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E-government initiatives that serve citizens and businesses alike are gaining in popularity as localities realize more efficiency and cost savings via online solutions. BusinessWeek described a number of such efforts in this article. There is also mention of BusinessLaw.gov, an excellent example of an e-gov site that provides a wealth of easy to use content …
The Streamlined Sales Tax Project is alive and well according to this article in the Denver Post. With states running huge deficits, as many as 29 of them are considering supporting the initiative when it comes to a vote on November 13. Check-out the chart at the end of the article that shows the state-by-state …
Senator Jesse Helms stopped the vote on the compromise webcasting agreement which had passed the House and seemed very likely to pass the Senate. Opposing reasons for his action are mentioned in this Raleigh-based News & Observer article. Either he was trying to protect the webcasters by negotiating even lower rates for them, or he …
A dispute over unpaid bills for an e-mail account from a Canadian subsidiary of a U.S. ISP has resulted in a law suit in federal court in Canada. Nancy Carter’s e-mail was held hostage in lieu of payment, disrupting her professional life.
The GAO today released their report, Employee Privacy: Computer-Use Monitoring Practices and Policies of Selected Companies. Balancing the employee’s right to privacy and the employer’s right to protect their organization against inappropriate use of PCs were key factors in this investigation. Information for the report was gathered through interviews and surveys completed by 14 of …
E-mail is a ubiquitous and essential business tool. Consultant Robert Eisenberg reviews the reasons why all companies should implement an e-mail management system not only for the sake of efficiency, but also for its defensive and preventative applications. See also this ABCNews.com article, The Trouble With E-Mail, which reviews recent cases in which e-mail played …
Rep. Adam Smith is a strong advocate for tech giant Microsoft, one of his principal campaign contributors. Post 9/11 however, there has been a growing movement in Congress to use open source software such as Linux for cybersecurity related agency applications. Rep. Smith is quoted in this article as stating that such software is “problematic …
ICANN has published the text of their agreement for administration of the .org Top Level Domain by The Internet Society (ISOC). According to internet.com, the ISOC claimed they established a separate entity, the Public Interest Registry (PIR), to “carry out the registry functions.” A FAQ on the PIR is available here.
The CyberJournalist.net published the results of the Nielsen/NetRatings September 2002 survey of top news sites. CNN, MSNBC and Yahoo topped the list.
Senator Jon Kyl (R., Ariz.), Rep. Christopher Cox (R., Calif.), and Rep. Tom Lantos (D., Calif.) authored this commentary on China’s censorship of their citizen’s access to the Internet. Cox and Lantos, co-sponsors of the Global Internet Freedom bill, want to focus attention on how China is blocking access to a wide range of content …
The highly controversial P2P hacking bill, H.R.5211, introduced by Rep. Howard Berman, will apparently be subject to major revisions according to this ZDNet article. The bill would have allowed copyright holders access to the PCs of individuals suspected of software piracy. For additional background, see Rep. Berman’s press release on the bill from July 25, …
Formerly the UK Information Commissioner, Elizabeth France is now the “UK’s first telecommunications ombudsman.” She will be a forceful advocate on behalf of individual’s whose personal data has been disseminated without their knowledge or permission. Some background on the role of the ombudsman is here.
