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EFF: “A California state appeals court ruled [Apple v. Does, 69 pages, PDF)] in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) petition on behalf of three online journalists Friday, holding that the online journalists have the same right to protect the confidentiality of their sources as offline reporters do.” Apple Dealt Setback In Suit Against …
NARA: The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) has released its Report to the President for 2005 (32 pages, PDF). The Report profiles data about the Government-wide security classification program, primarily during Fiscal Year 2005. In his transmittal letter to the President included in the Report, ISOO Director J. William Leonard notes: One of the most …
DOJ: “Testimony in the jury trial of former Enron chief executives Jeffrey K. Skilling and Kenneth L. Lay concluded on Monday, May 8, 2006 after fifty-three days of trial proceedings. Closing arguments were presented to the jury May 15, 2006 through mid-morning of May 17, 2006, at which time the jury retired to begin its …
“An Insiders View of the U.S. Serial Set is a free whitepaper authored by Andrea Sevetson, former documents librarian at University of California, Berkley, and 1996-97 GODORT Chair who is now an Information Professional Consultant with LexisNexis.”
Refereed technical papers from 11 research areas are available from the WWW2006 Conference, May 23-26, 2006. Topic areas include: business success, next wave, education and science, security and health.
Rove-Novak Call Was Concern To Leak Investigators, by Murray Waas, National Journal: “On September 29, 2003, three days after it became known that the CIA had asked the Justice Department to investigate who leaked the name of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame, columnist Robert Novak telephoned White House senior adviser Karl Rove to assure Rove …
From Government Computer News, this 1 page PDF indicates programs ranked by 2006 spending. “The Federal government is spending over $192 million on the 24 quicksilver E-Gov initiatives in fiscal 2006.” Related postings on e-government
AALL Speakers Directory and AALL Speakers Directory FAQ
Sensenbrenner Announces Hearing Next Week on Constitutional Questions Raised by the FBI’s Unprecedented Saturday Night Raid of Congress May 25, 2006 update: Bush Orders FBI-Congress Documents Sealed
Follow-up to previous postings on domestic surveillance of telephone calls, this press release today – ACLU Launches Nationwide Action Against NSA Snooping on Americans’ Phone Calls: “ACLU affiliates in 20 states today filed complaints with Public Utility Commissions or sent letters to state Attorneys General and other officials demanding investigations into whether local telecommunications companies …
NIH Posts Information on Research Results for the Public – May 16, 2006. Currently, fact sheets are available (PDF), on the following topics: Doubling Accomplishments-Selected Examples; Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Failure; Heart Disease; Research Into What Works Best; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Parkinson’s Disease; Amazing Research, Amazing Help; New Efforts for FY 2007; Driving the Transformation …
As reported by USAToday.com, marketing objectives are displacing statistical data in a growing number of corporate annual reports, whose appearance may now be slanted toward style over substance, at least from the researcher’s perspective. [D.C.]
