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Via Findlaw: “The Internet Search Engine Company’s Initial Public Offering Valuation Filed With The SEC, Estimating That Shares Will Sell For Between $108 – $135 Each, Which Could Raise Roughly $3.32 Billion,” [Link] Related news: Loss of Google sends users scrambling
Correcting the Record on Sept. 11, in Great Detail
From the Boston Globe, this article reports the story about a DOJ directive to GPO concerning the destruction of five government documents on the prosecution of asset forfeiture cases. The data contained therein is already part of the public record, raising questions about the directive by the library community.
One in Five Americans Has Experienced Employment Discrimination, Says New FindLaw Survey See also this related news, Google Accused of Elderly Discrimination
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Policy and Legislation Database: “This database contains Federal and State laws/statutes; Federal legislative materials; and Federal administrative and executive materials, including regulations, institutional policies, and executive orders. The database currently focuses on the following subject areas: privacy of genetic information/confidentiality; informed consent; insurance and employment discrimination; genetic testing and …
A look at Internet Explorer alternatives (Part 1). This installment covers Mozilla and Opera.
Pentagon Finds Bush’s Guard Records. This AP article states that the records located do not provide any information about the President’s whereabouts the summer of 1973. In June, AP filed a FOIA lawsuit to obtain copies of all the President’s service records. From the article: “Previous attempts to locate the missing records at the Federal …
Elections: Electronic Voting Offers Opportunities and Presents Challenges GAO-04-975T, July 20, 2004. “..direct recording electronic systems offer advantages in ease of use because they can have features that accommodate voters with various disabilities, and they protect against common voter errors, such as overvoting (voting for more candidates than is permissible); a disadvantage of such systems …
Blog’s the word in big business: Microsoft has about 1,000 unregulated employee blogs according to this article.
CAPPS-II to be renamed and/or merged into traveller registration program
“Representative Jay Inslee, a Washington Democrat, and three other congressmen introduced the E-mail Privacy Act of 2004 on Thursday. The bill would require that e-mail be subject to federal wiretap law that requires a court order for real-time interception of communications.” [Link]
An Examination of S. 2560, The Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004, Senate Judiciary Committee Full Committee, July 22, 2004 Links to Testimony and Member Statements
