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From OMB Watch, this commentary on the ramifications of public access to government documents in light of the February 7, 2003 announcement by the GAO that it would not pursue an appeal in Walker v. Cheney, the case to “obtain information from the National Energy Policy Development Group, August 18, 2001.”
Poaching threatens privacy of résumés posted on job boards.
From OMB Watch: “In an effort to encourage use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to access information, Illinois State Reps. Barbara Flynn Currie and Mary K. OBrien have introduced House Bill 438 to the Illinois state legislature. The bill would provide reimbursement for court costs and attorney fees for individuals who are successful …
Check-out Tara Calishain’s new book, Google Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tricks.
The launch of the Official Web Site of the President’s E-Government Initiatives seems hobbled by broken links and icons that do not load. Maybe this site is still a work in progress?
According to this article in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, branch libraries in Santa Cruz County have posted signs (as well as an online statement) warning patrons that “Although the Santa Cruz Library makes every effort to protect your privacy, under the federal USA PATRIOT ACT (Public Law 107-56), records of the books and other materials …
From the Center for Democracy and Technology, this new 108 page compendium of papers (PDF), Considering Consumer Privacy: A Resource for Policymakers and Practitioners. The papers address a range of privacy issues including: notice, consent/choice, access, security, private right of action, state pre-emption, the online/offline question, ADR, safe harbors, and verification. The CDT’s resource was …
Commissioned by the Library of Congress, a terrific new site called PoliticalWeb.info that provides access to the largest and most comprehensive digital collection of resources ever published on the U.S. campaign and election process. See the press release about last week’s launch of the site here. Among the resources available are a chart indicating the …
Spurred on by an October 22, 2002 letter from the Vermont Library Association, Rep. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) introduced a new bill on March 6, the Freedom to Read Protection Act, to exempt libraries and bookstores from Section 215 of the Patriot Act. He did so with a bi-partisan coalition of 24 co-sponsors. Section 215 is …
This press release announces the launch, by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, of a new government website with resources to assist schools in their response to emergencies that include terrorist incidents.
The UK Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI) released a report, A Review of Image Search Engines, on services that collect and index images from websites. The data was collected during the first week of February 2003, and includes a range of general, specialized and meta-search engines.
The National Computer Recycling Act was introduced on March 6, “to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers.”