On April 15, the Social Security Administration launched a redesigned website, Social Security Online, along with a new url. See the press release here, as well as the helpful fact sheet that details the new features and services available from the site, which now meets accessibility requirements. Please note that the agency continues to provide… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2003
Homeland Security Dept. Hires Privacy Chief
The Department of Homeland Security has hired a Chief Privacy Officer, attorney Nuala O’Connor Kelly. According to this government bio, she was formerly Chief Counsel for the Dept. of Commerce Technology Administration, and prior to that, she served as Vice President-Data Protection and Chief Privacy Officer for Emerging Technologies of the online media services company,… Continue Reading
NJ Updates Computer Crime Law
On April 14, New Jersey Governor James E.McGreevey signed S. 1355, which revises New Jersey’s computer crime law to incorporate recent technological changes. See the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee statement for details of the bill, which “adds definitions of “Internet,” “personal identifying information,””alter, damage or destroy”, and “user of computer services” and makes other… Continue Reading
A Study on the Evolution of the Web
Trends in the Evolution of the Public Web, 1998 – 2002 “examines three key trends in the development of the public Web — size and growth, internationalization, and metadata usage — based on data from the OCLC Office of Research Web Characterization Project , an initiative that explores fundamental questions about the Web and its… Continue Reading
New Digital Library on Homeland Security
According to Federal Computer Week, the Dudley Knox Library of the Naval Postgraduate School, at the request of the DOJ, will create and implement a digital library of resources on homeland security issues to be made available to “students at the school, employees of the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, and likely other federal… Continue Reading
E-Gov Office Established at White House
Pursuant to the E-Government Act of 2002, this announcement from the White House this afternoon: “The Office of Electronic Government was officially launched today, signaling a permanent commitment to the President’s E-Government initiatives. Mark Forman, Administrator for E-Government and Information Technology, who is heading the new office, is leading a live on-line discussion on the… Continue Reading
An Interview with Lawrence Lessig on Copyrights
From the Library of Economics and Liberty, this April 7 interview with Larry Lessig covers the Eldred copyright case and the recent Supreme Court decision, the Creative Commons copyright project, and discussion of the following questions: “Should the law treat intellectual and physical property differently? What are the key economic aspects of digital property? How… Continue Reading
RSS Offers Growing Access to News
RSS: Gateway to News and Blog Content, Part 1 This column examines how content from blogs, news sites, and other sources is distributed via RSS feeds. Feeds are a great way for anyone to receive customized new information from a growing number of sources. Continue Reading
AllTheWeb Adds Dictionary Lookup Feature
“AlltheWeb now links each query term and phrase to a dictionary lookup on dictionary.com.” See their news update page for additional information. Continue Reading
Australian Internet Liability Case Resurfaces
On December 11, 2002, I posted on the High Court of Australia’s ruling in the Internet defamation case Dow Jones and Company v. Gutnick. Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that Barron’s (owned by Dow Jones) news bureau editor/reporter Bill Alpert (the author of the article at issue in the case) filed a complaint with the… Continue Reading
Law Firm Website Design and Content
Business lawyer Bruce MacEwen’s article, Planning a Web Site With Some Punch, reviews the best practices that now comprise standard content areas on most law firm websites. Continue Reading
New Report on the Digital Divide
The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a new report today: The Ever-Shifting Internet Population: A new look at Internet access and the digital divide. Use this link to download the full-text report in PDF or to access each section of the table of contents. Amanda Lenhart, the Research Specialist who authored this report,… Continue Reading
