Privacy Issues Addressed in Upcoming Redesign of Website to Access Gov’t Regs.
EPA progresses on online public-comment project. See Regulations.gov
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Former President’s Website Seeks to Motivate Young Voters
Clinton’s new campaign push: getting out the vote. Missing from the online version, but available in print, the following urls associated with the article: Clinton Center, the Jimmy Carter library, the Carter Center, George W. Bush library, and the Gerald R. Ford library.
AOL and Yahoo Choose E-Mail Verification Apps. To Limit Spam
AOL, Yahoo Add New Antispam Tools – Services try different approaches to sender authentication to halt spam.
Online Resource Guide to Fair Credit Transactions Act
From the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: FACTA, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act: Consumers Win Some, Lose Some and Fact Sheet No. 6: How Private Is My Credit Report? Revised August 2004.
CBO Report Addresses Copyright and Digital Rights Issues
From the Congressional Budget Office, Copyright Issues in Digital Media, August 2004. “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper reviews current copyright law in the United States and considers the unique aspects of digital technology’s challenge to that law. It also examines the prospects for a market-based resolution to copyright disputes over digital content and explores …
Labor Dept. Website Announces Topical E-Mail Updates
“The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) today announced a new effort to expand website usage with the introduction of an e-mail subscription management system…The department will be rolling out the system in phases with the first including several major agencies in addition to the Office of the Secretary and other information available from the DOL …
Warehouse Clubs Target of Cybercrimes
From AP: Big-time ID Theft A Symptom of Database Culture. This article details the scope and scale of retail credit card fraud and ID theft, crimes which are registering steadily increasing statistics…a downside of the “database nation.”
Commentary on Open Access Publishing and Its Costs
The devil you dont know: The unexpected future of Open Access publishing by Joseph J. Esposito: “With the advent of the Internet and online publishing, the notion has arisen that access to the worlds research publications could be made available to one and all for free, presumably by shifting the costs to other places in …
Maryland Citizens and Advocacy Groups Seek to Decertify E-Voting Machines
“Lawyers representing eight Maryland citizens today filed a petition with the state supreme court seeking to decertify or fix Diebold voting machines that computer security experts have deemed insecure. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), working with over a dozen organizations concerned with voting integrity, has filed a friend of the court brief (PDF, 20 pages) …
Storing the World’s Knowledge and Searching For It Raise Different Digital Challenges
Next-generation search tools to refine results.
Report Highlights Improvements in Gov’t IT Security
“The Federal Government Is Results Oriented; A Report to Federal Employees,” the Office of Management and Budget, August 9, 2004: “The Federal Government is managing its IT more professionally as a resource for improving results. Seventy percent of the Federal Government’s IT systems are secure, versus 26 percent three years ago; so there is greater …
Google and Yahoo Settle Patent Dispute
Yahoo! and Google Resolve Disputes: “Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Google will take a license to U.S. Patent No. 6,269,361 and several related patents, held by Yahoo!’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Overture, and Yahoo! dismissed its patent lawsuit against Google. The two parties have also resolved a dispute regarding shares issuable to Yahoo! pursuant to …
