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In what appears to be a parallel data mining program to that of the Dept. of Education, about which I posted on November 30, 2004 (Federal Gov’t Wants To Mine College and University Student Data), and again on April 6, 2005 (Gov’t Proceeds With Plans to Mine Personal Data on Students), new reports today on …
Today’s Washington Times reported on the establishment of the National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, at the University of Maryland, funded by the Dept. of Homeland Security. The center will benefit from the participation of several teams of social scientists from throughout the U.S. and the world. One focus of …
From the American Library Assocation (ALA) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: U.S. Public Libraries Providing Unprecedented Access to Computers, the Internet, and Technology Training: “Nearly every U.S. public library offers free access to computers and the Internet, but overall libraries are challenged to provide enough workstations to meet demand, pay for ongoing Internet …
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FTC press release: “Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing technology offers significant benefits but also poses risks to consumers who use it, according to a Federal Trade Commission staff report issued today. The staff report, Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Technology: Consumer Protection and Competition Issues (51 pages, PDF), analyzes the consumer protection, competition, and intellectual property issues that were discussed …
David Pogue provides details on how a pricey, private and very fast WiFi access option is now available to business travelers who need to work wherever they may be…on the road, or at the beach, or in the airport.
June 21, 2005 — Hearing Chronology of the USA Patriot Act – Hearings held by the House Committee on the Judiiciary (3 pages, PDF).
As part of FY2006 Appropriations, specified in House Report 109-119 – Department of Defense Appropriations Bill, the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB), created five years ago, and comprised of a nine member advisory panel, by next week may actually obtain approval for operational funds, which it has not had since its establishment in 2000. The …
As a follow-up to my June 17 posting, Details Revealed on Google Library Project at U. Michigan, from BusinessWeek.com today, A New Page in Google’s Books Fight: “The newly revealed contract with the University of Michigan is stoking publishers’ fears about plans to digitize library collections.” See also this commentary by Daniel Brandt, June 19, …
As announced this afternoon by Judith C. Russell, Managing Director, Information Dissemination (Superintendent of Documents), links to documents (all in PDF, unless otherwise indicated), are as follows: Plenary Session on Strategic Vision Bruce James, Public Printer GPO’s Future Digital Content System – Status (PowerPoint) Michael L. Wash, Chief Technical Officer, Office of Innovation and New …
Social Security Opened Its Files for 9/11 Inquiry: “The Social Security Administration has relaxed its privacy restrictions and searched thousands of its files at the request of the F.B.I. as part of terrorism investigations since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, newly disclosed records and interviews show.” From EPIC: “Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney has recommended (2 pages, …
Information Security: Key Considerations Related to Federal Implementation of Radio Frequency Identification Technology GAO-05-849T, June 22, 2005. Highlights. “Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an automated data-capture technology that can be used to electronically identify, track, and store information contained on a tag that is attached to or embedded in an object, such as a product, …