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Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Hearing, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology, Tuesday, February 24, 2004. “Description: Members will hear testimony on the appropriate federal and state regulatory treatment of VOIP, including obligations related to intercarrier compensation, disability access, E-911, universal service, and assistance to law enforcement. Senator McCain will preside.” Prepared remarks …
Hastert Tells White House He Won’t Extend 9/11 Panel
Press release, February 13, 2004, from Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman (D-CT) …”called on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to explain its role in obtaining sensitive airline passenger information from JetBlue for a Defense Department database project”: “In a letter sent today to Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary …
The recent release of a GAO report critical of the airline passenger screening program to be implemented this summer has intensified calls for Congressional hearings on the privacy and civil liberties issues associated with CAPPS II data collection. EFF Privacy Coalition Presses Congress for Hearings on Air Travel EFF Coalition letter asking for Congressional hearings …
Yesterday the Chair, Sen. Roberts, and Vice Chair, Sen. Rockefeller, of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, announced what they described as a refinement of the terms of reference for the committee’s inquiry, already underway, into the controversy surrounding intelligence on WMDs and Iraq. “We will address the question of whether intelligence was exaggerated or …
The Committee on House Administration has taken the lead in testing a digital mail system by Pitney Bowes. The closure of Senate office buildings on February 3 due to the discovery of ricin has significantly raised interest in security measures to minimize the risk of such future threats.
“Citing the model of the Privacy Officer established by statute in the Department of Homeland Security, CDT is urging Congress to create similar positions at other federal agencies as a means of addressing privacy concerns associated with government information practices in the digital age.” See the Statement of James X. Dempsey, Executive Director, Center for …
President Bush Announces Formation of Independent Commission “Today, by executive order, I am creating an independent commission, chaired by Governor and former Senator Chuck Robb, Judge Laurence Silberman, to look at American intelligence capabilities, especially our intelligence about weapons of mass destruction…I’m also naming, today, Senator John McCain; Lloyd Cutler, former White House Counsel to …
Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act (Introduced in House), February 3, 2004: HR 3754, To provide additional civil and criminal remedies for domain name fraud. See this posting on the bill by Susan Crawford, Assistant Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law, and an article from Reuters, Lawmakers Push Penalties for False Web Records. See also …
Congressional Directory, 108th Congress, January 2004 Online Revision. Key word search or browse the content.
From the Sunday, January 25 New York Times Magazine, The Tyranny of Copyright? reviews the impact of the Internet in the context of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Copyright Term Extension Act, the Copy Left movement, and the Creative Commons.
H. RES. 499, introduced January 21, 2004 by Congressman Rush Holt (see his press release here). From the text of the resolutuon: “(1) the President is requested to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than the date that is 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, all documents, including …
