The Digital Library: Study of Feasibility and Viability (PowerPoint), by Catherine Sanders Reach (ABA Legal Technology Resource Center), presented at the ABATechShow 2003, April 4, 2003.
By the same author, see also this related paper, Digital Libraries, which focuses “on the results of survey research regarding the feasibility and viability of a digital library, funded in part by the American Association of Law Libraries Aspen Law and Business Grant.”
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Monthly Archives: April 2003
2002 Wiretap Report
Via Slashdot, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts released 2002 Wiretap Report (For the Period January 1 through December 31, 2002), available in pdf. Data includes: Jurisdictions With Statutes Authorizing the Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications Intercept Orders Issued by Judges During Calendar Year 2002 (federal and state) Types of Surveillance… Continue Reading
Global Patent System
A single global patent system could simplify the international patent process. Will the United States sign on? See also the Technology Review Patent Scorecard 2003, (full-text available here in pdf), “which tracks the U.S. patent portfolios of 756 of the world’s top technology companies.” Continue Reading
E-Gov Site Offers Expanded Services At One Yr Anniversary
GovBenefits.gov, the offical government benefits website, now offers access to 417 agency and foundation programs. Continue Reading
GAO Report on Terrorist Watch Lists
Information Technology: Terrorist Watch Lists Should Be Consolidated to Promote Better Integration and Sharing. GAO-03-322, April 15, 2003; Highlights (both documents in pdf). See also this related news on the report: GAO Criticizes System For Tracking Terrorists(Washington Post, reg. req’d). Continue Reading
Google Search Tip
From Microdoc News, this useful recommendation on improving your search results using Google. “If you can find a sentence in the Google database which you have just lifted from a website, you can find information you are looking for by writing a sentence in which the information you are seeking may be embedded.” Continue Reading
Treasury Releases New Patriot Act Regs
From the press release: “The Department of the Treasury, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and the seven federal financial regulators today issued final rules that require certain financial institutions to establish procedures to verify the identity of new accountholders.” 326 Final Rule Banks 326 Final Rule MFS Final Rule BDS 326 Final Rule FCM 326… Continue Reading
VA Governor Signs Anti-Spam Legislation
On April 29, Governor Mark R. Warner of Virginia signed two bills constituting the Virginia Computer Crimes Act (SB 1139 – became ch. 1016 and HB 2290 -became ch. 987), which in this press release is lauded as the “toughest such law in the United States,”…as…”half the worlds Internet traffic passes through the Commonwealth of… Continue Reading
Resource on International Space Law
United Nations Treaties and Principles on Space Law. “The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space is the only international forum for the development of international space law. Since its inception, the Committee has concluded five international legal instruments and five sets of legal principles governing space-related activities.” Via Metalfilter. Continue Reading
More News on Anti-Spam Efforts
Spammers obviously continue to irritate a very raw nerve, and Capitol Hill is piling on. Recent federal legislation from Senators Wyden and Burns, Senator Schumer, and now Senator Lofgren’s announcement of the introduction of the Restrict and Eliminate Delivery of Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (REDUCE) Spam Act, added to state legislative efforts, indicate that the battle… Continue Reading
DARPA Funds TIA Privacy Study
“The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding a contract to examine privacy protection in the use of terrorist tracking applications, such as the DARPA-led Total Information Awareness (TIA) program.” From Federal Computer Week. Continue Reading
NY Senator Schumer Wages War Against Spam
Senator Charles E. Schumer announced the release of a new study (The Dark Side of E-Commerce: The EMail Spam Epidemic) indicating that “New York City residents receive 8.25 million junk emails a day and spend 4.2 million hours a year eliminating spam messages.” This announcement also stated the Senator plans to introduce new legislation to… Continue Reading
