Public Workshop: Radio Frequency Identification – Applications and Implications for Consumers, to be held June 21, 2004. “The workshop will address both current and anticipated uses of RFID tags and their impact on the marketplace.” Federal Register notice: extension of public comment period on RFID issues. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2004
Blog on Canadian Privacy Law Issues
Attorney David T.S. Fraser’s blog on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and Canadian privacy law issues provides a wealth of resources, commentary and links, frequently updated, from his home base in the wonderful city of Halifax. Continue Reading
The Role of Blogs in Managing Corporate IT Projects
A modest proposal for using blogs to keep IT teams and management up-to-date on implementation: “IT organizations that can effectively use blogs as managerial tools (or communication resources) are probably development environments that take both people and their ideas seriously.” Continue Reading
House Hearing on Movie Filtering and Derivative Rights
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, Oversight Hearing, “Derivative Rights, Moral Rights, and Movie Filtering Technology,” May 20, 2004: Witness List, Statements/Testimony: Chairman Lamar Smith, Howard L. Berman, Joanne Cantor, Jeff McIntyre, Bill Aho, Majorie Heins. Continue Reading
Google Readies Launch of New Desktop Search Tool
An article is today’s New York Times describes the new, apparently free, search engine tool, code named “Puffin,” that Google is preparing to introduce for use in locating files and text on your PC. Continue Reading
Documents From 9/11 Commission Hearing Today
Staff Statement No. 14: Crisis Management Links to submitted testimony. Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani’s statement is not currently online, but for reference, see Giuliani Mounts Spirited Defense of City’s Response to 9/11. From the Commission’s Media Advisory of today: “The 9-11 Commission has selected W. W. Norton & Company as the authorized publisher of… Continue Reading
Voice Recognition on Your Credit Card
Technology for securing your credit card transactions while conducting online purchases is described in this article. Continue Reading
GAO Report Calls for Independence and Balance on Federal Advisory Cmtes.
From a new GAO report, Federal Advisory Committees: Additional Guidance Could Help Agencies Better Ensure Independence and Balance (149 pages, pdf): “Federal advisory committees have been called the “fifth arm of government” because of the significant role they play in advising federal agencies, the Congress, and the President on important national issues. To be effective,… Continue Reading
Privacy Impact Assessments and E-Gov’t
Federal government agencies are required to conduct privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and make them available to the public, according to Section 208 of the E-Government Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-347, 44 USC Ch. 36, 44 USC 3501). As the increasingly routine process of government collection of personal data results in the creation of larger databases,… Continue Reading
Privacy Group Issues Report Critical of EU Passenger Data Agreement With US
From Privacy International: “On May 17, 2004 the European Commission approved an agreement to transfer passenger details to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, an agreement established in the name of, but that has little to do with, the war on terror.” Privacy International has published this report, Transferring Privacy and Inadequate Adequacy, documenting what… Continue Reading
New Subscription Access to CRS Reports
From the May 17 press release: “GalleryWatch.com has expanded its partnership with Penny Hill Press to provide subscriber’s access to all numbered Congressional Research Service (CRS) documents and Electronic Briefing Books, from January 2003 to the present. The services are available on a subscription basis via the Web through www.GalleryWatch.com or on DVD-ROM. The Web… Continue Reading
9/11 Commission Hearing Today and Tomorrow
Eleventh public hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States – “The two-day hearing will examine the response of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11, 2001, and will consider how to improve these critical functions in the event of future terrorist attacks.” Staff Statement No. 13 – Emergency… Continue Reading
