Category «Internet»

CRS – Transforming Government Acquisition Systems: Overview and Selected Issues

Transforming Government Acquisition Systems: Overview and Selected Issues – L. Elaine Halchin – Specialist in American National Government, June 20, 2013. “Increasingly, the federal government uses technology to facilitate and support the federal acquisition process. Primary beneficiaries of this shift to online systems (websites and databases) are the government’s acquisition workforce and prospective and incumbent …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Economy, Government Documents, Internet

The Computer Desktop Encyclopedia

The Computer Desktop Encyclopedia: “The Computer Language Company was founded in 1978 by husband-wife team Alan Freedman and Irma Morrison. When Freedman couldn’t find a computer dictionary that would meaningfully augment the computer literacy classes he taught to Fortune 500 companies, he set out on a quest to purchase his first computer and write this …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

Google’s new transparency report now tracking malware

Google Transparency Report: “Google’s Safe Browsing technology examines billions of URLs per day looking for unsafe websites. Every day, we discover thousands of new unsafe sites, many of which are legitimate websites that have been compromised. When we detect unsafe sites, we show warnings on Google Search and in web browsers. These unsafe sites fall …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Internet, Privacy, Search Engines

The Hill – Tech companies fret over loss of consumers’ trust after NSA revelations

Jennifer Martinez : “The country’s most prominent tech companies, including Google and Facebook, are scrambling to save their reputations with users following the revelations over a National Security Agency surveillance program that monitors Internet traffic to thwart terrorist attacks. Since the reports broke, tech companies have mobilized into full-on damage control mode in hopes of …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Commerce, Internet, Patriot Act, Privacy

Policy Paper – The Digital Diplomacy Revolution: Why is Canada Lagging Behind? by Roland Paris

The Digital Diplomacy Revolution: Why is Canada Lagging Behind? by Roland Paris, June, 2013 “The practice of international diplomacy is undergoing a revolution. As activists, private and public organizations, political leaders and mass publics embrace Twitter, Facebook and other forms of social media, foreign ministries have come under increasing pressure to update their operating methods. …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

Autonomous Decision-Making Processes and the Responsible Cyber Commander

Prescott, Jody Mailand, Autonomous Decision-Making Processes and the Responsible Cyber Commander (June 5, 2013). Available at SSRN “As the industrialization of cyber war proceeds apace, an emerging consensus is developing that the law of armed conflict applies to those cyber operations that either do, or are intended to, injure people and damage their property. Cyber …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Patriot Act

Pew – Family Caregivers are Wired for Health

Family Caregivers are Wired for Health by Susannah Fox, Maeve Duggan, Kristen Purcell, June 20, 2013 “39% of U.S. adults are caregivers and many navigate health care with the help of technology, Four in ten adults in the U.S. are caring for an adult or child with significant health issues, up from 30% in 2010. Caring for a …

Subjects: Health Care, Internet

UK – Further action for Google over Wi-Fi data collection

“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served Google Inc with an enforcement notice over the collection of payload data by Google’s Street View cars in the UK. Stephen Eckersley, ICO Head of Enforcement, said: “Today’s enforcement notice strengthens the action already taken by our office, placing a legal requirement on Google to delete the remaining …

Subjects: EU Data Protection, Government Documents, Internet, Privacy

Is the Amazon $600 million contract to build a “private cloud” for CIA moving forward?

Follow up to previous posting, FCW Reports on Bid Protest Over Amazon Cloud Contract for CIA, news that Amazon “is staffing up to meet the demand the new contract will require. Specifically, Amazon is looking for engineers who already have a “Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information” clearance, or are willing to go through the elaborate …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Paper – NSA Spying Under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act

Follow up to previous posting, Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder – U.S. Domestic Surveillance, a new CDT Paper: “The FBI and NSA have abused Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act to compel disclosure of phone records of calls made to, from, and within the United States. This surveillance is not permitted by the statute, and was …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Internet, Patriot Act, Privacy

EU Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2013

EUROPEAN COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT – Digital Agenda Scoreboard, Brussels, 12.06.2013, SWD(2013). 217 final. “The EU economy was marked by recession in 2012. According to the latest Commission figures, annual GDP in 2013 is forecast to contract 0.1% in the EU and 0.4% in the Euro area. Unemployment is at unacceptable levels in many countries, …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Government Documents, Internet

Google – How to Delete Search History

“You can delete your search history at any time. However, before you do so, remember that saving your search history can help you quickly find information you’ve searched for in the past or pages you visited earlier. For example, if you visited a site with a great pasta recipe but can’t remember what the site …

Subjects: Internet, Privacy, Search Engines

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