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Links to the SEC filings here and here. From the Financial Times, the full-text of an “unconventional” letter from Google’s founders that accompanied their IPO application. See also Unusual Google Language Might Prompt Closer Look By SEC. From the New York Times, Google’s Sale of Its Shares Will Defy Wall St. Tradition
FTC press release: “The FTC has cracked down on two spam operations that have clogged the Internet with millions of deceptive messages and violated federal laws…Both operations have been identified by the anti-spam organization Spamhaus as among the largest spammers in the world.” Complaint: Federal Trade Commission, plaintiff, v. Phoenix Avatar, LLC doing business as …
The National Council for Research on Women issued a report today on the organization’s documentation of how specific information and resources on women’s issues is no longer available to the public through government sponsored channels. [Link to the press release] From the Executive Summary: “The report concentrates on missing information that directly affects women’s lives. …
“ALA has found that libraries in at least 41 states (82 percent) report funding cuts of as much as 50 percent. Most of the data accumulated from published reports reflects deep cuts to library budgets on the federal, state, and local levels.” [Link]
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (2003) implementation; fair credit reporting medical information regulations: notice of proposed rulemaking, April 28, 2004: “The OCC, Board, FDIC, OTS, and NCUA…are required to prescribe regulations that permit creditors to obtain or use medical information for eligibility purposes where necessary and appropriate to protect legitimate operational, transactional, risk, consumer, …
Justices Hear Arguments in Energy Task Force Case. For reference, previous postings on this case.
News reports today that the California Voting Systems and Procedures Panel will allow the November election to proceed using e-voting machines, but paper print-outs must be provided as well, and voters can choose to use only paper ballots. For reference, see previous postings on the e-voting controversy.
ACLU Discloses Documents in Extraordinary Sealed Challenge to Patriot Act Spying Power. Scroll down on this page to locate a redacted copy of the complaint.
From Websense’s fifth annual Web@Work survey, April 26: “92 Percent of Organizations with at Least 100 Employees Have Been Contaminated With Spyware, Yet Only Six Percent of Employees Believe They Have Been Infected.” In related news, see A Web of Electronic Denial
“The OpenNet Initiative is a University-based policy research project documenting filtering and surveillance practices worldwide. Our aim is to excavate, expose and analyze these practices in a credible and non-partisan fashion to uncover the potential pitfalls of present policies to explore the possibility of unintended and unexpected consequences and thus to help inform better public …
USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References with Office Actions and Cease Supplying Paper Copies
Reuters reports that the appearance of President Bush and Vice President Cheney on April 29 before the 9/11 Commission (in a private session to take place in the White House) will be conducted without benefit of a written or recorded transcript, nor will their testimony be given under oath. The article further states that Bush …
