Senators Lieberman and Corzine called for the Library of Congress to expand content and provide enhanced search features on Thomas, the free, searchable database of federal legislation. [Link]
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Daily Archives: January 8, 2004
CRS Maintains Need for Restrictions on Access to Reports, Secretly
From Secrecy News, a copy of a Congressional Research Service internal memo from December 2003 that addresses the escalating controversy on restrictions to public dissemination of CRS reports. Continue Reading
Personal Data of Respondents to Proposed Reg. Subject to Privacy Breach
Treasury breaks word on e-mail anonymity: “The Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) plans to publish nearly 10,000 e-mail addresses on the Web, violating its privacy promise to Americans who used e-mail to comment on a government proceeding.” Continue Reading
Copyright Office to Determine Reasonable Rates and Terms for Digital Performances
Copyright Office Announces Voluntary Negotiation Period for Rates and Terms for Digital Performance Right in Sound Records and Ephemeral Recordings. [Link]: “The Copyright Office announces the initiation of the voluntary negotiation period for determining reasonable rates and terms for two compulsory licenses for the period beginning January 1, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2006.… Continue Reading
Dozens of IDs of Deceased Used in Net Fraud
Net Aids Identity Theft of Deceased: A woman at the center of an identity theft scam used the Web to retrieve Social Security numbers and credit information on 80 deceased people in at least five U.S. states, authorities say.” Continue Reading
