From UPI: “Acting chief of the Transportation Security Administration, David M. Stone told lawmakers that he would shortly appoint a special privacy officer and an external privacy oversight board to calm public fears about the Big Brother character of the agency’s computerized passenger threat profiling system. Press release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released a… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2004
With Intranets, Its All About Content
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New Digital Law and Technology Journal
From the AHRB Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law based in the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh, a new web-journal, SCRIPT-ed, which “will offer articles of up to 10,000 words in length containing detailed comment and analysis on the law/technology interface.” [Link from Marcus Zillman] SCRIPT-ed, Issue 1,… Continue Reading
New Database on Bush Administration Statements on Iraq
From Rep. Henry Waxman, Ranking Member, Committee on Government Reform, this searchable database comprises “237 specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq…made by “five officials (President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice) in 125 public appearances in… Continue Reading
Well Deserved Spotlight Shines on Expert International Librarians
From the press release: “On a monthly basis during 2004, the Infopro Web site will spotlight a law librarian from a different country. This month, our spotlight is on Moyra McAllister, National Library Manager at Blake Dawson Waldron in Australia. See also last month’s spotlight on the world renowned Lyonette (‘Lyo’) Louis-Jacques of the University… Continue Reading
Commentary Advocating Auction of Top Level Domains
An Economic Analysis of Domain Name Policy, by Karl M. Manheim and Lawrence B. Solum. From the abstract: “Based on the telecommunications experience, the best method for ICANN to allocate new Top Level Domains would be to conduct an auction. Many auction designs are possible. One proposal is to auction a fixed number of new… Continue Reading
HHS OIG To Review Claim Medicare Cost Data Withheld From Public
HHS Secretary Thompson Calls for Investigation Into Whether Medicare Actuary Was Pressured To Withhold Estimates. From the New York Times: Inquiry Ordered on Medicare Official’s Charge Mysterious Fax Adds to Intrigue Over the Medicare Bill’s Cost The Actuary and the Actor: “Actors were hired by the Department of Health and Human Services to pose as… Continue Reading
Website That Shortens URLs
From Wired, Honey, I Shrunk the URL, a review of a free tool that I use regularly, called TinyURL.com, to quickly and easily shorten the length of inordinately long urls. Continue Reading
Google Launches New Search For Local Services
See Google Local Search (beta), “Find local businesses and services on the web.” From the Google press release: “This new feature enables users to find relevant local information with neighborhood business listings, maps, directions, and useful web pages.” See also Yahoo’s Smart View, introduced March 9. Continue Reading
Testimony From CAPPS II Hearing Today
“The purpose of this hearing is to determine the status of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II), and the progress made in addressing concerns regarding privacy, due process, accuracy, and the effectiveness of the system.” [Link] The Transportation Security Adminstration’s CAPPS II, by Paul Rosenzweig (Senior Legal Research Fellow in the Center for… Continue Reading
GAO Report on Federal Agency Data Security
Information Security: Continued Efforts Needed to Sustain Progress in Implementing Statutory Requirements, by Robert F. Dacey, director, information security, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-04-483T, March 16. Highlights. Continue Reading
Unredacted Version of House Judiciary Rpt. on Stolen Computer Files
Via CalPundit, a pdf version of the report, and from Cryptome, an HTML version with “redacted names and ommited footnotes in red.” Previous postings, Report on Unauthorized Access to Senate Judiciary Cmte. Computer Files and Prosecutor Requested to Investigate Unauthorized Access to Senate Judiciary Cmte. Computer Files. Continue Reading
