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Two articles worth reading from The Los Angeles Times (reg. req’d): from today’s paper, this one examines the remarkably straighforward, low-tech tools (including fax machines and Wite-out) and methods that have been successfully used to carry out ID theft scams. and from yesterday’s edition, Did ChoicePoint End Run Backfire? The data-collecting company has managed to …
The University of Maryland Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise announced the availablity of a report, The Unintended Audience: Balancing Openness and Secrecy – Crafting an Information Policy for the 21st Century (76 pages, PDF), that addresses post 9/11 limitations on public access to unclassified but “sensitive” government documents, and the associated impact of …
Following up on my post from January, Will New York Times on Web Remain Free?, more machinations on the topic of anticipated fees for online access to the Times and other papers: Can Papers End the Free Ride Online?
Just a reminder that LLRX.com’s Court Rules, Forms and Dockets remains the only comprehensive, free, regularly updated guide of its kind on the web. Suggestions for new links are always welcome. “This site includes links to over 1,400 sources for state and federal court rules, forms and dockets. You can browse to find the resource …
Press release from the United States Attorney, Central District of California, March 7, 2005: “An Encino man who used personal information fraudulently obtained from ChoicePoint Service and other companies to commit identity theft against thousands of victims was sentenced today to 66 months in federal prison. Adedayo Benson, a 38-year-old Nigerian national, was sentenced this …
Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide To Basic Sources (18 pages, PDF), posted by FAS and link via Marcus P. Zillman.
From Lynn Lenart at the University of Akron School of Law, her Law Library Pathfinder to Law Blogs – Blawgs. Thank you for including beSpacific. “The purpose of this pathfinder…is to provide a starting point for law students and law faculty interested in identifying blogs they wish to monitor or to provide basic information for …
The Pew Charitable Trusts funds Stateline.org, and this terrific resource that “provides timely, trustworthy information on state policy innovations and trends,” has a new design, an updated technology platform, and additional features. The site now offers RSS feeds: three news feeds, 12 issue oriented feeds on topics including health care and technology, and updates from …
The following article, in PDF, begins on page 1 and continues on page 13: Information Free-for-all? by Trudy Bell, from IEEE’s The Institute Quarterly, March 2005. [Peggy Garvin] Related beSpacific postings on open source journals and public access to scientific sources. See also, Open Access or Differential Pricing for Journals: The Road Best Traveled?
Message to ChoicePoint users appears after login: “Dear Customer – Based on recent issues, we are taking a proactive stance on managing access to sensitive information. ChoicePoint is requesting an update of your user and account information and reducing your access to some data – until we process the update. Your account is still open …
Over the past two days, significant primary and secondary information associated with the ChoicePoint ID theft scam has become available. Please see the following sources, which appear in chronological order: SEC probing ChoicePoint stock sales Rep. Markey Press Conference Statement Introducing the “Information Protection and Security Act” (S. 500 and H.R. 1080): “In the emerging …
Emerging Threats: Overclassification and Psuedo-Classification, House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, March 2, 2005. Related resources: Shays Holds Hearing on Overclassification: “Last year, more federal officials classified more information, and declassified less, than the year before. In our previous hearing on official secrecy policies, the Department of …
