“Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer announced that the results of the latest Ohio Supreme Court 2002 Survey on Technology and the Courts shows that Ohio courts are steadily advancing in their use of technology,” according to this article in Govtech.net. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2003
Bill Requiring Firearms Dealers To Comply With Freedom of Information Act
H. R. 2275, People’s Right to Know Act: To reinstate the requirement that firearms dealers comply with the Freedom of Information Act by providing information about firearms purchasers. Continue Reading
DOJ Net Surveillance Under Fire
From the ACLU: Interested Persons Memo on Congressional oversight of the USA PATRIOT Act and Department of Justice anti-terrorism policies dismissive response on civil liberties. In related news, see this Wired article: “The Justice Department’s statements — and what it did not say — in a congressional inquiry on the use of broadened surveillance powers… Continue Reading
New Book On Competitive Intelligence Research
Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence, The Online and Offline Secrets of Top CI Researchers. From the press release: Companies operating in today’s unpredictable roller-coaster economy have increasingly turned to Competitive Intelligence (CI) as an effective means of building and maintaining an edge. This book presents leading CI researchers in their own words, revealing their secrets… Continue Reading
Business Statistics on the Web
Business Statistics on the Web: Find Them Fast-At Little or No Cost. “Statistics are a critical component of business and marketing plans, press releases, surveys, economic analyses, presentations, proposals, and more–yet good statistics are notoriously hard to find. In this practical guide, statistics guru Paula Berinstein shows readers how to use the Net to find… Continue Reading
Cell Phone Users Who Switch Carriers Can Keep Number
On June 6. a three judge panel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a decision in case number 02-1264, Cellular Communications & Internet Association et al vs. FCC et al, allowing portability of cell phone numbers when consumers change carriers. See this CNN article for related news. Continue Reading
Information Sharing Post 9/11
Balancing Civil Liberties and National Security in the Post-9/11 Era: The Challenge of Information Sharing: An Invitational Discussion held at the Brookings Institution. Continue Reading
Winners of the 2003 Webby Awards
The Webby Awards 2003 winners’ site also includes links to those sites that were considered for the top spot, as well as links to the People’s Voice winners. Athough the nominations in the government/law are woefully sparse, you will find some interesting links under the topics politics, and print and zines. Continue Reading
New Joint Study on Legal KM Systems
From the Legal Research Center press release: “More than two-thirds of U.S. legal professionals who work in organizations that have implemented a Knowledge Management (KM) system report that they use their KM systems either frequently or all the time, according to the results of the 2003 PricewaterhouseCoopers – Legal Research Center Knowledge Management Study.” (Thanks… Continue Reading
Music Industry Confronts Consumers Over File Sharing
Music labels coming to grips with Web piracy: “…for the first time in the Internet file-sharing wars, record industry executives have in recent weeks started to address music fans directly, both offering carrots and wielding sticks to persuade people to buy their product again. How well they succeed is likely to determine the way music… Continue Reading
Industry Push for Expanded Broadband Deployment
The Man Pushing Faster Internet Access in U.S.: “The United States, where the Internet was invented, now falls behind Japan, Korea and Canada in deploying high-speed Internet access in homes and businesses…Peter K. Pitsch…is the top lobbyist for the Intel Corporation and a coalition of the technology companies in their efforts to press the government… Continue Reading
Weblog Business Strategies Conference
The agenda for the conference, along with links to information about the speakers, is here. For a related article on the conference, see Business Blogs Provide Edge, Raise Questions. Continue Reading
