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Press release today: “The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today approved by roll call vote, S. 2281, the VOIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004. Senator Sununu (R-NH) introduced the legislation on April 5, 2004. This legislation is designed to provide a structure for the regulatory treatment of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) applications.”
A University of Texas at Austin study evaluating how often 30 newspapers refresh their respective website content indicated that “only 12 updated their home pages frequently, and the rest made few or no changes during the day.” [Link]
IEBlog, the Microsoft Internet Explorer Weblog, launched July 21.
9-11 Commission Report: On July 22, 2004 the Commission released its public report, which is available for download from this site. The report is also available in bookstores nationwide and from the Government Printing Office [free PDF version]. See also the Executive Summary. On August 21, 2004 the Commission released two staff monographs, available for …
Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Official Government Edition “The Commission’s Final Report provides a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. It also includes recommendations designed to guard against future …
From Findlaw: “United States v. Scott Levine (July 21, 2004), A Federal Grand Jury Indictment Accusing A Florida Man Of Illegally Accessing And Downloading Approximately 8.2 Gigabytes of Data Over A 17-Month Period From A Server Maintained By Acxiom, An Arkansas Company In The Business Of Managing Personal, Financial, And Corporate Data [PDF]”
House Committee on Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Inter-governmental Relations, and the Census hearing on “The Science of Electronic Voting Machine Technology: Accuracy, Reliability, and Security,” July 20, 2004. Link to opening statement and testimony “An estimated 50 million registered voters, representing nearly 30 percent of all voters, are expected to cast their …
“First Lawsuit Over Cell Phone Spam – Legal ambiguity doesn’t stop Verizon Wireless from slapping text-message spammers with unprecedented litigation.” [Link via Slashdot] Copy of complaint (PDF, 26 pages)
The Information Architecture of Email
Today’s WSJ has another article on blogs (that’s two this month!), Law Professor’s Web Log Is Jurists’ Must-Read In addition, the Journal has launched a range of RSS feeds as follows (please note – “Headlines are available to all users, but full stories are available only to subscribers of the Online Journal.”): What’s News – …
HHS Press release: Strategic Report Outlines Steps to Implement Widespread Adoption of Electronic Health Records and New Nationwide Interoperable Health Information Network. Full-text of the report, (176 pages, PDF), The Decade of Health Information Technology: Delivering Consumer-centric and Information-rich Health Care, Framework for Strategic Action, July 21, 2004 And from today’s New York Times, Government …
“The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is offering The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States both online through GPOAccess and in the official Government print edition, beginning on Thursday, July 22, 2004 at 11:30 a.m. GPO will provide public access to the report at no …