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An editorial from the Christian Science Monitor, July 8, 2003: Privacy at the Library – “The Patriot Act, designed to help combat terrorism in the US, has many citizens worried about censorship and a loss of privacy. Vigilance certainly is warranted when it comes to ensuring Americans’ precious freedoms. And that includes ongoing, thoughtful consideration …
Electronic Records: Management and Preservation Pose Challenges, by Linda D. Koontz, director, information management, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-03-936T, July 8. From the same subcommittee, see also this hearing, Wiring Our National Archives, Federal Electronic Records Management Review, July 8, 2003. “The …
The 2003 Cato Institute report (40 pages in pdf), Ten Thousand Commandments, An Annual Report of the Federal Regulatory State. “The 2002 Federal Register contained an all-time record 75,606 pages, a nearly 9 percent increase over 2001.” See also 2002 Federal Register Is Longest Ever (Washington Post, July 8, 2003).
Turnabout is fair play – from TIA to GIA: Open Government Information Awareness (GIA Project) website, sponsored by the MIT Media Lab, provides the source code for the applications that power the site: “To empower citizens by providing a single, comprehensive, easy-to-use repository of information on individuals, organizations, and corporations related to the government of …
From News.com: Search engines’ display of miniature images is fair use under copyright law, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, but the legality of presenting full-size renditions of visual works is yet to be determined. Opinion and Order from the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, Leslie A. Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corporation (now known …
From Govtech.net: “The vast majority of government executives believe their agencies are not yet consistently delivering “superior customer service,” although they identify it as a top priority, according to a global study released this month by Accenture.” Accenture Study: CRM in Government: Bridging the Gaps -Governments Expectations for CRM Still Do Not Match Their Experience.
From the press release by Rep. Matt Pierce: Effective July 1, Senate Enrolled Act 320 (Public Law 22) “provides a way for victims of identity theft to restore tainted credit histories, and expands the legal definition of the crime to make prosecutions easier.” the law expands the definition of identifying information as follows: “Identifying information …
Restore America’s freedom of information, by Sens. Patrick Leahy and Carl Levin. “The Bush administration has made secrecy, not sunshine, its default position, whether the issue is industry input to the national energy policy (current report has yet to be issued), the names of those detained after the Sept. 11 attacks, or potential vulnerabilities in …
“The National Constitution Center, which opened July 4, 2003 on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, is the first museum in the world dedicated to honoring and explaining the U.S. Constitution through more than 100 interactive and multimedia exhibits, photographs, film, sculpture, text and artifacts.” The site also provides a Constitution Newswire which spotlights national news related to …
Magic Search Words-Health: Strategies and Search Tactics to Discover the Best of the Internet. See the book review here.
Spammers’ fake sites dupe consumers: “Customers of Best Buy, EarthLink and America Online are among recent targets of so-called phisher sites, bogus Web sites that fish for personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers from unsuspecting consumers.”
Webcast of Hearings are now available from the House of Representatives, Committee on Judiciary. (Real Player is required)