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Electronic Waste: Strengthening the Role of the Federal Government in Encouraging Recycling and Reuse. GAO-06-47, November 10, 2005. Highlights “Available estimates suggest that over 100 million computers, monitors, and televisions become obsolete each year, and this number is growing. If improperly managed, these used electronics can harm the environment and human health. Available data suggest …
From FAS: “In 2002, the Los Alamos National Laboratory terminated public access to thousands of unclassified reports on nuclear science and technology as well as other historical and policy-related publications that had formerly been available on the Lab’s web site as part of its Library Without Walls initiative. Fortunately, almost all of the withdrawn reports …
KMWorld & Intranets 2005 Presentation Links. Topics include: Applying KM Strategies, Cultural Issues of KM, Collaborative Environments, Strategies & Practices, Strategies & Practices, Content Integration, Making Intranets Work, Building the Intranet, and Keeping Up with Intranet Trends.
Newsweek – Google: Ten Golden Rules – Getting the most out of knowledge workers will be the key to business success for the next quarter century. Here’s how we do it at Google.
New York Times: Conservative Blogs are More Effective Nature – Science in the web age: Joint efforts: “At its best, academia is a marketplace of ideas. But many scientists are reluctant to embrace the latest web tools that would allow them to communicate their ideas in new ways, says Declan Butler.”
Posted today by TIME magazine: What Viveca Novak Told Fitzgerald, by Viveca Novak. Ms. Novak is now apparently on a “leave of absence” from TIME. Related news: Viveca Novak: Another Plame Journo Kept Her Editor in the Dark New York Times: Lawyer Knew Rove Was a Source, Reporter Says AP – Time: Rove’s Lawyer Told …
LA Times: Was Focus of Patriot Act Debate a Dodge? – The ‘library provision’ took center stage, but critics say subpoena-like national security letters, widely used by the FBI, deserve greater scrutiny. previous posting on FBI use of National Security Letters Related article: Must we renew the Patriot Act? by Declan McCullagh, which points to …
Canada drafts proposals to shield personal data from U.S. anti-terror law, Jim Bronskill, Canadian Press, December 11, 2005: “A federal proposal would allow government departments to immediately cancel a contract with an American firm if it hands personal information about Canadians to U.S. anti-terrorism investigators.” Related links: Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) …
Wired: This brief, concise article, Worker Privacy: You Have None, clearly articulates relevant issues related to monitoring all aspects of employee web usage.
“Online Rights Canada (ORC) is a grassroots organization that promotes the public’s interest in technology and information policy. We believe that Canadians should have a voice in copyright law, access to information, freedom from censorship, and other issues that we face in the digital world.” [press release]
Following-up on my December 2, 2005 posting, DOJ Memo Determined Voting Rights Violations Resulting From Texas Redistricting, with two related articles documenting the administration response to the controversy: from today’s Washington Post, Staff Opinions Banned In Voting Rights Cases. and a December 8 article from the Dallas Morning News, Voting-rights friction building inside Justice. According …
News about administration use of propaganda is further documented in this December 10 New York Times article, Military’s Information War Is Vast and Often Secretive. Related link: Lincoln Group press release, December 2, 2005: “Lincoln Group has consistently worked with the Iraqi media to promote truthful reporting across Iraq. Our priority has always been, and …