ALA Receives Legal Guidance on Implementation of Internet Filtering
Implementation Issues Surrounding the Children’s Internet Protection Act, August 29, 2003.
New Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Guide Online
From the The Berkman Center for Internet & Society: “UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) Opinion Guide summarizes opinions of the UDRP panelists on various issues. In addition to questions about procedures, the Guide looks at elements necessary to establish trademark rights, what activities constitute “bad faith” and the nature of legltimate interests. The …
Redesigned Denver Post Introduces 6 New Blogs
Along with a new design and website name, the Denver Post, now called Denverpost.com, announced the launch of six topical blogs, under the title “Bloghouse.”
New LC Database of Declassified Docs
From Secrecy News: “The Library of Congress has recently acquired a new database of declassified documents that is available to members of the public who use the Library in Washington, DC, though it cannot be remotely accessed. The Declassified Documents Reference System, which was purchased from The Gale Group, “provides full-text access to over 500,000 …
Beta Technology Disables Camera Phones to Protect Privacy
UK firm Iceberg Systems is beta testing a new technology, Safe Haven, that identifies the use of portable devices with imaging capabilities, and disables this feature within a specified area. Interest in this technology is driven by estimates that there will be 900 million such imaging devices in use worldwide within the next four years. …
Web Services for Remote Portlets Approved By Global Standards Consortium
The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) “announced that its members have approved Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) version 1.0 as an OASIS Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification. WSRP standardizes the consumption of Web services in portal front ends, as well as the way in which …
New Gallup Poll On Patriot Act
From the Gallup Poll press release, September 9, 2003: “The poll, conducted Aug. 25-26, finds 67% of Americans saying the government should not take steps to prevent terrorism if those steps would violate their basic civil liberties, while 29% say the government should take “all steps necessary” to prevent additional acts of terrorism in the …
Hacker Who Exposed Vulnerabilities on Prominent Websites Out on Bail
According to this AP article, the complaint against computer hacker Adrian Lamo included the charge that in 2002 he hacked into the New York Times intranet to access LexisNexis, which he used to incur several hundred thousand dollars in charges as he searched for press about, among other topics, himself. Lamo is today free on …
Bills Introduced to Expand Patriot Act
Antiterrorism Tools Enhancement Act of 2003, H.R. 3037, To strengthen antiterrorism investigative tools, and for other purposes, introduced September 9, 2003. Pretrial Detention and Lifetime Supervision of Terrorists Act of 2003, H.R. 3040, introduced September 9, 2003. See also Bush Seeks to Toughen Anti-Terror Laws and Justice Bell questions expanded Patriot Act: “A Florida Supreme …
Executive Order on Iraqi Assets
Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members, and Taking Certain Other Actions.
New DOT Website on Nationwide Highway Construction
The new National Highway Specifications (NHS) website provides a searchable database consisting of “currently approved standard highway construction specifications and supplemental specifications from state highway agencies and highway-related organizations throughout the United States.” It is joint venture with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. See the NHS Help File for more details.
E-Gov and Smart Cards
Electronic Government: Challenges to the Adoption of Smart Card Technology, by Joel Willemssen, managing director, information technology, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-03-1108T, September 9. Highlights.