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From the EFF: Electronic Voting Machine Quick Reference Guides: Includes an Information sheet and glossary (with tips for election observers) and a Location list of which voting machines are in your county. See also this testimony today, by EPIC, before the Election Assistance Commission Technical Guidelines Development Committee hearing on Human Factors and Privacy, relating …
From today’s Federal Register, Changes To Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan; Final Rule [Link] “Discussion of Specific Rules…Section 1.4(d)(2) is rewritten to provide for the signing of correspondence by use of an S-signature, which is defined as a signature between forward slash marks…”
Press release from the Davies Project at Princeton University, Research into the History of University Libraries in the United States and the History of their Collections Database of American Libraries before 1876: “More than 9,800 records for over 80 types of libraries, searchable on 14 fields. Also view original Unisort data cards. Users may record …
Hearing today held by the Senate Commerce Committee on S. 1963, the Wireless 411 Privacy Act. Links to opening remarks and testimony. See also Testimony and Statement for the Record of Marc Rotenberg (EPIC), and from IDG News, Wireless carriers: Privacy bill not needed
From their press release today: “The new products include the MyJeeves personal search system, robust local search, and the next generation of its proprietary Teoma search technology…Through a partnership with Citysearch announced in August, Ask Jeeves users now have access to comprehensive local business listings and data, including over 2 million editorial and user reviews …
The New York Post indicates maybe so, as detailed in this article. See also this September 23 update, Clues may point to Google browser, and this September 24 article, Google as Browser?
From the press release today: “The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced the release of the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for the testing phase of the Secure Flight program along with a proposed order to airlines to provide one months worth of Passenger Name Records (PNR) data to be used for program testing. The PIA …
9/11 Panel Members Form Group to Press Recommendations See the 9/11 Discourse Project: “The ten members of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (known as the 9-11 Commission) have initiated a nationwide public education campaign for the purpose of making America safer and more secure. In so doing, the commissioners will …
Barbarians at the Digital Gate
Ready or Not (and Maybe Not), Electronic Voting Goes National “Just over six weeks before the nation holds the first general election in which touch-screen voting will play a major role, specialists agree that whatever the remaining questions about the technology’s readiness, it is now too late to make any significant changes.” Related reference from …
Reps. Thornberry and Lofgren introduce the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2004 [Link] See H.R. 5068 and H.R. 5069
From the egov.com press release: “FirstGov.gov, Uncle Sam’s most successful federal Web site, provided a sneak preview of an online toolkit that will enable all federal agencies to replicate the success of this award- winning site… The kit will guide federal Web managers as they design U.S. government Web sites to be the most citizen-focused …