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Daily Archives: September 24, 2002
GSI Acquires Huge Collection of Annual Reports Available Soon on LIVEDGAR
“Global Securities Information, Inc. (GSI), the leading provider of SEC filings and related materials to the legal community, announced today that it has acquired a collection of over 100,000 Annual Reports to Shareholders from more than 30,000 companies in 106 countries.” Continue Reading
State E-Government Programs
The Technology Privacy Group is an organization that implements e-commerce sites and applications for state governments and counties. In addition, the site hosts a keyword searchable database of The Presidential Privacy Archives from the Clinton administration. Continue Reading
The FTC's New Security "Mascot"
The FTC announced today that they will unveil a new mascot called Dewie on September 26, at the Privacy2002 conference. Can’t wait! Continue Reading
New DOJ Guidelines for Intelligence Agency Info Sharing and the PATRIOT Act
Attorney General announces new guidelines to share information between federal law enforcement and the U.S. intelligence community, Septemer 23, 2002. “Today’s guidelines establish procedures for the disclosure to the intelligence community of grand jury and electronic, wire, and oral interception information that identifies a United States person, as defined by federal law.” Continue Reading
Yale Information Society Project
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School (ISP) hosts several resources focused on how the Internet, intellectual property and telecommunications impact our civil liberties. The site posts working papers and information about policy initiatives. In addition, the project sponsors a provocative, insightful, and informative searchable weblog, LawMeme, with commentary on legal-tech issues provided by… Continue Reading
International Organization Reports on Global IP Issues
The Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) an international organization, disbanded with the publication this month of their final report, Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy. The group’s interest was strongly focused on developing countries and their access to the services afforded by technology to the world’s prosperous nations. This ZDNet article summarizes the… Continue Reading
The Battle Between the Internet Archive and Scientology
This is a complicated story, an important chronicle of which is published by two recommended sources for which I provide the direct links as follows: journalist Declan McCullagh and the weblog LawMeme (from Yale Law School). The short version is that the Internet Archive has removed all its links to a personal site called Operation… Continue Reading
No Privacy Legislation This Year
ZDNet reports that the clock has run out on the possibility of any new privacy legislation this year. However, consumers are not about to let this issue die on the vine, so legislators will try once again in 2003. Continue Reading
OMB Final Information Quality Guidelines
OMB issued their Final Infomation Quality Guidelines, setting the standards for all federal agencies in terms of the “quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information disseminated to the public.” It is notable that the guidelines impact the both the availability and extent of data posted to government web sites. Continue Reading
Public Access to Government Information
OMB Watch is a non-profit advocacy group that has been shining a bright light on the activities of the Office of Management and Budget since 1983. Post 9/11, their work has become more prominent as they track new government guidelines and regulations that restrict public access to data. Continue Reading
