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The anonymous individuals who comprise the Publius Group have spun-off a series of state political websites since their launch in 2000 of PoliticsNJ, all of which include daily news briefs, feature articles, press releases from Congressional delegations, links to respective state/local government resources and sites, opinion/commentary pieces, and oh yes, lots of ads. Tomorrow they …
State-by-State Report on Permanent Public Access to Electronic Government Information, June 2003, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), 292 pages, pdf. “The purpose of this study was to assess the level of permanent public access to electronic government information across all state governments… The survey results reveal that no state is comprehensively addressing these challenges. …
From FCW: In the July 11 Federal Register you will find the General Services Administration’s draft policy outlining how federal agencies should validate the identities of users conducting business through e-government applications. e-Authentication home page
On the heels of the huge response (24.5 million registrants in 14 days) to the FTC’s Do Not Call Registry to block telemarketing solicitations, comes word that this program cannot be replicated to fight spam. Prepared Statement of the FTC on “Unsolicited Commercial Email,” by J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before …
The Internet under Surveillance, Obstacles to the free flow of information online, by Vinton G. Cerf (151 pages, pdf) “In this 21st century information age, Internauts have significant responsibilities. They must guard against abusive censorship and counteract misinformation. They must take responsibility for thoughtful use of the Internet and the World Wide Web and all …
“The IRS launched a Web site to make it easier for political organizations to electronically file required documents and improve the publics access to the information. The Political Organizations Filing and Disclosure site, at www.irs.gov/polorgs, reflects congressional changes from last year intended to ensure that political organizations with tax-exempt status, known as Section 527 political …
Border tracking system will be partially operational by years end. “One of the Bush administrations most ambitious and complicated homeland security initiatives (the US-Visit Program) – the tracking of about 35 million foreign visitors as they enter and exit the United States annually – will be partially operational by the end of the year, Homeland …
In the Fight for Privacy, States Set Off Sparks. “An even more dramatic measure of growing concern has been that three states and 133 localities have adopted resolutions critical of the USA Patriot Act. These have usually cited the threat of the F.B.I. rummaging through library and bookstore records, a practice for which there is …
Testimony and Statement for the Record of Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Deputy Counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center, at the Hearing on Use and Misuse of the Social Security Number, Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means. U.S. House of Representatives, July 10, 2003. Witness List and links to other testimony.
DARPA’s Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO) is soliciting proposals for a program called Real-World Reasoning, to “explore and develop foundations, technology and tools to enable effective, practical automated reasoning of the scale and complexity required for computers to perform complex tasks in the real world requiring intelligence.” “Specifically, the program intends to: 1. Develop and …
From News.com: “Through a caching feature on the popular Google search site, people can sometimes call up snapshots of archived stories at NYTimes.com and other registration-only sites. The practice has proved a boon for readers hoping to track down Web pages that are no longer accessible at the original source, for whatever reason. But the …
The June 30 decision by the California Supreme Court in Intel Corp. v. Hamidi has spurred California Rep. Chris Cox to announce that this “most peculiar ruling … needs legislative correction.” His comments were made during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on Legislative Efforts to Combat Spam, held July 9.