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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 …
Following up on my posting February 16, Open Government Act of 2005 Introduced Today With Bipartisan Support, see this DOJ analysis of the legislation’s specific proposals. “If the introduction of this proposed legislation does lead to the enactment of major FOIA amendments during the 109th Congress, it will continue a distinct legislative pattern for the …
From Wired, a critique of the Wall Street Journals’ adherence to a fee based subscription strategy that prevents search engine indexing of their extensive, authoritative, and highly regarded content. This in turn results in very limited linking to their articles by a ever expanding community of bloggers and website publishers. The debate should and will …
How Google will scan the world, 1 book at a time.
From the Comptroller of the Currency: Other Consumer Protection Laws and Regulations (139 pages, PDF), a revision of a booklet in the Comptroller’s Handbook for Consumer Compliance, updates interagency examination procedures for such laws and regulations as the Homeowners Protection Act, the Consumer Leasing Act, the “Disclosure and Reporting of CRA-Related Agreements,” and the “Prohibition …
Clinton Library Opens Presidential Papers for Research: “The William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum…announced that it is making over 100,000 pages of Clinton presidential records available for research. They represent the first public release of Clinton presidential records since the end of the Clinton Administration.” From the George Bush Presidential Library: Information on release …
“Welcome to Seekport (beta), the new Internet search engine optimised to meet the needs of users in the UK. Proven technology and a British indexing team ensure high-quality searching with much less spam and far fewer hits from the US.” [via URL Wire]
Press release: U.S. Corporations Misuse or Underuse Competitive Intelligence, Outward Insights Survey Shows: “A majority of U.S. based companies that claim to use competitive intelligence (CI) to guide their decision-making processes either don’t use intelligence enough or use it the wrong way. This excludes nearly 30% of companies that don’t even have, or don’t feel …
France’s national library has raised a “war cry” over plans by Google to put books from some of the world’s great libraries on the internet. Related references: Google defies Europe, by Jean-Noel Jeanneney, Director of the National Library of France, Le Monde, 22.01.05 and this commentary on and translation of the aforementioned article.
The Financial Times and The Economist now provide RSS feeds. The Financial Times requires a subscription to portions of its respective content, so be aware that the newsfeeds will be likewise restricted if you are not a subscriber. The paper is currently offering links to 14 content areas on this webpage. The Economist has two …
“Restore Scientific Integrity to Federal Research and Policymaking: Reps. Waxman and Gordon introduce H.R. 839, legislation to protect federal science from political interference. The bill includes bars on manipulating science, suppressing research, and using political litmus tests to appoint members of scientific advisory committees.” The following documents are all in PDF format: Bill Summary Press …
