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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
Amidst allegations by Republicans that the testimony of former National Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Richard Clarke, to the 9/11 Commission, contradicts previous classified testimony provided by him to the House and Senate Intelligence committees in July 2002, Clarke called for the release of all his classified testimony from that date. For context and perspective, this article …
Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act of 2004 (Introduced in Senate on March 25, 2004) [S. 2237] Leahy-Hatch Bill Takes Aim At Copyright Infringement Congress Moves to Criminalize P2P Remarks by bill co-sponsor Sen. Hatch.
According to Reuters, National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice continues to refuse to testify in public before the 9/11 Commission despite repeated requests by the panel for such testimony, which she has already provided in private. Rice Rejects Calls for Public Testimony: From her 60 Minutes interview, Sunday, March 28: “Nothing would be better, from …
March 24, 2004 – Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Joint Hearing: “Progress in Consolidating Terrorist Watchlists — the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC).” [Link] Fact Sheet, The Terrorist Screening Center Dec. 4 target set for terrorist list For reference, see U.S. Still Lacks Consolidated …
From March 24, the text (in pdf) of former National Coordinator for Counterterrorism, National Security Council, Richard Clarke’s testimony before the eighth public hearing held by the 9/11 Commission, as well as the CNN transcript of his testimony.
From the AALL press release: “The Law Library of Congress has awarded a five-year contract to develop and implement major enhancements to the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN). The improvements are necessary to respond to the challenges of globalization and an increasing demand for online legal research resources. Initial designs for the upgraded GLIN system …
The Future Of News: The Digital Information Librarian.
When Instant Messages Come Bearing Malice. According to this article, there are over 160 million instant messaging (IM) accounts worldwide, and users are increasingly the target of spam, hackers and phishing.
‘We’re in a new era of secrecy’, by Taylor Holliday 2004 National FOI Day keynote speech, by David L. Sobel 2004 FOI update: Federal legislation , by Kevin M. Goldberg 2004 FOI update: The courts, by Harry Hammitt 2004 FOI update: The states, by Mac McLean
How to Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the World Wide Web. Authors: Sherry DeDecker and Patricia Cruse, University of California. Updated: January 6, 2004.