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Monthly Archives: February 2003
Bill to Establish Homeland Intelligence Agency
On Feburary 13, Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) introduced a bill that would lead to the establishment of a Homeland Intelligence Agency, “to replace FBI units that failed to uncover the September 11 terrorists and still cannot find suspected al Qaeda operatives in the United States.” A fact sheet on the bill is here, and the… Continue Reading
Global Copyright Protection Report
The International Intellectual Property Alliance industry trade group issued a press release, in PDF, discussing recommendations it made to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to combat global Internet piracy. In addition, the group published a study, 2003 Special 301 Report on Global Copyright Protection and Enforcement, that reviews piracy in 63 countries and… Continue Reading
The Challenges of Archiving E-Court Documents
This law.com article reviews the two major applications under consideration as standards for electronically archiving court documents: “Portable Document Format (PDF) designed especially for long-term archiving, called PDF-Archive or PDF-A. The second format is Extensible Markup Language (XML).” Continue Reading
Search Engines and Web Browser Overview
The Kojo Nnamdi Show on public radio station WAMU in Washington, D.C. broadcast a segment on Tuesday, February 11 titled, Browsers and Search Engines, in which computer technology experts presented their views on the best search engines and browsers. This link comes via Pete Basofin. Continue Reading
GPO Releases Compilations of the List of CFR Sections Affected
From the press release: Now available via GPO Access are the 1986 to 2000 compilations of the List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA). These compilations are divided into four volumes broken down as follows, with each of the volumes covering the years 1986 through 2000: Volume I: Titles 1-16, Volume II: Titles 17-27, Volume III:… Continue Reading
New Service on Events for Librarians and Info Pros
Stuart Urwin has launched a new online service for librarians and information professionals that provides a fully searchable current awareness database of association meetings, exhibitions and trade shows, book fairs, and training courses. The site is called Library Events, and also offers a free monthly newsletter update. Continue Reading
ACLU and OMB Review Patriot Act II Legislation
This ACLU press release contends that the recently released draft of what has been dubbed Patriot II, tentatively titled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, will erode basic constitutional civil liberties. Also see this OMB Watch analysis of how the Patriot II legislation will impact the public’s right to know. Continue Reading
Music Industry Fights Workplace Piracy
The music and film industries are expanding their crusade against file-swapping from college campuses to corporate cubicles. See this RIAA press release, dated February 13. As part of their effort, they are distributing a publication titled, A Corporate Policy Guide to Copyright Use and Security on the Internet (PDF) to Fortune 1000 companies. Continue Reading
Ruling on Verizon Privacy Dispute Anticipated
Verizon has requested a stay in Judge John D. Bates’ (United States District Court for the District of Columbia) ruling in favor of RIAA, compelling Verizon to release personal customer data on a subscriber who downloaded copyrighted music. See my previous post on this issue here. Continue Reading
Problems with IRS E-Filing
This Business Week article details the choices available for e-filing, as well as associated costs and challenges involved in this process. See also these related articles: Free tax E-filing may not be so easy and IRS regroups on business filing. Continue Reading
Microsoft Appeals Ruling to Include Java
Microsoft appealed to the 4th Circuit to reverse a lower court decision forcing the company to include Java programming language in new releases of Windows XP. See my previous posts on this issue here, here and here. Continue Reading
