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Industry Group Formed to Promote VoIP Security

VoIP Leaders Form Alliance for VoIP Security Research and Testing: “The industry’s first Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Security Alliance was launched today in conjunction with leading VoIP vendors, providers, security researchers, and thought leaders to discover and reduce VoIP security risks. A complete list of members can be accessed at www.voipsa.org.”

Subjects: PC Security

Report Warns of Problems for Municipality Sponsored WiFi

From the New Millennium Research Council, Washington, D.C., a report co-authored by six telecom experts, ‘Not In The Public Interest – the Myth of Municipal Wi-Fi Networks’ – Why Municipal Schemes to Provide Wi-Fi Broadband Service With Public Funds Are Ill-Advised, February 2005. (40 pages, PDF) “Many American cities and towns are now considering municipal …

Subjects: E-Government, Wireless Web

Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers Now Available to Public

From the Ranson Center, University of Texas at Austin, “Now available to the public for the first time are Woodward and Bernstein’s notes from source interviews, drafts of newspaper stories and books, memos, letters, tape recordings, research materials, and other Watergate papers… Purchased by The University of Texas at Austin in 2003, the Woodward and …

Subjects: Legal Research

FBI’s Virtual Case System Focus of Continued Scrutiny

As a follow-up to my January 14, 2005 posting, FBI’s Custom Database Project On Verge of Failure, additional documentation and news on the issue: February 3, 2005 – Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, Hearing on the FBI’s Information Technology Modernization Program, Trilogy: Testimony of Robert S. Mueller, III, …

Subjects: Government Documents

Questions Raised About Pentagon Website Content Created for Overseas Audience

CNN reports on possible conflicts regarding content guidelines and Department of Defense maintained websites targeted to a global readership, which also happen to be the focus of a review by the DoD OIG. Related news: White House-friendly reporter under scrutiny and Education Dept. paid commentator to promote law, and from the Baltimore Sune, Pentagon probes …

Subjects: E-Government

CDC Public Health Law Resources

26 Readings in Public Health Law: “Each week for 26 weeks…we will post a short introductory description and a link to selected readings in public health law, including cases, law review articles, book chapters, and other materials. The readings are designed to provide a foundation for understanding public health law.” [thanks to Mike Ravnitzky] Also …

Subjects: E-Government, Legal Research

E-Gov’t Portal Links Users to Wealth of Geographic Data

“Through the Geospatial One Stop portal, anyone can access geospatial information from federal agencies and a growing number of state, local, tribal and private agencies through one comprehensive and comprehensible portal.” This incredible resource provides users with many options to construct searches by specifying key words, data categories, scale/coverage, data type/format, time period and location. …

Subjects: E-Government, Search Engines

Yahoo’s Beta Tool Offers Search in Context

The introduction to Y!Q provides a quick explanation of the contextual search tool as well as links to get you started, including using the feature on Yahoo News. Just click on the text below the document abstract that says “Search Related Info,” which offers both a short list of links, as well as the ability …

Subjects: Search Engines

Technology Experts and Scholars Evaluate Information Quality and Management Issues

“The December 2004 issue of the International Journal Studies in Communication Science on Information Quality brings together researchers in the domain of business and organizational studies, as well as information technology and legal scholars to share findings regarding information quality and information quality management.” [Link]Articles available upon request, at no charge, include: Information Quality: Organizational, …

Subjects: Legal Research