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A survey of 1,000 adults conducted by FindLaw indicates that most American are aware of the growing rate of ID theft, and are taking certain precautions to protect themselves. These efforts include shredding credit card receipts and other financial documents prior to disposal, limiting access to social security numbers, and reviewing bank and credit card …
Representive Max Coll introduced House Joint Memorial 40 to the New Mexico Legislature, “Affirming Civil Rights and Liberties; Declaring Opposition to Federal Measures that Infringe on Civil Liberties.” The House subsequently issued this substitute bill that includes the following statement: The bill seeks to “direct public libraries to post in a prominent place within the …
The West Virginia Supreme Court Clerk, Rory Perry, has created a list of appellate and trial courts that webcast oral arguments, and make them available either live or archived.
Howard Dean 2004 Call to Action Weblog, launched March 15, is the official blog for the campaign.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced yesterday that the Senate Commerce Committee approved an amendment that would put into place Congressional oversight of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) controversial Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II). The CAPPS II system is at the center of a contentious battle between advocates of the privacy and civil liberties …
According to a survey of global Internet usage and search engine referrals by WebSideStory, Inc., web users are increasingly likely to go directly to sites from which they seek specific information, rather than to rely on secondary links. In addition, “…search engines apparently are becoming the card catalog to the Web,” with usage showing significant …
From the ABA’s elawyering webzine, Best Practice Guidelines for Legal Information Web Site Providers. The guidelines were approved by the House of Delegate and updated on March 11.
From the American Library Association: “On Freedom of Information Day, March 16, the American Library Association urges libraries and librarians across America to join in celebrating the public’s “right to know” by sponsoring activities to educate their communities about the importance of promoting and protecting freedom of information.”
As reported by the Omaha-World Herald, the Nebraska State Law Library is in jeopardy of losing its funding due to budget cutbacks, although the library has the support of the Supreme Court judges.
From the Lawyer’s Committee on Human Rights, a new report, Imbalance of Powers, How Changes to U.S. Law and Policy since 9/11 Erode Human Rights and Civil Liberties (PDF), focuses on the following areas: (1) Open Government; (2) Right to Privacy; (3) Treatment of Immigrants, Refugees and Minorities; and (4) Security Detainees and the Criminal …
Electronic Government: Success of the Office of Management and Budget’s 25 Initiatives Depends on Effective Management and Oversight, by Joel C. Willemssen, managing director, information technology, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-03-495T, March 13. The report Highlights are here. From CIO Magazine’s March …
On March 13, the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property held an Oversight Hearing on “International Copyright Piracy: Links to Organized Crime and Terrorism” Links are as follows to the:Witness List, John Malcolm, Rich LaMagna, Joan Borsten Vidov, Jack Valenti. Although not a focus of the hearing, campus-wide file sharing was mentioned. See …
