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On October 24, 2002 the ACLU filed a FOI lawsuit to obtain DOJ documents pertaining to the government’s various Patriot Act surveillance programs and initiatives. In a press release issued today, the ACLU is again demanding that the DOJ comply with their demand to release documents the government admits to having compiled, but to date, …
The FTC has developed and initiated a joint effort among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to protect consumers from fraudulent and deceptive actions perpetrated via the use of spam e-mail messages. As a result of their investigations, the FTC posted a useful web page here with facts on spam scams and advice for …
The Federal Times chronicles the many challenges that have been posed to the successful implementation of e-government initiatives over the course of the past six years, in this article: E-Government Still Unplugged: Projects Short-Circuited by Infighting, Resistance.
The Software Information Industry Association (SIAA) issued a press release supporting the Department of Energy’s (DOE) decision to remove the free PubSCIENCE database from the web. Users are now redirected to the DOE’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) site to conduct journal searches. The SIALL argued for the removal of PubSCIENCE due to …
This interesting commentary reviews the requirement for documents management in the post-Enron and Sarbanes-Oxley Act corporate environment. Destroying corporate documents, via shredding or other “digital” means can be a criminal act, so increased attention is warranted to how internal documents are stored, shared and deleted.
Medicare.gov is a useful new government sponsored resourse that provides data evaluating nursing homes that have been certified by Medicare and Medicaid. The site has a general search engine, as well as one that permits users to locate nursing homes by state. In addition, the site also provides links to state sponsored data on nursing …
Orbitz is no doubt pleased with the Department of Transportation’s decision not to propose new regulations on the advertisement and sale of airline tickets on the Web. See my previous relating posting here.
Wired has an interesting article on a number of new applications now available that are used to track and monitor the range of non-work related activities that employees engage in while using corporate e-mail and Internet access.
The Supreme Court today agreed to review a challenge to the constitutionality of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) (United States v. American Library Association, 02-361), which stipulates that libraries receiving federal funds install filtering software on public access PCs. This law is vigorously opposed by the American Library Association (ALA) and the ACLU. For …
The Citizens Action Project is sponsored by the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida. This organization has created a database detailing specifically what public records pertaining to sex offenders are made available by states via their respective Web portals. Information provided includes references to state statutes and case law, but no …
According to a GAO review, the Department of the Interior continues to have major administrative problems, including those that include their IT infrastructure. Federal Computer Week (FCW) has updated readers on the issues that continue to plague the agency some 11 months after U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth’s order to shut down all online systems. …
This case, State of Washington v. Donald Theodore Townsend, addresses the privacy of e-mail and instant message (IM) communication in a police sting operation involving an adult and a fictitious minor. Townsend’s messages were stored on a police officer’s PC, printed, and used as evidence. The court determined that Townsend’s messages were not covered under …