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Monthly Archives: March 2004
New DOJ Task Force on Copyright Violations
Ashcroft creates task force for copyright violations (The agency press release.) Feds Crank Up Heat on P2P See also the Piracy Deterrence and Privacy Act of 2004 (H.R. 4077), “to enhance criminal enforcement of the copyright laws, to educate the public about the application of copyright law to the Internet,” passed today by the House… Continue Reading
Data Mining Through Social Networking
Alex Pentland offers a persuasive argument in support of the value of data mining from workplace spoken conversations. He is involved in conducting research in this arena as the director of the Human Dynamics research group at the MIT Media Lab. Continue Reading
Senate Judiciary Filegate Scandal Update
Manuel Miranda, the former Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, resigned his position on February 23, 2004 subsequent to the furor that resulted in response to his involvement in unauthorized access to thousands of Democratic computer files from the Senate Judiciary Committee server. This Legal Times article provides background on Mr. Miranda’s past work… Continue Reading
Online Survey of KM Practices in Law Firms
Matthew Parsons, author of the upcoming book Effective Knowledge for Law Firms (June 2004) sends news of his online survey of knowledge management practices in law firms, which he states is “not sponsored by, or affiliated with, any vendors and the research report will be available without charge.” “The objective of the survey is to… Continue Reading
Web Institute on Using Canadian Gov’t Publications
Choosing and Using Canadian Government Documents and Government Information on the Web – Instructor: Jeff Moon, Head, Documents Unit, Queen’s University Library. (six weeks, begins April 5, $). [thanks to Rita Vine] Continue Reading
Science Advisor to President Works Amidst Controversy
From today’s New York Times, At the Center of the Storm Over Bush And Science is a profile of the President’s science advisor, who offers few insights to the public concerning the positions he advocates. Related references were posted on February 19, Leading Scientists Issue Report on Gov’t Control of Scientific Data Continue Reading
FCC Proposed Reg on VoIP
From the March 29, 2004 Federal Register: Review of Regulatory Requirements for IP-Enabled Services: “This document seeks comment on issues relating to services and applications utilizing Internet Protocol (IP), collectively referred to here as ‘IP-enabled services.” These services include, but are not limited to, voice over IP (VoIP) services, other communications capabilities utilizing the Internet… Continue Reading
Rice to Provide Public Testimony, Pres. & VP Will Do So In Private
As reported by AP, Rice to Testify in Public Under Oath. The statement by the 9/11 Commission indicates this agreement is “consistent with [their] mandate to provide a full and complete accounting of the terrorist attacks of September 11.” President Announces Rice to Provide Public Testimony to Commission Letter from White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales… Continue Reading
Report on Facilitating Electronic Access to Government Documents
As posted on law-lib by GPO’s Judith C. Russell: From the Working Group on the Categorization of Government Information (CGI), which is part of the Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI), the first draft of a paper, Defining What Government Information Is to Be Categorized (as required by the E-Government Act of 2002, specifically Sec.… Continue Reading
GAO Provides Uneven Scorecard on E-Gov Initiatives
Electronic Government: Initiatives Sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget Have Made Mixed Progress, by Linda D. Koontz, director, information technology, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-04-561T, March 24. Highlights. Of OMB’s 25 e-government initiatives, kudos go to Grants.gov, “This site allows… Continue Reading
Commentary on the Growing Concern With E-Voting Technology
How E-Voting Threatens Democracy: Activitist Bev Harris has put e-voting security issues high on the agenda of states and localities throughout the country. Continue Reading
