Proposed Amendments to Federal Rules Include E-Records
Federal Courts Propose Rules for E-Discovery. Related document: Summary of Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules (PDF) – Aug. 2004.
Anti-Piracy and Spyware Protection Bills Awaiting House Vote
From Reuters, news that two bills have been ordered reported by the House Judiciary Committee: H.R. 4077, the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004, To enhance criminal enforcement of the copyright laws, to educate the public about the application of copyright law to the Internet, and for other purposes. H.R. 4661, the Internet Spyware …
Congrats to ResearchBuzz
Tara Calishain writes: “On Thursday, September 9, ResearchBuzz celebrates its 300th issue. Since October 1998 ResearchBuzz has been providing weekly pointers and commentary to online research resources.” Readers may choose from several features available to read her terrific content, including through categories or by date. Also not to be missed, Tara’s new book, Web Search …
Browsing Selected Congressional Documents From 1995 to Present Via GPO
“The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce a new browse feature on the GPO Access Congressional Documents Web pages. In our continuing effort to increase the accessibility of the resources available on GPO Access, users can now browse the catalog of House, Senate and Treaty documents, by Congress, beginning with the 104th …
Proposal to Expand Free Electronic Access to All Research Funded By NIH
Notice: Enhanced Public Access to NIH Research Information, September 3, 2004: “This notice is to announce and to seek public comments regarding NIH’s plans to facilitate enhanced public access to NIH health related research information. NIH intends to request that its grantees and supported Principal Investigators provide the NIH with electronic copies of all final …
Bipartisan Senate Bill Responding to 9/11 Recommendations
Press release today from Sen. Joe Lieberman: “In an effort to fortify the nations homeland and national security, a bipartisan group of Senators Tuesday introduced legislation to implement recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission in July. The 280-page omnibus legislation covers subjects ranging from intelligence reform, border and transportation security, information sharing and outreach to …
Report on Gov’t Use of Open Source Software Around the World
From the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., “the following chart provides information on the number and type of Open Source (OS) software policies and legislation considered by national, regional or local governments around the world. It looks at whether the policy or legislation mandated the use of OS, expressed a …
Interagency Gov’t Report on Copyright
Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright – A Template for the Promotion of Awareness Among CENDI Agency Staff, CENDI/2004-8, Updated August 06, 2004 (CENDI is an interagency working group of senior Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Managers from 12 U.S. federal agencies)
GAO Legal Opinion on Actions by Former Medicare Chief
From the press release issued today by Sen. Frank Lautenberg: “In a report requested by Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), the Government Accountability Office issued a ruling today (PDF, 13 pages) finding that former CMS Administrator Tom Scully illegally ordered his staff to withhold information from Congress. The Department of Health and Human Services has …
Gov’t Requests Docs. in Airline ID Case Sealed
Government wants ID arguments secret. Related posting on the case is here.
PR Plan to Boost Citizen Use of E-Gov Sources
According to Federal Computer Week, a PR firm has received a contract to revamp 10 e-gov websites, beginning with the underutilized sites Recreation One-Stop, e-Authentication and International Trade Process Streamlining. Related references as follows: The Official Web Site of the President’s E-Government Initiatives GAO Report: Electronic Government: Planned e-Authentication Gateway Faces Formidable Development Challenges New …
NY Times Review of Popular VoIP Service
In Internet Calling, Skype Is Living Up to the Hype See also Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Opportunity Arises With New Skype Application by Chris Hayes, February 2004.