From Websense’s fifth annual Web@Work survey, April 26: “92 Percent of Organizations with at Least 100 Employees Have Been Contaminated With Spyware, Yet Only Six Percent of Employees Believe They Have Been Infected.”
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Daily Archives: April 27, 2004
University Consortium Sponsors Global Project on Web Filtering and Surveillance
“The OpenNet Initiative is a University-based policy research project documenting filtering and surveillance practices worldwide. Our aim is to excavate, expose and analyze these practices in a credible and non-partisan fashion to uncover the potential pitfalls of present policies to explore the possibility of unintended and unexpected consequences and thus to help inform better public… Continue Reading
Patent Office To Deploy E-Patent Reference Program
USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References with Office Actions and Cease Supplying Paper Copies Continue Reading
9/11 Testimony by Bush and Cheney Will Be Off the Record
Reuters reports that the appearance of President Bush and Vice President Cheney on April 29 before the 9/11 Commission (in a private session to take place in the White House) will be conducted without benefit of a written or recorded transcript, nor will their testimony be given under oath. The article further states that Bush… Continue Reading
New UK Study Challenges Link Between National ID Cards and Security
From Privacy International, the following resources: Press release, dated April 26, 2004, with a response to the “government’s draft Bill on identity cards.” A link to the draft bill (pdf, 120 pages): Legislation on Identity Cards, A Consultation Privacy International’s new report, Mistaken Identity: Exploring the Relationship Between National Identity Cards & the Prevention of… Continue Reading
E-Gov Website Offers Comparison Pricing for Common Medications
Maryland’s Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr. today announced the availability of an online Prescription Drug Price Finder, with data “on prices for 25 of the most commonly used drugs in Maryland, as reported by the States Medical Assistance Program.” Users may search the database by county, city, zip code, and prescription drug name. See… Continue Reading
