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Monthly Archives: January 2005
Health Information Technology Commission
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT), Commission on Systemic Interoperability “is charged with developing a comprehensive strategy for the adoption and implementation of health care information technology standards.” The commission must deliver to Congress by October 31 a comprehensive plan for the implementation of electronic health records. References Federal Register,… Continue Reading
Commentary on Whether Pop-Up Ads Are Spam
Why A Utah Court Was Right to Hold That, Under Utah Law, Pop-up Ads Are Not “Spam” by Anita Ramasastry. Continue Reading
IRS Requires Corporate E-Filing By 2006
IRS Announces Electronic Filing Requirements for Large Corporations, Exempt Organizations: “The Internal Revenue Service released regulations today that require certain large corporations and tax-exempt organizations to electronically file their income tax or annual information returns beginning in 2006. For tax year 2005 returns that are due in 2006, the regulations require that corporations with total… Continue Reading
Recommendations of Software to Fight Spyware
A Primer on Fighting Spyware, by Walter S. Mossberg (from the WSJ, reprinted by Webroot Software, whose product, Spy Sweeper, is recommended in this article.) I run SpyBot Search and Destroy daily on my home PC, and tested Spy Sweeper which indicated that my risk was “low.” Remain diligent about using one, or more, of… Continue Reading
Yahoo Finance Offers Free Company News Feeds
“Yahoo! Finance is now offering company news feeds in the RSS format. Using the RSS URL Generator (located on this page), you can construct the URL you’ll need to subscribe to news about your favorite companies.” Continue Reading
United States Statutes and the United States Code: Historical Outlines, Notes, Lists, Tables, and Sources
“The Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C., Inc. is pleased to announce the availability on its Legislative Source Book Web page of a new website entitled United States Statutes and the United States Code: Historical Outlines, Notes, Lists, Tables, and Sources. The Website contains four handouts (in PDF with enhancements) from a November 9, 2004,… Continue Reading
New Fee Schedules Effective Jan. 1 for Appellate and Bankruptcy Courts
“Fee schedules that took effect January 1, 2005, have been posted for federal appellate and bankruptcy courts.” [Federal Judiciary Newsroom] Continue Reading
Internet’s Impact on American Students Examined in Education Dept. Report
From the Department of Education, the National Education Technology Plan report, Toward a New Golden Age in American Education: How the Internet, the Law and Today’s Students are Revolutionizing Expectation: “Over the past 10 years, 99 percent of our schools have been connected to the Internet with a 5:1 student to computer ratio,” but the… Continue Reading
Free Yahoo! Desktop Search Beta
Yahoo! Desktop Search joins the party alongside similar software recently released by Google, Ask Jeeves, and Microsoft. Details about the features of Yahoo Desktop search are discussed in this FAQ, and PC Magazine weighs in with a positive review, as does Chris Sherman at Search Engine Watch. Continue Reading
UK’s National Library for Health Website
The National Library For Health website is currently providing four topical RSS feeds: Hitting The Headlines; What’s New; Document Of The Week and FocusOn. In addition, as reported by Managing Information, the site now offers a universal search feature for national and local data hosted by “500 NHS library services across England.” Continue Reading
IBM Donates 500 Patents to Open Source Developers
IBM press release: “IBM has pledged open access to key innovations covered by 500 IBM software patents to people and groups working on open source software. The pledge applies to any individual, community, or company working on or using software that meets the Open Source Initiative (OSI) definition of open source software.” List of pledged… Continue Reading
