The Call Is Cheap. The Wiretap Is Extra. Related reference from the FCC, August 4, 2004: FCC Adopts Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Declaratory Ruling Regarding Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. See also the text of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA). Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2004
Google and Yahoo’s Impact on Web Searching
More Is Not Necessarily Better “Few people realize that 95 percent of all Web searches in the United States are handled by two companies, Google and Yahoo, either directly or through other sites that use their technology…The influence of search companies in determining what users worldwide can see and do online is breathtaking.” Continue Reading
E-Voting Machines Remain Under Scrutiny
E-Vote Machine Certification Criticized See also electionline.org, “produced by the Election Reform Information Project, is the nations only non-partisan, non-advocacy website providing up-to-the-minute news and analysis on election reform,” and previous beSpacific posts on e-voting. Continue Reading
Beta URLinfo from FaganFinder
“URLinfo is a tool for handling web pages: finding information about it, translating it, finding related pages, etc.” Continue Reading
9/11 Commission Releases Two Staff Reports, and Concludes Work Today
Press release, August 21, 2004: 9/11 Commission Releases Two Staff Monographs: “The Commission has released the following staff reports to the Commission, available in PDF format.” Monograph on Terrorist Financing (155 pages) Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel (241 pages) See also these relates articles from AP and Reuters respectively: Sept. 11 Commission Formally Disbands… Continue Reading
GAO Report Indicates States Leverage IT to Combat Medicare Fraud
Medicaid Program Integrity: State and Federal Efforts to Prevent and Detect Improper Payments GAO-04-707, July 16, 2004, Highlights. “States also reported using information technology to integrate databases containing provider, beneficiary, and claims information and conduct more efficient utilization reviews.” Continue Reading
Consumer Reports Adds E-Ratings
“ConsumerReports.org e-Ratings were developed to help consumers navigate the web efficiently, effectively, and with confidence. Based on a systematic review of specific features on selected web sites in various categories, our exclusive e-Ratings are ongoing, with new product, service, and information categories added regularly.” [Link] Continue Reading
Redacted Gov’t Documents and Challenges to Patriot Act
From the Washington Post (re’g req’d), U.S. Uses Secret Evidence In Secrecy Fight With ACLU, and the related ACLU press release. See also Record Number of FOIA Requests Received by Federal Gov’t in 2003. Continue Reading
HHS Facts Sheets on HIPAA
Fact Sheet: Privacy and Your Health Information Fact Sheet: Your Health Information Privacy Rights For reference, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Continue Reading
Association and Academic Websites Provide U.S. Election Resources
American Political Science Association’s Media Resource webpage for the 2004 U.S. elections. “APSA has gathered resources on key themes in the presidential and congressional elections, including introductions by leading political scientists in the United States, contact information for dozens of prominent scholars around the country, and citations for recent and cutting-edge political science research.” Election… Continue Reading
Innovative Search Applications To Browse Data Collections on Web and Hard Drives
Making a Web Search Feel Like a Stroll in the Library Continue Reading
Work-Around to Website Registration Goes Offline and Then Back Online
This June 14 posting, Online Newspapers Increasingly Require User Registration, mentioned a website registration work-around called BugMeNot. Posts on Metafilter indicate that the site no longer works. (See this posting from the site’s owner for an explanation.) The site is now back online, at the same url. Continue Reading
