Report Highlights 3rd Anniversary of the E-Government Act
Office of Management and Budget report, Expanding E-Government: Improved Service Delivery for the American People Using Information Technology, December 2005.
U.S. Congress of Mayors Issues Hunger and Homelessness Survey
A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America’s Cities – A 24-City Survey, December 2005 (105 pages, PDF)
House Judiciary Cmte. Democratic Staff Report Confronts Iraq War Issues
Report prepared by the Minority Staff of the House Judiciary Committee, The Constitution in Crisis; The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Coverups in the Iraq War (273 pages, HTML link to Table of Contents) Press release by Rep. John Conyers, Jr. “…the report examines the Bush Administration’s actions in taking us …
Report on Internet Usage and Global Demographics
Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, December 19, 2005: “The Internet is growing at an annualized rate of 18% and now has one billion users. A second billion users will follow in the next ten years, bringing a dramatic change in worldwide usability needs…According to Morgan Stanley estimates, 36% of Internet users are now in Asia and 24% …
Yahoo Introduces Time Saving Search Shortcuts
From the Yahoo Search Blog: Open Shortcuts (beta) are custom keywords that take you directly to a site, a search, or start a task right from the search box…To use an Open Shortcut, you type !(exclamation point) followed by the name of the shortcut in the Yahoo! Search box. For example, type: !ebay lamps. This …
FTC Reports on CAN-SPAM Act Effectiveness and Enforcement
Effectiveness and Enforcement of the CAN-SPAM Act: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress, December 2005 (116 pages, PDF): “In addition to the analysis of effectiveness and enforcement, the report proposes three steps that could improve the efficacy of the CAN-SPAM Act. First, Congress should enact the US SAFE WEB Act, to improve the FTC’s …
Federal Judge Issues Decision Against Teaching “Intelligent Design”
U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III (M.D. PA), Kitzmiller v. Dover (139 pages, PDF) Kitzmiller, et al v. Dover School District, et al – docket and link to decision AP article, ‘Religious alternative’ to evolution barred from public-school science classes Federal Judge Rules Intelligent Design Unconstitutional
AG, VP Issue Statements on Legal Underpinnings of Electronic Surveillance Program
In following postings on the revelations on the Domestic Surveillance Program, see the text of this Press Briefing by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and General Michael Hayden, Principal Deputy Director for National Intelligence, December 19, 2005. “The President confirmed the existence of a highly classified program on Saturday. The program remains highly classified; there are …
Domestic Spying Targeted Animal Rights and Environmental Activitists
Press release: “According to new documents released today by the American Civil Liberties Union, the FBI is using counterterrorism resources to monitor and infiltrate domestic political organizations that criticize business interests and government policies, despite a lack of evidence that the groups are engaging in or supporting violent action.” The ACLU has posted the FOIA …
Congressional Calls for Investigation of Domestic Surveillance Program Intensify
Press release: “U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today asked four presidential scholars for their opinion on former White House Counsel John Dean’s statement that President Bush admitted to an ‘impeachable offense’ when he said he authorized the National Security Agency to spy on Americans without getting a warrant from a judge.” Press release: “Congressman Jerrold …
New on LLRX.com
A Selected Bibliography on “Sensitive But Unclassified” and Similarly Designated Information Held by the Federal Government, by Sara E. Kelley Wrongful Conviction and Innocence Resources on the Internet, by Ken Strutin Foreign and Transnational Legal Forms, by Mary Rumsey 2005 Holiday Gadget Gift Guides, by Jeff Beard Dennis Kennedy’s Legal Technology Predictions for 2006: Small …
Wikipedia Continues to Confront Controversy
WSJ free feature today: Wikipedia’s Woes – Tumultuous Weeks for Internet Encyclopedia Bring Furor Over Anonymity, Accountability Financial Times: Wikipedia to restrict access to encyclopaedia: “Wikipedia, the online user-written encyclopaedia that has come under fire for inaccuracies, is to introduce a more traditional fixed version of its contents in an effort to increase its reliability.” …