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Daily Archives: September 1, 2003
New Survey Indicates Americans Fear Cyberattacks
The Internet and Emergency Preparedness: A joint survey with Federal Computer Week magazine: this nine page (pdf) data memo documents 13 survey questions, and the answers provided by 1001 adult Americans (coincidentally conducted before the power outages that hit the eastern US, Toronto and Ottowa two weeks ago). From the summary: “Half of Americans fear… Continue Reading
Library of Congress Overwhelmed By New Acquisitions
This AP article documents the critical shortage of space at the Library of Congress, which houses the largest library collection in the world. The library is in the process of building offsite storage warehouses (as many as 13) in nearby Maryland. Continue Reading
Blog Promotes Use of Internet to Improve Legal Services to Underserved Americans
From Jerry Lawson, news of a recently launched team blog with a distinguished and growing group of contributors, called eLawyer Blog, whose mission statement reads as follows: “This site has been established to promote the use of technology, especially the Internet, to improve the delivery of legal services to Americans of moderate to low income.… Continue Reading
OMB Proposes Peer Review for All Significant Regulatory Documents
As noted by OMB Watch, on August 29, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), an agency within the Office of Management and Budget, (OMB) released a draft bulletin “proposing a standardized process by which all significant regulatory documents (of the most important science disseminated by the federal government) will be subject to peer… Continue Reading
Software Consumer Bill of Rights
Cem Kaner, Professor, Department of Computer Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, posted on his blog the text of ten suggested principles that comprise a “Software Customer Bill of Rights” which he authored in an effort to “restore integrity and trust — and consumer confidence, consumer excitement, and sales – in this stalled marketplace.” Continue Reading
Consumers and Fee-Based Newspaper Content
Newspapers Want to Charge for Content, but Will Readers Pay? Peter Krasilovsky, Senior Partner, Borrell Associates, a media consulting firm, speaking at a recent workshop on journalism, stated that “Paid content is a great way to make more money, but the real money is in advertising and marketing…” Continue Reading
