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White House press release, July 22, 2005: “The President intends to appoint Christian Israel, of Virginia, to be Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement at the Department of Commerce.” Additional background available from AP
On July 20, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse updated their Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident, which have impacted more than 50 million individuals.
“Case Western Reserve University School of Law is proud to announce the launch of the Institute for Global Security, Law and Policys website. The site features a blog providing analysis of critical global security issues as well as links to legal and policy commentary, other blogs, and news summaries across the Internet…The site reflects Case …
Press release, July 21, 2005: “A new report released today by the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) chronicles a trend of state enactment of meaningful, comprehensive civil justice reform legislation. During the past two years, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and South Carolina have continued the momentum that began in 2003 with significant civil justice reform …
“Today, the National Womens Health Information Center (NWHIC) is proud to announce our newly updated home page and web site address (www.WomensHealth.gov). As women’s health continues to gain more visibility, we recognized the need to redesign our home page to make it easier and faster for you to navigateso you can find the health information …
The House (H.R. 3199) and the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to renew provisions of the Patriot Act which sunset by year’s end. House Supports PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Solid, Bipartisan Vote – Sensenbrenner: The American people are safer today because of the PATRIOT Acts vital law enforcement and intelligence reforms. Sensenbrenner House Floor Statement on …
Press release: “A majority of U.S. consumers believe that electronic medical records can provide valuable benefits, especially during medical emergencies, and can improve overall medical care, according to the results of a survey released today by Accenture.”
Public Awareness of Internet Terms, 7/20/2005: “The average American internet user is not sure what podcasting is, what an RSS feed does, or what the term phishing means.” The data memo is 7 pages, PDF.
Driven to distraction by technology: “The typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes by a phone call, e-mail, instant message or other distraction. The problem is that it takes about eight uninterrupted minutes for our brains to get into a really creative state.” See also RSS Goes Corporate – Information overload also affects companies, …
Press release from the Progress & Freedom Foundation: “Internet Challenges Regulatory Jurisdictions – Second DACA Working Group Addresses Federal-State Framework. The awkwardly constructed Telecom Act of 1996 has led to unnecessary tension among federal, state and local regulators, but the digital revolution has paved the way for a new framework. So concludes the Federal-State Framework …
Republicans Uncertain on Rove Resignation Plurality — Favors Centrist Court Nominee, Released: July 19, 2005.
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Reporters’ Privilege Legislation: Issues and Implications, Wednesday, July 20, 2005 [Free Flow of Information Act of 2005, S. 1419. See also the House companion bill, H.R. 3323.] Link to testimony and member statements. Time for a Federal Shield Law, New York Times
