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Terrific resource, and thanks to Dennis Kennedy for the link.
As a follow-up to my August 12, 2005 posting, Preregistration of Certain Unpublished Copyright Claims, these comments hand delivered to Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office, by Tim Berners-Lee and Daniel J. Weitzner of the World Wide Web Consortium, document their oppositon to “the use of a single vendor’s World Wide Web browser” …
Tracking Every Move You Make: Can Car Rental Companies Use Technology to Monitor Our Driving? A Connecticut Court’s Ruling Highlights an Important Question, by Anita Ramastry. From the beSpacific archives, Auto GPS Systems Raise Privacy Issues
From the Washington Post, via MSNB.com’s cached version of the article from August 20, 2005: CIA report on 9/11 is complete – Two years after deadline, findings have yet to reach Congress.
Webroot Software released their State of Spyware Report today (free but requires registration), which states in part that “…the number of websites distributing spyware has quadrupled since the beginning of 2005 to an astonishing 300,000 unique URLs.” [press release] In addition, 80% of corporate computers are infected with malicious software, which can take the form …
Copyright and Licensing Digital Materials – A Resource Guide, by Therese A. Clarke Arado Researching Intellectual Property Law In The Russian Federation, by Julian Zegelman The State of Online Legislative Research and What Makes a Good Legislative History, by Susan H. Paschell CongressLine, by GalleryWatch.com: The Document’s Story – Legislative Narration, by Paul Jenks The …
Today the Democratic National Committee sent a formal request (2 page letter, PDF) to the Solicitor General of the DOJ, requesting that the agency release all documents in its possession that were authored by Judge Roberts while an employee of the agency. The letter has 80,000 signatories. Related references to Judge Roberts
From the Reconnex August Insider Threat Index: “Ninety-one percent of companies who completed a Reconnex 48-Hour e-Risk Assessment in the month of July had credit card numbers entering or leaving their network and eight-two percent exposed social security numbers. Most concerning was the amount of personal data including name and SSNs exposed directly in the …
From Jim Moore’s Journal: Reporting on systems evolving, the following posting yesterday provides step by step details on how researchers can easily and effectively leverage RSS: RSS-oriented search engines are appearing, including MSN search, with RSS output and one-click subscriptions to leading news aggregators.
