Website That Verifies Legitimate Online Pharmacies

From the Internet Pharmacy and Online Pharmacies Verification website: “To be VIPPS certified, a pharmacy must comply with the licensing and inspection requirements of their state and each state to which they dispense pharmaceuticals. In addition, pharmacies displaying the VIPPS seal have demonstrated to NABP compliance with VIPPS criteria including patient rights to privacy, authentication …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet, Privacy

“Groupthink” Now Questioned in Reporting of WMD Issue

The Post on WMDs: An Inside Story Prewar Articles Questioning Threat Often Didn’t Make Front Page (Washington Post, reg. req’d). Definition of groupthink. Testimony from Dr. John J. Hamre, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing on 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Counterterrorism Analysis and Collection—The Requirement for Imagination and …

Subjects: Government Documents

CBO Report Addresses Copyright and Digital Rights Issues

From the Congressional Budget Office, Copyright Issues in Digital Media, August 2004. “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper reviews current copyright law in the United States and considers the unique aspects of digital technology’s challenge to that law. It also examines the prospects for a market-based resolution to copyright disputes over digital content and explores …

Subjects: Copyright, Government Documents

Labor Dept. Website Announces Topical E-Mail Updates

“The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) today announced a new effort to expand website usage with the introduction of an e-mail subscription management system…The department will be rolling out the system in phases with the first including several major agencies in addition to the Office of the Secretary and other information available from the DOL …

Subjects: E-Government