Today’s Washington Post reported on the security implications of a George Mason University grad student’s dissertation in which he has “mapped every business and industrial sector in the American economy, layering on top the fiber-optic network that connects them.” Again from the article: “He should turn it in to his professor, get his grade — and then they both should burn it,” said Richard Clarke, who until recently was the White House cyberterrorism chief. “The fiber-optic network is our country’s nervous system.”
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Daily Archives: July 8, 2003
Privacy and Libraries
An editorial from the Christian Science Monitor, July 8, 2003: Privacy at the Library – “The Patriot Act, designed to help combat terrorism in the US, has many citizens worried about censorship and a loss of privacy. Vigilance certainly is warranted when it comes to ensuring Americans’ precious freedoms. And that includes ongoing, thoughtful consideration… Continue Reading
Challenges of Electronic Documents Preservation
Electronic Records: Management and Preservation Pose Challenges, by Linda D. Koontz, director, information management, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-03-936T, July 8. From the same subcommittee, see also this hearing, Wiring Our National Archives, Federal Electronic Records Management Review, July 8, 2003. “The… Continue Reading
Cato Releases 2003 Report on Federal Regulations
The 2003 Cato Institute report (40 pages in pdf), Ten Thousand Commandments, An Annual Report of the Federal Regulatory State. “The 2002 Federal Register contained an all-time record 75,606 pages, a nearly 9 percent increase over 2001.” See also 2002 Federal Register Is Longest Ever (Washington Post, July 8, 2003). Continue Reading
Government Information Awareness Project
Turnabout is fair play – from TIA to GIA: Open Government Information Awareness (GIA Project) website, sponsored by the MIT Media Lab, provides the source code for the applications that power the site: “To empower citizens by providing a single, comprehensive, easy-to-use repository of information on individuals, organizations, and corporations related to the government of… Continue Reading
Fair Use, Search Engines and Thumbnail Images
From News.com: Search engines’ display of miniature images is fair use under copyright law, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, but the legality of presenting full-size renditions of visual works is yet to be determined. Opinion and Order from the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, Leslie A. Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corporation (now known… Continue Reading
Customer Relationship Management and E-Gov
From Govtech.net: “The vast majority of government executives believe their agencies are not yet consistently delivering “superior customer service,” although they identify it as a top priority, according to a global study released this month by Accenture.” Accenture Study: CRM in Government: Bridging the Gaps -Governments Expectations for CRM Still Do Not Match Their Experience. Continue Reading
