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Solicitor General Theodore Olson’s September 30 petition for writ of cert. was posted by fas.org here. See also my September 17 posting, Supreme Court Review Sought in Cheney Energy Task Force Case.
FirstGov en Español, with an official launch date of October 16, will be the federal government’s first Spanish language portal. The site appears to be fully functional now.
See H.R. 3159 [Report No. 108-305], To require Federal agencies to develop and implement plans to protect the security and privacy of government computer systems from the risks posed by peer-to-peer file sharing.
The Online Journalism Review published an interview with Krishna Bharat, Principal Scientist, Google Inc., the creative force behind Google News.
“More than nine out of 10 (92 percent) managers check up on their employees’ use of e-mail and the Internet at work, according to a new survey of 192 companies by Bentley College’s Center for Business Ethics.” [Link via Techdirt]
Interim report on A National Identity Card for Canada? From Statewatch News online: “Canadian parliamentary report ridicules ID cards as pointless, costly and dangerous.”
Law Libraries with Innovative Systems, compiled by Anne Myers: “This list attempts to clarify which law libraries have their own systems and which share a system with another library or through a consortium. Libraries are listed alphabetically by name of institution under each category, with libraries outside the United States found at the end of …
From Secrecy News: “In a new retreat from public oversight, the Department of Defense has blocked public access to the online database of DoD directives maintained by the Defense Technical Information Center. These unclassified DoD directives, which define nearly every aspect of Department policy and procedure, have been publicly available online for almost as long …
From Reuters: “Telemarketers may not dial the 51 million phone numbers on the national “do-not-call” list while a U.S. appeals court decides whether their free-speech rights are being violated, the court said on Tuesday.” Statement from the FTC: Court Rules FTC Can Proceed with Do Not Call Registry See also this resource on the Do …
The recombinant library: portals and people, by Lorcan Dempsey, VP, Research, OCLC. …”library time and resources should be freed to think about selection and use of the collection, not consumed by the messy mechanics of acquisitions and processing; and the user experience should be shaped by learning and research needs not by the arbitrary constraints …
As a follow-up to my August 14 posting, Publisher Sues Financial Services Firm for Copyright Violation, this news from Reuters, Legg Mason told to pay $20 mln in copyright suit. “Lowry’s, which is based in North Palm Beach, Florida, said it brought the lawsuit because Legg Mason permitted wide distribution (via the company’s intranet) of …
As a follow-up to my September 18 posting, Ashcroft Relents on Releasing Info On Library Records, the CDT has published a copy of the Memorandum for Director Robert S. Mueller from AG Ashcroft, Patriot Act Section 215.