Tony Mauro follows-up on his April 12 article with an update on the endorsement, by the Judicial Conference of the United States, of Rule 32.1. Citation of Judicial Dispositions. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2004
Report on GPO Sales Program
Summary of Meeting on the Future of the GPO Sales Program – March 16, 2004 (pdf, 10 pages), states, among other interesting facts, that although the GPO print sales program has been losing revenue steadily on recent years, in sharp contrast, “there are over 1 million files downloaded per day the equivalent of 27… Continue Reading
White Paper on Gov’t Agency Info Sharing Post 9/11
Information Sharing for Homeland Security: Obstacles to Effective Information Sharing Still Exist Post 9/ 11, Issue Paper #1, April 2004, Prepared for Ranking Member Jim Turner, by Select Committee on Homeland Security, Democratic Staff. The report addresses seven issues, as follows: Lack of a Fully Integrated Terrorist Watch List Leaves Country Vulnerable to Attack; Federal… Continue Reading
Preservation of Federal Document Collections
Discussion Draft, April 12, 2004, Decision Framework for Federal Document Repositories: “…prepared by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) for the U. S. Government Printing Office. The decision framework is intended for use in creating the specifications for a system of regional repositories for tangible federal government documents. The decision framework will enable the Superintendent… Continue Reading
Advocacy Group Calls For Gov’t Release of Docs.
As a follow-up to my March 25 posting, OpentheGovernment.org has issued a press release discussing the availability of a new report, Ten Most Wanted Documents for 2004 (pdf, 34 pages), “a list of documents that the government should disclose to the public but does not,” compiled from responses to an online user survey. Continue Reading
Launch of New Fee-Based Business Research Service
Forbes.com and FIND/SVP jointly sponsor a new online Custom Research Center focused on business related issues. See How it Works and Business Answer Examples. [Donna Cavallini] Continue Reading
How Many Airlines’ Provided TSA With Passenger Data Records?
Press release, Senators Collins, Lieberman Ask TSA: What Other Airlines Have Been Contacted and Asked for Passenger Information? includes text of the Senators’ letter to Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security. See also Another Airline Confirms Passenger Data Shared With TSA Contractors, and related references to CAPPS II and government airline passenger… Continue Reading
More Testimony and Reports on 9/11 Released Today
Two Staff Statements were released today by the 9/11 Commission, along with submitted testimony from today’s hearing, as follows (more links tomorrow as testimony is posted online) – Staff Statement No. 11: The Performance of the Intelligence Community Staff Statement No. 12: Reforming Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Collection in the United States John S.… Continue Reading
ISP Combats Phishing With Software Launch
PCWorld reports on EarthLink’s plan to implement a software application called ScamBlocker, beginning April 19, at no cost to customers. Phishing employs a combination of email solicitations and fake websites to lure unsuspecting users into compromising their personal and financial data. Other references to ID theft and phishing. Continue Reading
Common Sense Marketing Tips on Implementing Blogs and Wikis
10 Rules for Corporate Blogs and Wikis, by Nick Wreden. This article offers concise insights that can easily be implemented in leveraging blogs for marketing. In addition, there is a link to an excellent presentation (pdf, 52 pages), Making sense of weblogs in the intranet, which provides numerous screen shots of KM applications at Lucent. Continue Reading
Maryland Anti-Spam Bill Awaits Governor’s Action
S.B. 604, the Maryland Spam Deterrent Deterrence Act, passed the Maryland legislature late Monday night, and awaits signature by Gov. Ehrlich. Penalties include a term of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to a $10,000. Continue Reading
Privacy Concerns May Result in Changes to Gmail
As reported today by the WSJ, as well as via AP, privacy concerns raised in the U.S. and abroad about Google’s new Gmail, still in beta, have resulted in the company considering alowing users to opt-in/opt-out of being served targeted ads, currently a component of the free email service. Update on this issue from April… Continue Reading
