Making Knowledge Management Work on your Intranet, by Shiv Singh: “This article discusses typical KM challenges facing large organizations and how a company intranet can be leveraged to create lasting and measurable business value.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2004
More Anti-Spyware Legislation
From the press release by Zoe Lofgren (CA 16): “Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-16), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA-06), and Lamar Smith (R-TX-21) today introduced bipartisan legislation to address the most egregious activities that are conducted via spyware and make those activities criminal offenses. HR 4661, the Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2004, will be referred to… Continue Reading
New Virus Steals User Financial Data
From Computer World: “A new Internet attack discovered late yesterday was designed by an infamous group of Russian virus writers to steal credit card and other financial information from Web surfers and send it to Web sites where it can be retrieved by the hackers, security experts warned today.” Continue Reading
Bipartisan Bill on Copyright Infringement
The text of the Induce Act (S. 2560), and the Statement of Senator Orrin G. Hatch, are via Susan Crawford Blog. Commentary from Declan McCullagh. Continue Reading
Supreme Ct. Sends Energy Task Force Case Back to Lower Court
Press release from National Security Archive: “The United States Supreme Court today remanded to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals a case concerning the application of a federal open government law to the Energy Task Force chaired by Vice President Cheney in 2001.” From the National Resources Defense Council, The Cheney Energy Task Force –… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com
New on LLRX.com for June 21, 2004: A Selective Guide to Online International Arbitration Resources UK Constitutional Reform Notes from the Tech Trenches: Spicy Handouts for Tastier Training FOIA Facts: Ronald Reagan’s FOIA Legacy Wisdom from the Grammar Goddess: Breaking the Spell After Hours: Travel Tip, Book It! and Time Travel Tickets, Part II (Old-Fashioned… Continue Reading
OCC Advisory Letter on Banks and Electronic Records Retention
OCC Advisory Letter on Electronic Record Keeping, June 21, 2004: “This advisory letter highlights issues regarding bank electronic record systems in light of the E-SIGN Act. 15 USC 7001, et seq. The letter provides a basic framework that bank management can use to assess and address key issues posed by electronic record keeping systems.” “…For… Continue Reading
Industry Anti-Spam Alliance Issues Report on Best Practices
Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes Industry Recommendations To Help Stop Spam: “The Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ASTA), whose participants include Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., EarthLink and America Online Inc., today unveiled the result of more than a year of close collaboration by presenting a host of detailed best practices and technical recommendations for the entire industry in… Continue Reading
More Disclosures on TSA Passenger Data Mining Activities
Press release: Sensitive passenger data from at least eight airlines and airline reservation services were given to contractors working on a computerized screening program, according to new information provided in response to written questions posed to Admiral David Stone, who has been nominated to be the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). For reference,… Continue Reading
Arrests in Stolen AOL Screen Names Scam
AP reports that an ex-AOL software engineer allegedly stole a list of 92 million customer screen names (online identification/user names) last year, which he then sold, and the information was subsequently used in various spam related mass emailings, in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act. See the related press release by AOL, which states, “AOL has… Continue Reading
Corporate Blogging Takes Root
Blogging With The Boss’s Blessing – “More companies are helping employees to speak freely — and bond with customers.” Continue Reading
Launch of Personal Technology Freedom Coalition
From the EFF press release: “A broad group of organizations and companies representing diverse sectors of the U.S. economy has come together to form a new organization, the Personal Technology Freedom Coalition. With members ranging from the telephone industry to high-tech firms, libraries, universities and the public-interest sector, the Coalition is committed to repairing recent… Continue Reading
