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Via AP, news of the publication, by the National Academies’ Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, of a new report (78 pages, pdf), A Review of the FBI’s Trilogy Information Technology Modernization Program. From the Executive Summary: “Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has made significant progress in its information technology (IT) modernization program in …
Hearing today: H.R. 107, The Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act of 2003, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection. Witness List & Prepared Testimony From testimony by Prof. Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School: “A poorly crafted copyright law – a law that either creates too much uncertainty, or a law that extends its reach beyond …
Updated – 12 May 2004, The Freedominfo.org Global Survey: Freedom of Information and Access to Government Records Around the World (96 pages, pdf). “This is an ongoing survey of the state of freedom of information in countries which have adopted comprehensive new national laws on access.”
GPO Digitization Priorities Survey: “GPO is conducting a survey to compile a list of priority government documents titles or series that should be among the early items to be digitized. Please review the list of candidates for digitization that have already been proposed and add other titles that you feel should be on the list. …
Iraq: Legal News & International Law includes updated links to Iraq news compiled from sources around the world, selected online articles discussing international legal issues in Iraq, research websites, reports and research papers, documents, inspections and sanctions, human rights issues, and law of war resources. Prepared by Vincent Moyer, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian, …
End in sight for extranets: “As the project extranet nears extinction, alternatives, such as e-mail, peer-to-peer computing and messaging are all viable alternatives, says Alec Milton.”
Public Service in a Time of Crisis: A Report and Retrospective on the Legal Communitys Response to the Events of September 11, 2001 (pdf, 74 pages). “The attacks on September 11, 2001 were unprecedented in scope, and the legal needs that grew out of the attacks were varied and far-reaching. This report summarizes the response …
DHS remains committed to contested passenger-screening program TSA’s passenger-screening system criticized by database firm chief . This article reports that ChoicePoint’s CEO stated his company will not participate in the CAPPS II program.
Launched yesterday, with the Google Blog the following description: “Insight into the news, technology, and culture of Google. Get the latest word direct from the Googleplex about new technology, hot issues, and the wide world of search.” As of this evening, there are two postings.
Information Cannot Be Owned by Jean Nicholas Druey, April 2004: “Apart from technology, the information age has up to now badly served its idol. It has failed sufficiently to recognize specific features of information. This is shown with respect to the question whether legal rights on information can take the form of ownership. The answer …
As a follow-up to my May 5 posting, Dept. of Interior Guidelines to Secure Geospatial Data, from the Rand Corporation, this press release stating that “Less than 1 percent of publicly available federal Web sites and databases contain geospatial information not readily available elsewhere that could help terrorists and other hostile forces mount attacks in …
Single-use credit cards fight fraud. A number of companies are offering disposable credit card numbers for online purchase transactions.
