New Blog From IE Browser Team
IEBlog, the Microsoft Internet Explorer Weblog, launched July 21.
9-11 Commission Report
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 …
The 9/11 Commission Report
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 …
Indictment For Hacking Millions of Personal Data Files From Acxiom
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]”
Testimony From House Hearing on E-Voting
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 …
Wireless Carrier Sues Spammer
“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)
Practical Tips on Gmail Features
The Information Architecture of Email
WSJ on Sentencing Law Blog and New RSS Feeds
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 – …
New Gov’t E-Health Records Info Network
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 …
GPO Update on Availability of 9/11 Report Tomorrow
“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 …
Smaller Search Engines May Prove the Right Match For Your Research
From today’s San Francisco Chronicle, this article reviews some alternatives to search engine powerhouses Google and Yahoo, several of which you may have heard of and/or use now, such as clustering engine Vivisimo and Topix.net (which bills itself as “The Internet’s Largest News Site). But other suggested sites may be new to you and worth …
Innovative Blog Provides Gov Docs in PDF Via P2P
Using P2P applications, Download for Democracy is providing free access to a growing database archive, currently comprising “600 government memos, communications, and reports, all of which were obtained from mainstream media sources, respected legal or academic groups, or the federal government itself.” For background and commentary on this new website, created and maintained by a …