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Related to this January 12, 2005 posting, Pew Research Report Gauges Public Response to Recent High Profile Washington News, Most Americans Can’t Name Any Supreme Court Justices, Says FindLaw.com Survey.
This January 13, 2006 New York Times article, Even Law Firms Join the Trend to Outsourcing, raises questions about outsourcing expert legal services.
DHS press release: “A live test of e-Passports, that contain contactless chips with biographic and biometric information and the readers that are capable of reading these e-Passports, begins January 15, 2006 at Terminal G at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). This test is a collaborative effort between the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore …
National Information Exchange Model (NIEM): “…establishes a single standard XML foundation for exchanging information between DHS, DOJ, and supporting domains…” Mission: “To assist in developing a unified strategy, partnerships, and technical implementations for national information sharing laying the foundation for local, state, tribal, and federal interoperability by joining together communities of interest. That foundation …
Spirit of America sponsors The Anoniblogging Wiki: “This wiki contains our five initial guides on how to blog more safely [targeted to citizens in Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, Malaysia and Zimbabwe]. Across the globe, countries that discourage free speech have followed their citizens into the blogosphere. According to one count, in the last two years …
A January 12, 2005 ABC News Nightline interview with former President Clinton clarified information on the use of warrantless wiretaps during his administration. According to Clinton: “My attitude was that once the Congress had spoken on it and given us the tools that we needed, we used it…We used the law. We either went there …
From the Committee on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management, National Research Council: Summary of a Workshop on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management
From The Nation, a commentary by attorney Elizabelth Holtzman, former Representative from New York, 1973-1981.
Related to yesterday’s posting, Digital Rights Management: A Guide for Librarians, see Campus Copyrights and Responsibilities: A Basic Guide to Policy Considerations (39 pages, PDF), AAU, ARL, American University Press.
Americans Taking Abramoff, Alito and Domestic Spying in Stride – Democrats Hold Huge Issue Advantage, Released: January 11, 2006 (32 pages, PDF) Summary of findings: “The public has been hardly stirred by the flurry of major Washington news in the early days of 2006. Jack Abramoff’s admission that he bribed members of Congress has sparked …
“After an extensive public comment period and review, the Anti-Spyware Coalition has released the Final Working Report of the Spyware Definitions. In addition, ASC has released a number of supporting documents, including a Vendor Dispute Resolution Process, a Glossary and a set of Safety Tips for Users.”
“Your Google personalized homepage puts the information you care about on one web page — and now you can access that page on your mobile phone or device, in a phone-friendly format that’s easy to read and navigate.” Personalized Home FAQ