From Secrecy News: “The Pentagon has reissued its Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, featuring over 700 pages of definitions updated through March 2004.” (736 pages, PDF)
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Monthly Archives: June 2004
Study Says Connectivity Keeps Us Working While on Vacation
Press release about the survey from Avaya Inc.: “An increasing number of vacationing workers include laptop computers, cell phones and PDAs with their beach towels, sunscreen and paperbacks in order to stay in touch with office business…85 percent of respondents remain accessible to co-workers during nights, weekends and vacations; 76 percent regularly retrieve messages during… Continue Reading
Ruling From 1st Circuit Impacts E-Mail Privacy
From Declan McCullagh: “A federal appeals court dismissed a case against an e-mail provider who allegedly violated federal wiretapping laws by reading messages meant for customers, a decision (53 pages, PDF) critics say could make it easier for police to seek permission to tap Net phone calls.” From EFF, Online Privacy “Eviscerated” by First Circuit… Continue Reading
Spam Blocker Prevails Against Mass E-Mailer in CA Court
From ZDNet: “A federal court in California has turned down a request to stop SpamCop from keeping tabs on mass e-mailer OptInRealBig, saying the blocklist operator is protected under the Communications Decency Act.” Order from U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, OptInRealBig.com, LLC v. IronPort Systems, Inc. (20 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
New Report Recommends Solutions to Secure E-Voting in Upcoming Elections
From the press release: “To increase security and improve public confidence in the voting process, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law (BC) today released a new report providing specific recommendations for elections officials planning to use electronic voting machines in the 2004 elections.”… Continue Reading
GAO Website Redesign
The U.S. General Accounting Office website has undergone a much needed redesign, although the result is, to say the least, restrained (and red, white and blue all over). From the homepage, users may search all reports or legal products, as well as conduct searches by keyword or report number. A link to Current Reports and… Continue Reading
AP To Launch Blogs for Upcoming Political Conventions
“The Associated Press will launch its first Web log at the political conventions in Boston and New York, utilizing Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Walter R. Mears, AP officials announced Monday.” [Link] Continue Reading
HHS Determines How Federal Scientists Participate in World Health Arena
From the Cmte. on Government Reform, Minority Office HHS Restricts Communications between U.S. Scientists and WHO Officials: “A new HHS policy requires the World Health Organization to submit all requests for expert scientific advice to political officials at HHS who pick which federal scientists will be permitted to respond. Letter to HHS on International AIDS… Continue Reading
Database on Foreign Lobbyists Cannot Be Archived Due to Deterioration
Foreign Lobbyist Database Could Vanish – “Justice Department officials say a huge database that serves as the public’s lone window on lobbying activities by foreign governments has been allowed to decay to a point they cannot even make a copy of its contents.” Foreign Agents Registration Unit (FARA), Counterespionage Section From AP, DOJ: Our Computer… Continue Reading
Guide to Spam Filtering
A Buyer’s Guide to Spam Filtering (19 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Supreme Court Rules Against Child Online Protection Act
In a 5-4 decision today (Ashcroft v. ACLU), the Supreme Court held that “The Third Circuit was correct to affirm the District Court’s ruling that enforcement of COPA (Pub. Law 105-277) should be enjoined because the statute likely violates the First Amendment.” For additional documentation and commentary on this case, see the following references: Ashcroft… Continue Reading
Article on Law Librarians and Billable Rates
In the July 2004 issue of the ABA Journal (pages 34-35, text not currently available free online), see the article, The New Librarian, focusing on the topic of hourly rates for billable time, which according to a recent informal survey on the Private Law Libraries Special Interest Section Listserv, range from $80 to $200 for… Continue Reading
