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From the Wall Street Journal: “As the federal deficit is widening, Congress is preparing to dig itself another hole — a $10 million pedestrian tunnel connecting the U.S. Capitol to the Library of Congress across the street.”
From the Wall Street Journal, October 10: “While the U.S. has opposed comprehensive regulations to protect citizens’ privacy, Europe has plowed ahead with the world’s toughest set of rules governing how companies and governments may deal with personal data, such as one’s age, marital status, buying patterns — even the information on a standard business …
This press release from New Hampshire Governor Craig Benson announces the implementation of E-Library Services, which will “enable viewing all agency reports that are generated by the States budget, financial and human resource computer systems. All such reports will be viewable in a web-browser by authorized users. The e-Info Library Services will be an official …
Food imports require electronic notice: “Beginning Dec. 12, companies importing food into the United States will have to electronically notify the Food and Drug Administration beforehand.”
Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (Introduced in House, October 8, 2003) [H.R.3261.IH] Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Praises Introduction of Bill to Prevent Database Piracy Critics Fear Database Bill Will Hinder Research NetCoalition Letter on Database Draft American Library Association (ALA) website on Database Protection Legislation
Web Sites Listed as ‘Terror’ Groups: See Executive Order 12947: Prohibiting Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process; January 23, 1995, as amended by Executive Order 13099. The respective Federal Register notices from October 10 that list the websites are here and here.
Consumer, Aviation Groups Criticize Labeling Pilot, Program Data ‘Sensitive’ “The Transportation Security Administration is muzzling debate of security initiatives by labeling too many of the agency’s policies and reports as too sensitive for public dissemination, according to pilots, flight attendants and consumer advocates.”
From today’s New York Times, Snoop Software Gains Power and Raises Privacy Concerns.
A new Consumer WebWatch report: Renting Cars Online: An Analysis of the Potential Benefits and Challenges of Booking Through a Car Rental Web Site.
Via Statewatch, this statement by the European Parliament on the need for strict restrictions on the collection, dissemination and maintenance of non-U.S. citizen personal data collected by airlines for transatlantic flights. List of 43 data elements on airline passengers requested by the United States from transatlantic air carriers.
Hacker victim files lawsuit blaming Microsoft security: The President of TriCoast Studios, Marcy Levitas Hamilton, whose Social Security number was stolen by a hacker, contends that security flaws in Microsoft software are the basis of her complaint.
According to this press release on a survey from Perseus Development Corp., it is estimated that of the 4.12 million blogs created an currently hosted (using Blog-City, BlogSpot, Diaryland, LiveJournal, Pitas, TypePad, Weblogger and Xanga), roughly two thirds have not been updated over the course of the past two months. From their survey: “Active blogs …