Category «E-Mail»

White House Acknowledged Scope of Missing E-mails in Court Today

Follow up to previous postings on missing White House emails, today’s news release: “At a hearing today concerning the risks posed by the presidential transition to the recovery of millions of missing e-mails from the Executive Office of the President (EOP) in the National Security Archive’s lawsuit seeking restoration of those e-mails, the White House …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents, Legal Research

New on LLRX: Metadata – What Is It and What Are My Ethical Duties?

Metadata – What Is It and What Are My Ethical Duties?: Jim Calloway explains why every lawyer needs to understand a few basic things about metadata. He contends that the legal ethics implications of metadata “mining” are no longer just of interest to the lawyers processing electronic discovery, or the ethics mavens.

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Microsoft

New York Times Editorial – Bush Legacy of Secrecy and Consequences

Editorial – Exit Stonewalling: “…E-mail messages that have gone suspiciously missing are estimated to number in the millions. These could illuminate some of the administration’s darker moments, including the lead-up to the Iraq war, when intelligence was distorted, the destruction of videotapes of C.I.A. torture interrogations, and the vindictive outing of the C.I.A. operative Valerie …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Release of Bush White House Data to National Archives Overwhelms Infrastructure

New York Times: “The National Archives has put into effect an emergency plan to handle electronic records from the Bush White House amid growing doubts about whether its new $144 million computer system can cope with the vast quantities of digital data it will receive when President Bush leaves office on Jan. 20. The technical …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research

Federal Financial Regulators Issue Revised Identity Theft Brochure

News release: “The federal bank, credit union, and thrift regulatory agencies today announced publication of a revised identity theft brochure – You Have the Power to Stop Identity Theft – to assist consumers in preventing and resolving identity theft. The updated brochure focuses primarily on Internet “phishing” by describing how phishing works, offering ways to …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, ID Theft, Privacy

Will E-Mail Supporter Database Be Foundation of New President's Web Initiatives?

Washington Post: “Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the White House with the opportunity to create the first truly “wired” presidency. Obama aides and allies are preparing a major expansion of the White House communications operation, enabling them …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, Internet, Privacy

Court Rules In Favor of Effort to Recover White House Emails Before Transition

News release: “A court ruled today that the National Security Archive may proceed with its effort to force the White House to recover millions of Bush Administration Executive Office of the President (EOP) e-mail records before the presidential transition. Rejecting the government’s motion to dismiss the Archive’s lawsuit, the Court ruled that the Federal Records …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents, Legal Research

Spamalytics: An Empirical Analysis of Spam Marketing Conversion

Spamalytics: An Empirical Analysis of Spam Marketing Conversion, October 2008 – Chris Kanich, Christian Kreibich, Kirill Levchenko, Brandon Enright, Geoffrey M. Voelker, Vern Paxson† Stefan Savage “The “conversion rate” of spam — the probability that an unsolicited e-mail will ultimately elicit a “sale” — underlies the entire spam value proposition. However, our understanding of this …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Commerce, E-Mail

Consumers Warned to Avoid Fake E-mails Tied to Bank Mergers

News release: “Online scammers are taking advantage of tough economic times. While e-mails phishing for sensitive data are nothing new, scammers are taking advantage of upheavals in the financial marketplace to confuse consumers into parting with valuable personal information. The Federal Trade Commission urges caution regarding e-mails that look as if they come from a …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail, Privacy

FTC's Cyber Security Site Gets an Upgrade

News release: “The Federal Trade Commission’s Web site that helps consumers stay on guard against Internet fraud is revamping to provide extra tools for cyber safety. The FTC’s announcement of the newly designed and improved site comes on the first day of October, which is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Since the September 2005 launch …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, E-Mail