Patriot Act Author Has Concerns: “Detaining citizens as ‘enemy combatants’ — a policy not spelled out in the act — is flawed, the legal scholar says.” From the LA Times, reg. req’d.
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Monthly Archives: November 2003
9/11 Family Steering Cmte. Statement on Investigations
As a follow-up to my posting on November 17, 9-11 Commission Confirms White House To Provide Edited Versions of Documents, see the 9/11 Family Steering Committee’s Statement Regarding the One-Year Anniversary of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, issued on November 27: “Unfortunately, the production of a timely report no longer… Continue Reading
Using the Web for Holiday Shopping Competitive Pricing
Online Search Engines Rev Up for Holidays: Links to search engines and meta-sites to facilitate online comparison pricing for consumer goods. Continue Reading
Project to Map the Web Creates Image of Global Connectivity
Internet mapping project weaves colourful web See The Opte Project Continue Reading
National Law Journal Ranks the Law Firms
The National Law Journal’s 26th annual survey of the nation’s largest law firms, covering the period Oct. 1, 2002, to Sept. 30, 2003. Continue Reading
Commentary on the Evolution of KM
The Future of Knowledge Management – Discussion Paper by Dave Pollard: “This paper is the result of discussions with many KM leaders about the current quandary of the KM discipline, and how ‘social software’, weblogs, and the perceived need for improvement in front-line worker productivity could present KM leaders with an opportunity to ‘reinvent’ the… Continue Reading
Commentary on Google Reveals Triumphs and Travails
From the December 8 issue of Fortune: Can Google Grow Up? “Google is one of the best things to happen to the Net. So will its IPO, expected this spring, be a must-buy? A look inside reveals a talented company facing trouble.” Continue Reading
Google Solidifies Status As #1 Search Engine
Google No. 1 search site in the world according to OneStat.com: “Google’s global usage share has reached an all time high and has risen from 55.2 percent to 56.1 percent.” Continue Reading
Preserving Web-Based Government Data for Public Use
A new project report from the California Digital Library (CDL) “proposes a web-archiving service model in which libraries build archives of web-based materials to their own design (that is, in a manner that meets their local collecting aims, users’ requirements, and institutional capacities) using a suite of utility tools.” See Web-Based Government Information, Evaluating Solutions… Continue Reading
JetBlue Passenger Data Investigation Widens
According to Wired, the privacy controversy caused by JetBlue’s release of 5 million passenger records to a defense department contractor has triggered an Army investigation into possible Privacy Act violations. Continue Reading
International Treaty Proposes Expanded Anti-Circumvention Measures
The Third Draft Agreement (November 21, 2003) of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) includes an extensive section on Intellectual Property Rights. According to the advocacy group IP Justice, the “expanded copyrights…endanger civil liberties and competition….and one of the most controversial sections of the IPR chapter requires countries to outlaw the circumvention of… Continue Reading
