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From Steven M. Cohen, Keeping Current, Advanced Internet Strategies to Meet Librarian Patron Needs. This book comprises five chapters, and focuses primarily on web-based current awareness strategies; resources for staying abreast of advances in search engines techniques and learning about new features; reviews of software for monitoring changes on websites; and how best to leverage …
From Perry Aftab, this article on pro-active ways to use the web to ascertain what personal information is online about you and your children, and suggestions for safe web use and protecting your privacy while online. See also her site, WiredSafety, which focuses on resources to combat cybercrime.
Building a Home for Library News with a BLOG See also Blogging: One Firm’s Experience, Karen Lasnick and Julie Weber of Bryan Cave discuss their implementation of multiple, practice specific blogs to facilitate information dissemination.
New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced the state is suing Synergy6, Inc. and Delta Seven Communications, LLC, whose principals are accused of disseminating over one billion spam messages each week. Synergy6 Complaint Synergy 6 Exhibits
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled today that the recording industry cannot use subpoenas to enforce claims of copyright infringement under the DMCA by compelling ISPs to turn-over customer data on alleged music downloaders. From the decision: “It is not the province of the courts, however, to rewrite the DMCA …
The Department of Defense Transformation website provides links to government documents that focus on the technology capabilites of the U.S. armed forces engaged in the fight against terrorism.
According to Government Computer News, the content on 13 NASA websites was compromised by hackers, requiring them to go offline in what is described as “one of the most significant breaches of .gov domain sites in the last six months.” At the time of this posting, the sites listed in the article were still …
FCC Takes Additional Steps to Improve the Universal Service Schools and Libraries Program Previous postings on the e-rate program. From the Washington Post, FCC Alters Rules for School Fund, Program Cuts Cost Of Web Equipment
From today’s Washington Post (WP), an article titled White House Web Scrubbing details the ongoing removal of controversial documents from government websites by the White House. A specific example is the disappearance from the USAID site of a link to a transcript of statements made by the agency’s Administrator Andrew S. Natsios that the cost …
From the Washington Post, Online Financial Crime Headed From Bad to Worse. Worms, viruses and browser flaws will all continue to pose security risks for enterprise wide networks and home users alike in 2004. There are numerous web resources on these topics, and here are several to keep you current on the latest threats: Internet …
Via Secrecy News, this link to an important recent CRS report, Continuity of Government, Current Federal Arrangements and the Future. From the Summary: “Continuity of government refers to the continued functioning of constutitional government under all circumstances. Arrangements for the continued operation of the federal government in the event of a national emergency or catastrophe …
According to this CBSNews.com report, Thomas H. Kean, Chair of the 9-11 Commission, which has struggled to obtain essential government documents to conclude its investigation and issue a report by the end of May 2004, has gone on record with the following statements: “”As you read the report, you’re going to have a pretty clear …
