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See also Vote Watch , “A Repository for Voter Complaints.”
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Daily Archives: November 4, 2002
MS Decision and the Rush to E-Mail
The Register published an interesting article on how the Supreme Court’s techies sent out e-mail messages with PDF attachments of Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s rulings on Microsoft, two hours prior to the announcement of their availability. The Planet PDF weblog was actually a recipient of one of the e-mail messages, and posted a copy of the… Continue Reading
Travel Web Site Orbitz Sued
Five travel agencies want to establish a class action in federal court in L.A. against online web travel giant Orbitz. The agencies claim they cannot compete with the site due to unfair practices, and also name three of the site’s backers in the suit: American, United and Delta. Continue Reading
No More Privacy for Employee Instant Messages
American Online has launched AIM Enterprise Services. Using this technology, companies can now monitor all instant messages sent by employees. In addition, AOL hopes to realize some increased revenue as well, with a per seat cost of $35. See this Washington Post for more information. Continue Reading
Blogs Around the World
Blogwise is a project under development, with a topical and subject index that now includes 244 sites worldwide. There is an eclectic mix of links here, and the site promises to grow rapidly so check-in again to see what else in new and may be of interest. Continue Reading
2002 Privacy Law Sourcebook
EPIC has published The Privacy Law Sourcebook 2002, is a good choice for researchers who want to have the full text of major privacy laws and directives in one easy to use source, as well as associated links to privacy resources on the web. Continue Reading
National 2002 Digital State Survey
The Progress and Freedom Foundation published their Digital State 2002 report. The 62 page report (in PDF) is based on responses to 50 questions used as benchmarks for the study, and document the evolution and growing importance of e-government web sites. States increasingly use them to collect and manage data on intranets for administrative purposes,… Continue Reading
Campaign Info Delivered By E-Mail
If you are interested in e-mail press releases, updates, and related resources on the 2004 Presidential campaign, sponsored by the non-profit, non-partisan Minnesota-based group E-Democracy, you may subscribe via this link. Continue Reading
