ICANN Approves Lapsed Domain Names List
ICANN adopted a resolution on August 22 creating a waiting list service (WLS) for those who are interested in acquiring dot-com and dot-net domain names that have lapsed.
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CRS Reports
Gallerywatch.com has announced that this September they will offer subscribers access to summaries of all, yes, all, published CRS Reports. The thousands of reports issued annually are not made available online, but there are resources that selectively provide the full-text of some reports. An excellent guide on this topic was written by Stephen Young.
Canada to Expand Internet Surveillance
The Canadian Department of Justice has released a consultation document to amend their Criminal Code, and grant law enforcement agencies broader access to data collected on Web subscribers by their respective ISPs (Patriot Act redux?).
National Archives Wants to Archive E-Records
NARA is facing the daunting task of archiving millions of electronic records for public access, many of which were created using formats that are now obsolete.
Research Study on Uncloaking Terrorist Networks
Uncloaking Terrorist Networks by Valdis E. Krebs, First Monday, volume 7, number 4 (April 2002). “This paper looks at mapping covert networks using data available from news sources on the World Wide Web. Specifically, we examine the network surrounding the tragic events of September 11th 2001. Through public data we are able to map a …
