From the January 2004 issue of Law Practice Today: Electronic Document Retention Policies (And Why Your Clients Need Them). Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2004
Copyright Law Critics Pursue Fair Use
From the Sunday, January 25 New York Times Magazine, The Tyranny of Copyright? reviews the impact of the Internet in the context of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Copyright Term Extension Act, the Copy Left movement, and the Creative Commons. Continue Reading
People Finder Resources
Finding People Resources and Sites on the Net: a pdf bibliography of free and fee-based sites. Continue Reading
House Resolution Calls for Release of Docs on White House Leak
H. RES. 499, introduced January 21, 2004 by Congressman Rush Holt (see his press release here). From the text of the resolutuon: “(1) the President is requested to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than the date that is 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, all documents, including… Continue Reading
Fact or Ficton: Two New Websites Gauge Accuracy of Campaign Info
New sites fact check politicians, journalists. From the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, FactCheck.org has postings beginning on December 2, 2003 and “monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.” On January 11, 2004… Continue Reading
FTC Releases Annual Report of Consumer Complaints on ID Theft and Fraud
From the FTC’s Identity Theft Data Clearing House, a new report, National and State Trends in Fraud & Identity Theft, January – December 2003. From the January 22 press release: “For the fourth year in a row, identity theft topped the list, accounting for 42 percent of the complaints lodged in the FTCs Consumer Sentinel… Continue Reading
GOP Staffers Improperly Accessed Democratic Files
The Boston Globe yesterday reported on a significant security breach involving the House Judiciary Committee server, access to which is shared by both Democrats and Republicans. Passwords meant to provide security for each parties’ respective documents failed due to a security glitch, allowing Republicans unrestricted access to a voluminous amount of Democratic communications. The article… Continue Reading
Report: E-Voting System Vulnerable to Cyberattack
A Security Analysis of the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE), January 20, 2004: “This report is a review and critique of computer and communication security issues in the SERVE voting system (Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment), an Internet-based voting system being built for the U.S. Department of Defense’s FVAP (Federal Voting Assistance… Continue Reading
9/11 Commission May Request Extension to Complete Work
The 9/11 Commission has worked diligently to obtain the requisite government documents to fulfill its work by the May 27 deadline, but may seek an extension, which will be opposed by the President and House Speaker Hastert. Continue Reading
IRS Reverses Decision to Track E-Filers
Earlier this month the IRS caused a controversy with the requirement that the tax software industry assist the agency in tracking filers who used the IRS Free File system. Yesterday brought an announcement that compliance with this requirement had been postponed “until the end of the current filing season.” Continue Reading
Research on New Tools to Manage Web Info Overload
Now Where Was I? New Ways to Revisit Web Sites: “Researchers are finding that despite the early promise of Internet bookmarks, people seem to be abandoning them.” See Keeping Found Things Found, A Research Project of the Information School at the University of Washington. Continue Reading
California Legislative Website Celebrates Milestone
The pioneering California legislative information website celebrates its tenth anniversary this week. Statistics from last year record that the site averaged almost 12 million requests per month. Continue Reading
