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AP reports that applications developed to collect, store and mine personal information on U.S. citizens, thought to have been discontinued with the termination of funding for the Total information Awareness program, have continued under the jurisdiction of other agencies.
Source: “California lawsuit: Jim March, Bev Harris, and California citizens suit seeks to prohibit Diebold from engaging in unfair business practices, and seeks restitution. Case no. 04CS00176, Superior Court of the State of California, Sacramento County. Related postings on e-voting technology and security issues.
From the February 20, 2004 Federal Register, (Volume 69, Number 34), Notices, Page 7987-7988: OMB requests comments on 2004 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulation. The full Draft Report is available here, and is divided into two chapters. Chapter I presents estimates of the costs and benefits of Federal …
RSS: A Big Success In Danger of Failure: “What RSS desperately needs are enhancements that will allow users to take advantage of the breadth of RSS feeds without being buried in irrelevant information.”
From the Sunday New York Times, this report states: “The Bush administration says it improperly altered a report (from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) documenting large racial and ethnic disparities in health care, but it will soon publish the full, unexpurgated document. “There was a mistake made,” Tommy G. Thompson, the secretary …
Taking IT to the Street – “How the Chicago Police Department used technology to fight crime and become the first Grand CIO Enterprise Value Award winner.” [Slashdot] “The CLEAR (Citizen Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting) database, deployed in April 2000 and now topping 200GB, is the foundation for a growing set of integrated CLEAR applications …
From an EFF press release today: “…a California federal court sided with the major motion picture studios in ruling that a company creating tools people can use to make backup copies of their DVDs is liable under copyright law. Citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the court ordered 321 Studios, creator of DVD backup …
Chairman Warns That Inquiry Might Have to Be Limited Bush Plays Bait-and-Switch With 9/11 Panel
The Justice Blackmun Finding Aid, Intro. through page 362 (pdf, in 15 separate sections) Upcoming Release of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun’s Papers
The domain area created by law just for kids has attracted little interest or investment, resulting in the creation of but a handful of new children friendly websites.
Press release: Senator Feinstein Calls on CEOs to Protect Privacy of Documents Outsourced Abroad: “As policymakers consider the impact of American jobs being sent overseas, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) reminded CEOs of several major U.S. corporations of another danger brought on by the outsourcing of work abroad the increased potential for identity theft.” …
FTC press release: UMG Recordings, Inc. to Pay $400,000, Bonzi Software, Inc. To Pay $75,000 to Settle COPPA Civil Penalty Charges. United States of America v. Bonzi Software, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, defendant., United States District Court for the Central District of California Western Division, Civil No. CV-04-1048 RJK (Ex) United States of America v. …