Crime Victims Seek Web Anonymity
Victim advocates want names, addresses, records offline.
Diebold Withdraws Lawsuit Over E-Voting Machine Documents
From the EFF: Diebold Backs Down, Won’t Sue on Publication of Electronic Voting Machine Flaws: “Voting machine company Diebold Systems, Inc., agreed today in federal court not to sue or send any further legal threats to anyone who publishes their corporate email archive indicating flaws in Diebold’s voting machines and irregularities with certifying the systems …
IRS to Implement New E-Service for Tax Professionals
This article from today’s New York Times indicates that the IRS plans to implement an Electronic Account Resolution program for tax professionals by spring 2004. From the IRS website: “Electronic Account Resolution allows tax professionals to expedite closure on clients’ account problems by electronically sending/receiving account related inquiries. Tax professionals may inquire about individual or …
Google Application Allows Viewing of Results Via Hands-Free Slide Show
Google Viewer: “The Google Viewer displays the pages found as a result of your Google search as a continuous scrolling slide show. You can view your search results without using your keyboard or mouse and you can adjust the speed with which the images move across your screen. Each image of a page’s contents is …
Former DOJ Officials Question Aspects of Patriot Act
Patriot Act Author Has Concerns: “Detaining citizens as ‘enemy combatants’ — a policy not spelled out in the act — is flawed, the legal scholar says.” From the LA Times, reg. req’d.
9/11 Family Steering Cmte. Statement on Investigations
As a follow-up to my posting on November 17, 9-11 Commission Confirms White House To Provide Edited Versions of Documents, see the 9/11 Family Steering Committee’s Statement Regarding the One-Year Anniversary of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, issued on November 27: “Unfortunately, the production of a timely report no longer …
Using the Web for Holiday Shopping Competitive Pricing
Online Search Engines Rev Up for Holidays: Links to search engines and meta-sites to facilitate online comparison pricing for consumer goods.
Project to Map the Web Creates Image of Global Connectivity
Internet mapping project weaves colourful web See The Opte Project
National Law Journal Ranks the Law Firms
The National Law Journal’s 26th annual survey of the nation’s largest law firms, covering the period Oct. 1, 2002, to Sept. 30, 2003.
Commentary on the Evolution of KM
The Future of Knowledge Management – Discussion Paper by Dave Pollard: “This paper is the result of discussions with many KM leaders about the current quandary of the KM discipline, and how ‘social software’, weblogs, and the perceived need for improvement in front-line worker productivity could present KM leaders with an opportunity to ‘reinvent’ the …
Commentary on Google Reveals Triumphs and Travails
From the December 8 issue of Fortune: Can Google Grow Up? “Google is one of the best things to happen to the Net. So will its IPO, expected this spring, be a must-buy? A look inside reveals a talented company facing trouble.”