Via Research Buzz news that a treasure trove of searchable, historical Congressional documents and debates (with many imaged texts) from 1774-1875 are now available to researchers from the American Memory Project, A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation. Included are House bills from the first forty-three sessions of Congress, Senate bills and resolutions beginning with the 16th Congress, and Statutes at Large, 1789-1875.
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Daily Archives: January 21, 2003
Microsoft and Sun Deliver Agreement to Judge
On January 20, Microsoft and Sun delivered an agreement to Maryland U.S. District Court Judge J. Frederick Motz detailing how Microsoft would implement Java in its Windows OS, in accordance with the judge’s order to do so within 120 days. See this Reuter’s article for more details. Continue Reading
Cybercrime and the Courts
Appellate courts around the country are attempting to craft procedures that apply to the use of technology by cybercrime offenders once they leave incarceration. Disparate determinations are being made in regard to such offenders, allowing some to return to regular use of the Internet and e-mail, while others, such as notorious hacker Kevin Mitnick, was… Continue Reading
NJ Senate Bill on Financial Privacy
New Jersey State Senator Shirley K. Turner introduced Senate Bill No. 2245, the New Jersey Financial Information Privacy Act, that “protects privacy of an individual’s financial information by prohibiting disclosure without the prior informed, affirmative consent of the consumer.” Continue Reading
New Cyber Security Bill
Senator John Edwards introduced the National Cyber Security Leadership Act of 2003, S. 187, “A bill to provide for the elimination of significant vulnerabilities in the information technology of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.” For more information, see this Government Computer News article. Continue Reading
Privacy Groups Press For Surveillance Docs from DOJ
As a result of their October 2002 FOI lawsuit, EPIC and the ACLU obtained over 200 documents related to DOJ surveillance activities undertaken subsequent to the Patriot Act. However, this ACLU press release indicates that the documents were so heavily redacted as to provide little if any relevant information. Examples of these documents are available… Continue Reading
Politicians and Spam
The current issue of the Duke Law and Technology Report (2003 Duke L. & Tech. Rev. 0001), has an article by Mark Sweet, Political E-mail: Protected Speech or Unwelcome Spam? This link comes via politechbot.com, where Declan McCullagh has been discussing Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s use of bulk e-mail to promote his recently announced 2004 Presidential… Continue Reading
Law Firm's Innovative Use of E-Mail
Tech-savvy Australian law firm Phillips Fox is exploring the use of e-mailing their attorney’s audio dictation files, using smart card technology, to typists in their New Zealand offices, according to their IT Manager. Due to the time zone difference, documents e-mailed in the evening would be ready first thing the next morning. Continue Reading
