WSJ Posts Transcripts of Google and Amazon Earnings Conference Calls
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ACLU Posts Docs. on Military Detainees Obtained by FOIA Lawsuit
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Search Engines Used to Screen Potential Employees and Employers
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Cache and Carry: Staying Connected Wirelessly, by Chris Hayes Law Firm Marketing: Webinars For All of Us, by Andy Havens Notes From the Technology Trenches: Lexis and Westlaw Revisited, by Cindy Carlson FOIA Facts: FOIA Decision 2004, by Scott A. Hodes Burney’s Gadgets for Legal Pros: A Tablet PC for Lawyers in Motion, by Brett …
National Security Archive Seeks Release of Iraq National Intelligence Estimate
From the press release: “The National Security Archive today filed suit against the Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”) seeking the expedited processing and release under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) of the 2004 Iraq National Intelligence Estimate (“NIE). As the New York Times reported on September 16, 2004, the NIE spells out a dark assessment …
Release of Intelligence Report on 9/11 Delayed Until After Election
This Los Angeles Times commentary (reg. req’d) documents how a CIA Office of Inspector General report on 9/11, although completed several months ago, will not be made available to the Congress until after the election.
Research on Phishing Indicates Attacks Are Targeted and Viral
From email security provider CipherTrust, this report details research on the origin, method of dissemination, and targets of phishing attacks. “CipherTrust researchers have determined that fewer than five zombie networks are responsible for all Internet phishing attacks worldwide.”
GAO Evaluates IT Applications Supporting Homeland Security
Information Technology: Major Federal Networks That Support Homeland Security Functions GAO-04-375, September 17, 2004. Highlights. “Nine agencies identified 34 major networks that support homeland security functions— 32 that are operational and 2 that are being developed… Of these 34, 21 are single-agency networks designed for internal agency communications. Six of the 34 are used to …
Report Spotlights How States May Disenfranchise Voters
Purged! How a Patchwork of Flawed and Inconsistent Voting Systems Could Deprive Millions of Americans of the Right to Vote (44 pages, PDF)
Peer-Reviewed Open Source Medical Journal Now Available on Web
From the press release: “A new general medical journal launched this week with a non-traditional publishing model is the latest top-tier venue for publishing important, peer-reviewed biomedical research, and is being called the first major, international journal to be introduced in more than 70 years. Unlike most medical journals which are available only through costly …
Two New Election Resources Available on LLRX.com
Election Concerns: Will Your Vote Count? Are You Sure? by Diana Botluk Federal and State Election Resources — Updated, by Kathy Biehl
Commentary on Gov’t Air Passenger Surveillance Program
By Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, CATO Institute, this article from the San Francisco Chronicle, Surveillance and the War on Terrorism, What’s in a name?, reviews the cycle of name changes associated with the government’s air passenger surveillance database program. Related news from the Washington Post, via MSNBC, With an ever-expanding “no fly” …
