The FTC issued a press release today announcing the filing of 45 criminal and civil actions (state and federal) in conjunction with the SEC, the Postal Service and other state law enforcement agencies, in an aggressive and wide ranging campaign against “Internet scammers and deceptive spammers.” Links are provided to the full-text copies of the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2003
FBI's Use of Commercial Databases for Intelligence
EPIC published an FBI memorandum (pdf) the organization obtained via a FOIA lawsuit that details how commercial database services are used in accordance with DOJ guidelines to facilitate data mining and “intelligence investigations.” Continue Reading
Commentary on Clicking Through Cyberspace
From Thinkers to Clickers: The World Wide Web and the Transformation of the Essence of Being Human, by M.O. Thirunarayanan, associate professor, Florida International University in Miami). “The growing popularity of the World Wide Web is slowly but surely transforming the lives of human beings who are beginning to make the sad transition from being… Continue Reading
New Legal Blog Search Aggregator
Blawg Search, in beta, allowers users to view and search postings (listed as “top stories” and “new stories”) from 68 (as of this afternoon) legal blogs, including beSpacific. The site also indicates when the page was refreshed. With cookies activated, users may list preferences for content that includes number of results, sorting results by relevance… Continue Reading
New E-Filing System for Courts
Tom O’Connor writes about the release of a new e-filing application that is a joint venture between Microsoft and BearingPoint Inc. (formerly KPMG). The service is currently being tested under contract with the state of Texas, and is based on the open-source LegalXML standard. Continue Reading
New Directory to Google Resources
From the French company indicateur.com, a searchable directory called Google’World, “To find easily and quickly any type of information about the world according to Google.” See this review for more information. Continue Reading
Banking Web Site Scam
PCWorld reports on a scam used against Bank of America customers which lured them via an unauthorized e-mail message to a fake site used to capture their personal data. The article also references a site that collects links to fake banks and examples of bank scam e-mails from around the world, called Scam o Rama. Continue Reading
The Defense Transformation for the 21st Century Act
From FAS Congressional Watch, Members Say Pentagon “Transformation” Involves Unprecedented Exemptions from Oversight, letter from Reps. Waxman, Skelton, Obey and Spratt, May 13. “As ranking members of committees charged with overseeing the Department of Defense (DOD), we are writing to raise serious objections to the Department’s legislative “transformation” proposal, also known as the Defense Transformation… Continue Reading
Blogs and Homeland Security
This interesting article from ComputerWorld, Blogs play a role in homeland security, talks about an enterprise blog software application that has been deployed by the Western States Information Network (WSIN), within the Oregon Criminal Justice Division, for law enforcement related efforts on terrorism and drugs. In addition, the article also mentions how bTrade Inc. is… Continue Reading
Resource on State Accessibility Laws
Overview of State Accessibility Laws, Policies, Standards and Other Resources Available On-line, updated April 2003, “provides an overview of the states that have published on-line their laws, policies, standards or guidelines, and other resources related to accessibility of websites, application development, IT procurement, and public hardware (i.e., the core areas).” The sponsor is the Information… Continue Reading
HIPAA Resource Website
From the HHS Office on Civil Rights, this comprehensive resource, Medical Privacy – National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information, includes documentation for consumers, general background information, HIPAA regulations & standards, compliance & enforcement, educational materials, and HIPAA-related links. Continue Reading
New Book by Info Pro
SearchDay has a review of a new book, Building & Running a Successful Research Business, by Mary Ellen Bates. Continue Reading
