The Department of Homeland Security quickly issued, without benefit of public comment, new final interim regulations limiting public access to secret and sensitive agency information under the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Procedures.
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Daily Archives: January 28, 2003
New Identity Theft Bill Introduced
Senators Feinstein, Leahy and Gregg introduced new legislation, The Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act, S. 228, to remove social security numbers from public records that are available on the web. Feinstein’s press release is here, and Leahy’s is here. For background on this legislation, which was introduced in 2001 (as S. 848), with the… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Nextwave
NextWave has prevailed in their case to maintain wireless spectrum licenses purchased from the FCC prior to its bankruptcy reorganization. An article on the decision from AP is here. The NextWave press release is here, and a copy of the decision is here. The Supreme Court oral argument transcript is here. Continue Reading
Open-Source Encyclopedia
The first web-based open source encyclopedia, Wikipedia, celebrated its second anniversary with the milestone of publishing 100,000 articles in its English language version, all contributed by volunteers who maintain a non-partisan perspective. See this Wired article for background on this resource that is well worth a visit. Continue Reading
TIA Losing Ground
According to this AP article, House Speaker Dennis Hastert commented on the TIA program via his spokesman, Pete Jeffries, that its fate “is questionable,” setting the stage for what appears to be an uncertain road ahead for funding of the controversial program when it reaches the conference committee in February. Continue Reading
