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Pew Research Center: “Among the 77% of the currently employed (and not retired) public who say they expect to do some kind of work for pay after they retire, there are no significant differences by age, income, gender, race, ethnicity, education or region. In short, this has now become a widely-held expectation among virtually all …
FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. Senate that access to Whois databases the directories that contain information about Web site operators are “critical to the agencys consumer protection mission, to other law enforcement agencies around the world, and to consumers.” In Commission testimony before the Subcommittee on Trade, …
“On a typical day in August, 26 million Americans were using the internet for news or information about politics and the upcoming mid-term elections. That corresponds to 19% of adult internet users, or 13% of all Americans over the age of 18.” [Link]
Press release: “Acting Attorney General Anne Milgram declares in a brief filed in federal court that the United States Justice Department’s move to block a state investigation into whether telephone companies provided call records to the National Security Agency without a court warrant interferes with the Attorney General’s ability to investigate violations of New Jersey …
“The Electronic Frontier Foundation has developed the following search privacy tips. They range from straightforward steps that offer a little protection to more complicated measures that offer near-complete safety. While we strongly urge users to follow all six tips, a lesser level of protection might be sufficient depending on your particular situation and willingness to …
The Terrorism Index, by FOREIGN POLICY & The Center For American Progress: “Despite todays highly politicized national security environment, the index results show striking consensus across political party lines. A bipartisan majority (84 percent) of the index’s experts say the United States is not winning the war on terror. Eighty-six percent of the indexs experts …
AP: Thousands Walk to Pentagon to Mark 9/11
CDT press release: “Evaluating DRM: Building a Marketplace for the Convergent World” tackles the complicated subject of copyright protection technology, offering a clear set of metrics for consumers and product reviewers to consider when evaluating DRM-protected devices and services. The goal of the paper is to educate users about what questions to ask to determine …
Press Release: U.S. Adults More Likely to Turn to the Web for Legal Information, New Survey from Lawyers.com Reveals
3 Must-Use Online Tools for Journalists, Amy Gahran’s handout [HTML and PDF] from the annual conference of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). [via Center for Media and Democracy] Also from the SPJ conference, Tech Trends: A User’s Guide to Software, Hardware, and Other Tools Revolutionizing Journalism, by Jeff South
“The Sudan Multi-Donor Trust Funds (MDTFs) are a means for donors to coordinate the reconstruction and development needs of both Northern and Southern Sudan. The MDTFs are funded by donor countries and managed by two technical secretariats, one for the MDTF-National, which focuses on war-affected areas of Northern states (based in Khartoum), and a second …
“25 August 2006 – The European Commission adopted on 24 August 2006 a Recommendation on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation (PDF). The Recommendation aims at bringing out the full economic and cultural potential of Europes cultural and scientific heritage through the Internet. It is part of the Commission’s strategy …
