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Daily Archives: October 12, 2004
Defense Authorization Section on Nondisclosure of Certain Products of Commercial Satellite Operations
From Secrecy News: “Congressional conferees narrowed the scope of a new Freedom of Information Act exemption for certain categories of commercial satellite imagery and related products. As revised, the exemption would apply only to imagery whose sale to non-government customers is already prohibited “for reasons of national security.” The final language in section 914 of… Continue Reading
FEC’s Newly Designed Website
From the press release: The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has redesigned and streamlined its Internet Web site. The primary purpose of the revamped Web site is to reorganize the site’s growing body of material to offer the most efficient presentation of relevant and appropriate information to various audiences, including the general public, candidates and their… Continue Reading
LexisNexis to Provide Access to Factiva in March 2005
From the press release: “Factiva®, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company and a leading global news and business information provider, and LexisNexis Group, a leading global legal news and information services and products provider, today announced that LexisNexis® will provide Factivas world-class global content collection to legal professionals at law firms worldwide. Beginning March 1,… Continue Reading
FTC Seeks Court Order Against Spyware Maker
Update to 10/08/04 posting, FTC Files Case Against Two Companies Who Market Spyware, that included a link to the complaint, see the 10/12/04 FTC press release, FTC Cracks down On Spyware Operation, for additional comments. Continue Reading
