OASIS, the XML Interoperability Consortium
OASIS is a non-profit, world wide consortium of coporations and individuals that seeks to establish “create standards for the electronic exchange of legal data” using XML.
Category «Internet»
Electronic Freedom of Information
The GAO today issued a report, Information Management: Update on Implementation of the 1996 Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments. The GAO’s study indicates a significant backlog in the response of federal agencies to freedom of information requests. Due no doubt in no small measure to the Patriot Act, agencies have not kept pace with …
Amazon Will Change Privacy Policy
Amazon.com plans to update its privacy policy this October in response to pressure from advocacy group EPIC, consumer complaints and a coalition of state attorney generals. See this press release from Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly indicating that Amazon has agreed “to clarify policy, protect customer data.”
Yale Information Society Project
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School (ISP) hosts several resources focused on how the Internet, intellectual property and telecommunications impact our civil liberties. The site posts working papers and information about policy initiatives. In addition, the project sponsors a provocative, insightful, and informative searchable weblog, LawMeme, with commentary on legal-tech issues provided by …
Advocacy Groups Lobby Against Internet Filters
Advocacy groups are lobbying for the repeal of CIPA’s (The Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000) web filtering requirements for public libraries that receive federal funds. An ACLU press release and a preliminary research report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argue that the use of such filters is ineffective in preventing access to harmful …
Australian Jews Win Landmark Racist Web Site Case
The Adelaide Instituteweb site will be offline in four days in accordance with an Explanatory Memorandum and decision in Jones v Toben by the Federal Court of Australia. The site will continue to be available via the Web Archive, for which I have provided the following link which is illustrative of some of the content …
California State Prisoners and the Internet
A U.S. District Judge ruled that the California Department of Corrections must allow prisoners, who have no Internet access, to receive printed copies of documents and materials obtained through the Web.
Premier of Clinton's Redesigned Web Site
Former President Clinton’s new web site is available at http://www.clintonpresidentialcenter.com/. There is an archive of his post-Presidential speeches, a flash timeline of his administration’s legislative accomplishments from 1993-2000, and the site was designed to comply with Section 508 and W3 standards for use by those with disabilities.
EPIC Publishes FOIA Litigation Manual
Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws (FOIA) 2002 “is the standard reference work covering all aspects of the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, the Government in the Sunshine Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. ”
Is the Future of E-Government in Doubt?
Since 9-11, there have been documented instances of information having been removed from government sponsored web sites, as well as indications that data that otherwise would be made public has simply not been published on the Web. A September 11 article in PCWorld addresses this issue, albeit well after its discussion in other venues. It …
U.S. Web Use At Work At Record High
From Nielsen NetRatings, this press release indicates that the Web is very popular at work, especially among women: Online Usage at Work Jumps 17 Percent Year-Over-Year, Driven by Female Office Workers.
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?).
