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Following up on my posting February 16, Open Government Act of 2005 Introduced Today With Bipartisan Support, see this DOJ analysis of the legislation’s specific proposals. “If the introduction of this proposed legislation does lead to the enactment of major FOIA amendments during the 109th Congress, it will continue a distinct legislative pattern for the …
From Wired, a critique of the Wall Street Journals’ adherence to a fee based subscription strategy that prevents search engine indexing of their extensive, authoritative, and highly regarded content. This in turn results in very limited linking to their articles by a ever expanding community of bloggers and website publishers. The debate should and will …
What follows is a group of recent, relevant articles and documents associated with the escalating critical evaluation of database aggregation and sale of personal data and associated digital scams and ID theft. From the New York Times, Senator Says Data Service Has Lax Rules for Security From the Washington Post, Databases Called Lax With Personal …
How Google will scan the world, 1 book at a time.
Press release, February 16, 2005: “Secretary of State Matt Brown today unveiled a groundbreaking web data-sharing initiative, which will give citizens and Rhode Island government agencies real-time, ongoing access to the databases maintained by his office. RSSonate…was developed to provide easy access to constantly updated data, which users can then use to create customized information. …
“Welcome to the Nooked RSS Directory (beta). You can search for corporate RSS feeds by keyword or browse the categories below. If you publish corporate RSS feeds, you can submit them to our directory.” [Moonwatcher]
On February 23, 2005 the UK Home Office launched ITsafe “to provide both home users and small businesses with proven, plain English advice to help protect computers, mobile phones and other devices from malicious attack.” See the press release (PDF) and this page on alert services offered by email and mobile text messaging.
Press release: America Online Launches New Local Search Service For AOL Subscribers and Web Users AOL Local Search AOL Local Search FAQ Related references: Ask Jeeves Adds Enhanced Local Search and Personalization Features and Keeping Your Search “Local”.
AP currently has 13 newsfeeds.
The Latest Initiative in Congress: Blogging As referenced here on February 13, Rep. Pence has a blog; Sen. Patrick Leahy has been blogging since January 4, 2005; Rep. Mark Kirk launched his blog January 9, 2005; and Rep. Katherine Harris began blogging on January 28, 2005. See also Links to State Legislators’ Blogs and Legislatures …
Press release: “U.S. adults are divided right down the middle on whether the potential privacy risks associated with a patient electronic medical record system outweigh the expected benefits to patients and society, according to Dr. Alan F. Westin, Professor of Public Law & Government Emeritus, Columbia University and Director of a new Program on Information …
Press release: Department of Homeland Security Announces Appointments to Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the appointment of twenty members to the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee (DHS Privacy Advisory Committee). This newest federal advisory committee to DHS was established to provide external expert advice to …
