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The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) posted a pithy chronology of major federal government proposals, laws and guidelines resulting from 9-11. To the right of the list is a scrolling group of statements attributed to politicians and editoral commentary from major papers, on the importance of maintaining the freedoms so fundamental to our democracy.
Since 9-11, there have been documented instances of information having been removed from government sponsored web sites, as well as indications that data that otherwise would be made public has simply not been published on the Web. A September 11 article in PCWorld addresses this issue, albeit well after its discussion in other venues. It …
The Progressive Librarians Guild issued a statement in opposition to the DOJ’s Operation TIPS (Terrorism Information and Prevention System), which gives the federal government’s stamp of approval to citizens’ reporting on the supposedly suspicious and potentially nefarious activities of their friends and neighbors (such as what kind of books they take out of the library).
“‘Why Do We Need to Keep This in Print? It’s on the Web …’: a Review of Electronic Archiving Issues and Problems,” by Dorothy Warner.
From Nielsen NetRatings, this press release indicates that the Web is very popular at work, especially among women: Online Usage at Work Jumps 17 Percent Year-Over-Year, Driven by Female Office Workers.
This PCWorld article reviews various government sites from which data has been removed post 9-11, and also mentions watchdog groups that are monitoring whether and how this trend continues.
A survey conducted in May 2002, commissioned by the Brookings Institution, indicates that the spike in overall support for the government, media and corporations that occured after 9-11 has very much subsided.
Attention web site designers and publishers: according to Jeffrey Zeldman, in a book excerpt from Forward Compatibility: Designing & Building With Standards (2003 publication), we are undermining the success of our sites through flawed markup that slams the door on the metaphorical face of lots of potential users. Zeldman argues for the adoption of web …
The Lawyer’s Committee for Human Rights released an important set of documents, in PDF, that focus on the legal ramifications of 9-11 to American society and the legal process. A 79 page report report, along with a corresponding set of recommendations, and a chronology by date of the government’s restrictions on civil liberties …
Newsday.com published this AP article on September 5 which enumerates the changes in our fundamental rights since 9-11. See also, Safe and Free in Times of Crisis, On Eve of One-Year Anniversary, ACLU Says Terrorist Attacks Have Changed American Law, Society.
The current issue of the Journal of Information, Law and Technology, from the UK, published this well documented article, A Stages of Growth Model for Knowledge Management Technology in Law Firms, by Petter Gottschalk, of the Norwegian School of Management. The author provides much needed perspective on the concept of knowledge management in general, and …
The Kennedy School of Government, NPR and the Kaiser foundation released a report, 2002 Civil Liberties Update which seems to contradict recent articles indicating that Americans were prepared to give up certain rights facilitate the war on terrorism.