From the ACLU press release, Judge Revises Sealing Order in Controversial Patriot Act Challenge, May 12: “A federal judge today revised a strict sealing order in a challenge to the Patriot Act’s expanded “National Security Letter” power filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union. The government had relied… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2004
VeriSign v. ICANN Over SiteFinder
As a follow-up to my previous postings on ICANN’s dispute with VeriSign’s over SiteFinder, from February, VeriSign Files Lawsuit Against ICANN, this update today from AP, ICANN’s latest challenge tests new Internet services, and the following related information and documents: Verisign Inc. v. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers et al. (Central Dist. of… Continue Reading
Commentary on the Open Content Movement
The Economics of Open Source Hijacking and Declining Quality of Digital Information Resources: A Case for Copyleft, by Andrea Ciffolilli, Department of Economics, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. “A copyleft, rather then a simple attribution licence…does not forbid commercial exploitation, but only shields the coherence of the collectively constructed public good and, for instance… Continue Reading
New Executive Order Establishing Interoperable Health Information Technology
Executive Order 13335 –Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology and Establishing the Position of the National Health Information Technology Coordinator: “The National Coordinator shall, to the extent permitted by law, develop, maintain, and direct the implementation of a strategic plan to guide the nationwide implementation of interoperable health information technology in both the… Continue Reading
Report on Critical Gov’t IT Modernization Program
Via AP, news of the publication, by the National Academies’ Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, of a new report (78 pages, pdf), A Review of the FBI’s Trilogy Information Technology Modernization Program. From the Executive Summary: “Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has made significant progress in its information technology (IT) modernization program in… Continue Reading
House Hearing on Digital Copyright
Hearing today: H.R. 107, The Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act of 2003, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection. Witness List & Prepared Testimony From testimony by Prof. Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School: “A poorly crafted copyright law – a law that either creates too much uncertainty, or a law that extends its reach beyond… Continue Reading
Global Survey of Freedom of Information Laws and Practice
Updated – 12 May 2004, The Freedominfo.org Global Survey: Freedom of Information and Access to Government Records Around the World (96 pages, pdf). “This is an ongoing survey of the state of freedom of information in countries which have adopted comprehensive new national laws on access.” Continue Reading
GPO Digitization Project
GPO Digitization Priorities Survey: “GPO is conducting a survey to compile a list of priority government documents titles or series that should be among the early items to be digitized. Please review the list of candidates for digitization that have already been proposed and add other titles that you feel should be on the list.… Continue Reading
Univ. Website of News and Legal Resources on Iraq
Iraq: Legal News & International Law includes updated links to Iraq news compiled from sources around the world, selected online articles discussing international legal issues in Iraq, research websites, reports and research papers, documents, inspections and sanctions, human rights issues, and law of war resources. Prepared by Vincent Moyer, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian,… Continue Reading
Commentary on the Future of Extranets
End in sight for extranets: “As the project extranet nears extinction, alternatives, such as e-mail, peer-to-peer computing and messaging are all viable alternatives, says Alec Milton.” Continue Reading
New Report on the Legal Community’s Response to 9/11
Public Service in a Time of Crisis: A Report and Retrospective on the Legal Communitys Response to the Events of September 11, 2001 (pdf, 74 pages). “The attacks on September 11, 2001 were unprecedented in scope, and the legal needs that grew out of the attacks were varied and far-reaching. This report summarizes the response… Continue Reading
Gov’t Support for Passenger Screening System Remains Firm Despite Continued Opposition
DHS remains committed to contested passenger-screening program TSA’s passenger-screening system criticized by database firm chief . This article reports that ChoicePoint’s CEO stated his company will not participate in the CAPPS II program. Continue Reading
