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Matthew Parsons, author of the upcoming book Effective Knowledge for Law Firms (June 2004) sends news of his online survey of knowledge management practices in law firms, which he states is “not sponsored by, or affiliated with, any vendors and the research report will be available without charge.” “The objective of the survey is to …
Choosing and Using Canadian Government Documents and Government Information on the Web – Instructor: Jeff Moon, Head, Documents Unit, Queen’s University Library. (six weeks, begins April 5, $). [thanks to Rita Vine]
From today’s New York Times, At the Center of the Storm Over Bush And Science is a profile of the President’s science advisor, who offers few insights to the public concerning the positions he advocates. Related references were posted on February 19, Leading Scientists Issue Report on Gov’t Control of Scientific Data
From the March 29, 2004 Federal Register: Review of Regulatory Requirements for IP-Enabled Services: “This document seeks comment on issues relating to services and applications utilizing Internet Protocol (IP), collectively referred to here as ‘IP-enabled services.” These services include, but are not limited to, voice over IP (VoIP) services, other communications capabilities utilizing the Internet …
As reported by AP, Rice to Testify in Public Under Oath. The statement by the 9/11 Commission indicates this agreement is “consistent with [their] mandate to provide a full and complete accounting of the terrorist attacks of September 11.” President Announces Rice to Provide Public Testimony to Commission Letter from White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales …
As posted on law-lib by GPO’s Judith C. Russell: From the Working Group on the Categorization of Government Information (CGI), which is part of the Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI), the first draft of a paper, Defining What Government Information Is to Be Categorized (as required by the E-Government Act of 2002, specifically Sec. …
Electronic Government: Initiatives Sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget Have Made Mixed Progress, by Linda D. Koontz, director, information technology, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-04-561T, March 24. Highlights. Of OMB’s 25 e-government initiatives, kudos go to Grants.gov, “This site allows …
How E-Voting Threatens Democracy: Activitist Bev Harris has put e-voting security issues high on the agenda of states and localities throughout the country.
Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity: Use this link to download a free pdf version of the book, under a Creative Commons license. The book is also available in nine other formats, to date, via this link. Reviews of the book …
GPO signs on to using PKI: “The Government Printing Office by mid-summer will authenticate government documents using a public-key infrastructure and digital signatures. Judy Russell, the GPOs superintendent of documents and managing director of information dissemination, yesterday said the office will apply the technology to all documents agencies submit to www.gpoaccess.gov.”
Google launched a subtle redesign of their site this Sunday. Result screens now use predominantly blue and green colors, the tabs are gone, the shopping site Froogle has a more prominent position on the main page, and additional services are accessible through clicking More. Other enhancements include the following: “Google Web Alerts (Beta) are sent …
Yale Law School’s Information Society Project hosted the CyberCrime and Digital Law Enforcement Conference March 26-28. From the conference, links to selected presentations are as follows: Computer Crimes and Intermediary Liability: The Case for Protecting Vulnerability Publications The Digital Crime Scene: A Software Prospective The Legal Construction of Identity Theft Designing Accountable Online Policing