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The UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy was established in 1995 to disseminate resources on issues including freedom of expression, intellectual property, privacy and e-commerce. Especially useful are the site’s “Cyberspace Law Bibliography” of print and online sources, and links to “Top Internet-Related Cases and Statutes (U.S.).”
OASIS is a non-profit, world wide consortium of coporations and individuals that seeks to establish “create standards for the electronic exchange of legal data” using XML.
Washington state, via their Department of Social and Health Services Legislative Relations website, is working on a project to make available to the public “all legislatively mandated reports,” beginning with those from December 2001. The reports are posted according to topic, which range from Aging and Elderly Services to Juvenile Rehabilitation.
EDOCKET allows researchers to view and conduct a quick or full-text search for regulatory and non-regulatory dockets that are currently available for public comment.
The GAO today issued a report, Information Management: Update on Implementation of the 1996 Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments. The GAO’s study indicates a significant backlog in the response of federal agencies to freedom of information requests. Due no doubt in no small measure to the Patriot Act, agencies have not kept pace with …
As promised, the FTC has introduced a new web site and mascot in an effort to promote safe use of the Internet by parents as well as children. Hence, I suppose, the use of Dewie, the biped turle mascot, holding a laptop computer.
H.R. 5469, referred to as the “Relief for Small-Business Webcasters” bill, was introduced on 9/26/2002 by Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. Its purpose is to buy time for webcasters by delaying for six months “the determination of the Librarian of Congress of July 8, 2002, relating to rates and terms for the digital performance of …
Amazon.com plans to update its privacy policy this October in response to pressure from advocacy group EPIC, consumer complaints and a coalition of state attorney generals. See this press release from Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly indicating that Amazon has agreed “to clarify policy, protect customer data.”
According to this article on CNET, UC San Diego has directed the student run Ché Café Collective web site to remove links to an organization identified by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization, in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
A new GAO report, Information Management: Update on Implementation of the Freedom of Information Act Amendments, indicates that agencies throughout the government are experiencing significant backlogs in the responding to requests. In addition, the GAO noted that part of the problem stems from the fact that government sites have not kept pace with the publication …
According to Government Computer News, the Department of Transportation’s launch of a new online rulemaking portal has been delayed to allow addition testing to ensure the backend can manage 1,000 simultaneous users.
Testimony of Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center, on September 24, 2002, before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, on H.R. 4678. Mr. Rotenberg stated, “In many respects it seems crafted to protect privacy violators from legal accountability. On almost every key provision it favors industry over the consumer, the …