EPIC’s letter to the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee document’s the organizations opposition to substantial FY 2006 budget increases for the “Transportation Security Administration’s surveillance programs.”
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Monthly Archives: February 2005
Time Required to Review Daily E-Mail Adds Up
A survey reviewing the time spent by business owners around the world dealing with email related issues indicates that U.S., India and the Phillipines top the list, averaging two hours per day. Continue Reading
Expert Proposes Important Changes to Antispyware Legislation
From Benjamin Edelman, links to his analysis of the SPY Act as well as his review of proposed state legislation on the issue. Continue Reading
State Dept. Releases Annual Report on Human Rights
“The report entitled “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” is submitted to the Congress by the Department of State in compliance with sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA), as amended, and section 504 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. The law provides that the Secretary of State… Continue Reading
Push Continues in Congress for Verified E-Voting Trail
Press release: Senators Clinton and Boxer, Representative Tubbs Jones And Others Unveil Major Election Reform Bill: “The Count Every Vote Act of 2005 (S. 450) will provide a voter verified paper ballot for every vote cast in electronic voting machines and ensures access to voter verification for all citizens, including language minority voters, illiterate voters… Continue Reading
How-To-Guide on Opting-Out Your Personal Data Listing from Websites and Subscription Services
From the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, this February 2005 update to their guide, Online Data Brokers: How Consumers Can Opt Out of Directory Assistance and Non-public Information, includes a chart detailing the specific procedure required by 17 free and fee-based websites and services which aggregate and provide access to a range of personal data. Take some… Continue Reading
DOJ Analysis of Proposed FOIA Legislation
Following up on my posting February 16, Open Government Act of 2005 Introduced Today With Bipartisan Support, see this DOJ analysis of the legislation’s specific proposals. “If the introduction of this proposed legislation does lead to the enactment of major FOIA amendments during the 109th Congress, it will continue a distinct legislative pattern for the… Continue Reading
Commentary on WSJ’s Subscriber Strategy
From Wired, a critique of the Wall Street Journals’ adherence to a fee based subscription strategy that prevents search engine indexing of their extensive, authoritative, and highly regarded content. This in turn results in very limited linking to their articles by a ever expanding community of bloggers and website publishers. The debate should and will… Continue Reading
Sen. Schumer Pursues Database Vendors on Issue of ID Theft and Sale of Personal Data
What follows is a group of recent, relevant articles and documents associated with the escalating critical evaluation of database aggregation and sale of personal data and associated digital scams and ID theft. From the New York Times, Senator Says Data Service Has Lax Rules for Security From the Washington Post, Databases Called Lax With Personal… Continue Reading
More on the Google Library Digitization Project
How Google will scan the world, 1 book at a time. Continue Reading
Rhode Island Sec. of State Implements RSS Feeds Providing Real Time Data Updates
Press release, February 16, 2005: “Secretary of State Matt Brown today unveiled a groundbreaking web data-sharing initiative, which will give citizens and Rhode Island government agencies real-time, ongoing access to the databases maintained by his office. RSSonate…was developed to provide easy access to constantly updated data, which users can then use to create customized information.… Continue Reading
Directory for Corporate RSS Feeds
“Welcome to the Nooked RSS Directory (beta). You can search for corporate RSS feeds by keyword or browse the categories below. If you publish corporate RSS feeds, you can submit them to our directory.” [Moonwatcher] Continue Reading
