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“Beginning November 1, 2004, all criminal case file documents available to the public at a courthouse also will be available remotely through the court’s electronic access system.” [Link]
FTC: Technology, not legislation, needed to fight spyware Orson Swindle, FTC Commission, and Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute, believe that “technology is a better anti-spyware tool than legislation and that it is up to industry to solve the problem, not government.” See the Spy Act (H.R. 2929) and the Internet Spyware …
“Making Web data permanent – Uniform Resource Names can help users find government data no matter where it’s moved online, a group says.” [Link] Primary resource: Recommendations on Open Interoperable Standards for Search Identifiers [This draft document will be retired on completion of a recommendation by the U.S. Federal Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI), …
National Committee for Voting Integrity Election Reform Recommendations (pdf) Related news: Computer Loses 4,500 Votes in North Carolina, Defective software ‘lost’ votes (Florida), and Group finds voting problems across South.
Planning a trip, and looking for free wireless access? See the BestWiFi Hotels 2004.
From the Bureau of the Public Debt, the following data, as of November 3, 2004: Debt Held by the Public – $4,332,224,143,554.05 Intragovernmental Holdings – 3,097,310,844,198.64 Total – $7,429,534,987,752.69 Related resource: Financial Audit: Bureau of the Public Debt’s Fiscal Years 2004 and 2003 Schedules of Federal Debt GAO-05-116, November 5, 2004. Highlights: “At the end …
This evening, John Doyle, Washington & Lee Law Library, announced the launch of his Legal Periodicals blog, which supplements and expands upon his Most-Cited Legal Periodicals U.S. and selected non-U.S database.
Federal Court Web Sites Feature Vote-Related Information: “The web sites of federal courts in two closely contested states, Ohio and Florida, prominently displayed election-related matters in their respective district courts. See Ohio and Florida web sites.”
Internetnews.com reports on Best Practices for Online Service Providers recommended by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for ISPs who are increasingly confronting DMCA complaints.
From Government Computer News, a review of how DHS has adopted a policy for deploying secure wireless networks within government agencies. The article also provides a useful checklist, ABCs of wireless security guide. Related resources on wireless technology: I’ll Have Wireless to Go, Please and Cache and Carry: Staying Connected Wirelessly.
Trusting Your Health History to the Web – Digitized medical records can help save lives. But are they secure enough?