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“The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) [held] an oral evidence session [February 2, 2006] at the House of Commons, as part of its public inquiry on Digital Rights Management(DRM)…The inquiry…is seeking to establish how consumers, artists and the distribution companies should be protected in a continually evolving market place…Regrettably, this session will not be …
Late last night AP reported that Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald stated in legal correspondence [the full text of which is available here in PDF] related to discovery in the Libby CIA leak indictment, that White House email from 2003 failed to be properly archived. The article quotes the response of noted government secrecy expert …
From askSam: “CPT and HCPCS Medical Codes, Free Searchable Version: This database contains a complete listing of CPT codes (Current Procedural Terminology) and HCPCS codes (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System). This database is fully searchable by code, description, type or category.”
This New York Times essay, A Growing Web of Watchers Builds a Surveillance Society, by David Shenk, offers especially cautionary insight in light of the growing public and political response to revelations about the government’s domestic surveillance program. After Subpoenas, Internet Searches Give Some Pause Survey finds solid opposition to release of Google data to …
Management of the DHS Wide Area Network Needs Improvement (PDF, 32 pages – 264 KB) Security Weaknesses Increase Risks to Critical DHS Databases (Redacted) (PDF, 36 pages) US-VISIT System Security Management Needs Strengthening (Redacted) (PDF, 47 pages)
I am delighted to announce the addition of three new columns on LLRX.com, authored by leading professionals from different spheres of our community. Law librarian and blogger Connie Crosby writes about The Tao of Law Librarianship, the second installment of which is titled Do-It-Yourself Professional Development. Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys, by Frederick L. …
DHS press release: “A live test of e-Passports, that contain contactless chips with biographic and biometric information and the readers that are capable of reading these e-Passports, begins January 15, 2006 at Terminal G at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). This test is a collaborative effort between the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore …
Searches and Seizures in a Digital World, by Orin S. Kerr (55 pages, PDF)
Document management systems go to court – New federal rules for 2006 could come down hard on IT: “First, the proposed amendments to Rule 26 will require attorneys for both parties to a litigation in Federal court to sit down prior to the proceedings to discuss their clients document management systems….Rule 37(f), also called a …
RSS Aggregation – Part 1: The Partnership
This text will self-destruct in 40 seconds – Next year self-deleting emails and photo messages too.: “Staellium UK said that its StealthText service will allow business executive dealing in sensitive information to send texts which will delete themselves from the recipient’s mobile phone as soon as the person has read them.” Details
Following up on previous postings about phishing, the New York Times yesterday published an article, Gone Spear-Phishin’ detailing the extent, impact and intent of cybercriminals who launch Trojans to steal the data of individuals and corporations, for both profit and personal reasons. See also Business Week, Phishing: Beware the Internal Revenue Scam: “The official-looking e-mails …
