FBI Seeks to Limit FOIA Requests
From AP, this report on the FBI’s fight to limit public access to agency documents through Freedom of Information Act requests.
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Will This Generation Embrace “Push Technology”
Almost a decade ago, PointCast was a cutting edge “push technology” that streamed updated, cutomized news feeds to your desktop. I sure liked it, although it routinely crashed my PC. Fast forward, and here is new twist on the application, from Yahoo. “The My Yahoo! Ticker (Beta) makes it easy to track your favorite information, …
National Archives Urges CIA to Narrow FOIA Exemptions
National Security Archive Files Comments on CIA’s Decennial Review of Operational Files: “The National Security Archive this week submitted comments on the Central Intelligence Agency’s decennial review of the record categories that the CIA has designated as exempt from search and review under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In 1984 the CIA was granted …
New on LLRX.com
“Do you speak American cyberspeak?” by Lois C. Ambash FOIA Facts: Making Effective FOIA Requests, by Scott A. Hodes A Portable PC Backup Solution – Time Well Spent, by Brett Burney Law Firm Marketing: The Transformational Role of Marketing, by Andy Havens
Using Wireless Hotspots Securely
Securing Your Starbucks Experience, by Wayne Rash. See also this related article by Wayne, Five Tips For Boosting Wireless Security.
Supreme Court to Hear P2P Copyright Case in March
Press release from the EFF: “The US Supreme Court set the date for the oral argument in MGM v. Grokster for March 29, 2005, in Washington, DC. EFF is defending StreamCast Networks, the company behind the Morpheus peer-to-peer (P2P) software, against 28 of the world’s largest entertainment companies. The companies first brought this lawsuit against …
Autotrack Data Refresh for DE and NJ Corporate Records
From a post to law-lib today, by Donna Cavallini:” In trying to resolve some corporate data inconsistencies with a customer service representative at Autotrack this morning, I was informed that over the Jan. 29/30 weekend, the company will be performing an extensive corporate data refresh for New Jersey and Delaware, and that the data will …
Anyone Out There Still “Write” Letters
From the New York Times (reg. req’d), Back to the Basics of a Legible Hand. Related reference: Wisdom from the Grammar Goddess
Inaugural Address, President John F. Kennedy
Inaugural Address, President John F. Kennedy, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961. [Link, text and audio]
Official Web Site of the The 55th Presidential Inauguration
See TheInagural05.com
DOJ Library Research Guides Available Through FOIA Request
Another FOIA project by researcher Michael Ravnitzky has yielded detailed information about the availability of several dozen topical legal research resources and guides authored by Justice Libraries staff. Specific titles, along with authors, annotations, and instructions on how to obtain copies of the materials, was posted by Mr. Ravnitzky early this morning to several law …
Washington Post Examines Data Aggregator ChoicePoint
In Age of Security, Firm Mines Wealth Of Personal Data (reg. req’d): the Post provides an overview of ChoicePoint, described as a “little-known information industry giant.” However, many librarians and researchers are well acquainted with the company’s products, and it has been in the bulls-eye of privacy advocates for selling its vast databases of personal …
