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Internet advertising has become a growing source of revenue for search engine giant Google, and this April 13 New York Times article documents the company’s human and machine resources which are an integral part of their successful marketing strategy, and also provides illustrated examples (available in the print version of the paper) of how they …
The DOJ Office of Information and Privacy FOIA Post website published a statement presenting its perspective on the recent Executive Order on National Security Classification Amended. On March 27, I posted a link to, and related resources on, Executive Order 12958, As Amended, Classified National Security Information. For futher reference, the Federation of American Scientists …
A follow-up to my posting yesterday on FERC’s announcement concerning the temporary removal of Enron e-mails from the agency’s database: Judge Melinda Harmon, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, has “rejected Enron’s request for a blanket protective order preventing parties from disclosing discovery documents to the public.” This information is via the Reporters …
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on April 7 that all Enron e-mails posted on the Commission’s website would be removed temporarily (until April 24). The e-mails are part of a FERC database comprising over 85,000 Enron related documents and over 150,000 document images. This action was in response to Enron’s petition to the …
On April 3 I posted on the topic of legislation under consideration in 22 states (and D.C.) to restrict public access to government documents that were deemed to be associated with homeland security. As a follow-up, the Gov. Warner of Virginia has signed two bills, the Sensitive Records Protection Act (HB 2210) and the Freedom …
On April 7, OMB Watch launched a portal to monitor how data quality guidelines impact the timeliness and range of information which state and federal government agencies make availalble to the public. The Tracking Data Quality site includes links to the following areas: Analysis and Background Challenges Agency Guidelines Legislation Correspondence
The Information Law Weblog was launched March 28, is by librarian/researcher/author Paul Pedley, and focuses on copyright, data protection and freedom of information issues in the UK. Well worth a visit. (Thanks to DC for the link.)
CNN reported the availability to the public of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Access to Archival Databases System (AAD) in this April 5 article. The database was actually released on February 12, and represents a substantial e-gov program to provide a single user interface for researchers to facilitate searching, retrieving and dowloading approximately …
The USA Today reported that 22 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws that restrict public access to information that relates to homeland security. The exemptions to state freedom of information laws includes maps, evacuation and emergency plans, transportation services and infrastructure. According to the article, “Taken together, the measures passed in the …
Behind the Homefront is a blog launched January 24 by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. It is a “a daily chronicle of news in homeland security and military operations affecting newsgathering, access to information and the public’s right to know.”
For only the second time in its history, the Supreme Court released same day audio tapes of oral arguments, in this instance, for the Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger affirmative action cases. The first time the court released same day hearing tapes to the public they did so on a time delayed basis …
From Edward Felton’s Freedom to Tinker, this page, State Super-DMCA Bills and Laws, provides a chart listing legislation introduced in nine states (AL, CO, FL, GA, MA, MD, MI, SC, TN, TX) that would preclude corporate and personal use of firewalls, routers and encrypted e-mail. See also this related posting from LawMeme about an April …
