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Law Firm Clients as Drivers of KM

The current issue of the Journal of Information, Law and Technology, from the UK, published this well documented article, A Stages of Growth Model for Knowledge Management Technology in Law Firms, by Petter Gottschalk, of the Norwegian School of Management. The author provides much needed perspective on the concept of knowledge management in general, and …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

2002 Civil Liberties Update

The Kennedy School of Government, NPR and the Kaiser foundation released a report, 2002 Civil Liberties Update which seems to contradict recent articles indicating that Americans were prepared to give up certain rights facilitate the war on terrorism.

Subjects: Privacy

FTC Protects Online Purchase of Caskets

I can certainly say that this story caught my eye. Afterall, who hasn’t considered purchasing a low cost casket via the Web? Well, no time like the present, I guess. The FTC filed an amicus brief in support of competition that would facilitate the sale of low cost “funeral goods” in Oklahoma by those other …

Subjects: E-Commerce

Judiciary Committee Approves Privacy Act

On 9/10/2002, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 4561, the Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act, that “Requires Federal agencies: (1) when publishing a general notice of proposed rulemaking for any proposed rule or for an interpretative rule involving the internal revenue laws, to prepare, make available for public comment, and publish an initial analysis …

Subjects: Privacy

Where Has All the Government Information Gone?

This article focuses on the tremendous, time consuming challenges that journalists have had to face to for decades in their efforts to obtain access to federal and state government documents in accordance with theFreedom of Information Act (FOIA), Title 5 of the United States Code, section 552. Subsequent to 9-11, there has been considerable press …

Subjects: Digital Signatures

Digital Terrorism

CNET has a special report that is worth review. It includes the following articles: Safety: Assessing the infrastructure risk, Politics: Weighing security against liberties Lessons, and Keeping networks alive in New York.

Subjects: Privacy