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Daily Archives: February 7, 2005
Editorial Stresses Pivotal Role of Archivist of the U.S.
As a follow-up to my July 28, 2004 posting, Archivist of the U.S. Forced to Resign? the Washington Post (reg. req’d) once again addresses the issue, this time in an editoral, A New Archivist. The current status of the nomination of Allen Weinstein. Continue Reading
FY 2006 Budget Available Online From GPO
FY06 U.S. Budget now available on GPO Access: “The Budget of the U.S. Government, FY 2006, was released on Monday, February 7, at 10:00 AM EST. It is now available on GPO Access in digital form. You can also place orders for the printed version through the U.S. Government Bookstore.” Browse the FY06 budget Download… Continue Reading
Advocacy Group Releases New Privacy Tool for System Administrators
From the EFF press release: “Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released logfinder, a software tool to help people reduce the unnecessary collection of personal information about computer users…Such data tells a lot about a user’s browsing and email habits and…must be turned over to government entities with court orders and can be subpoenaed by… Continue Reading
PR Battle Escalates in Anticipation of P2P Antipiracy Case Before Supreme Court
As Piracy Battle Nears Supreme Court, the Messages Grow Manic Legal documents related to the case. Continue Reading
Industry Group Formed to Promote VoIP Security
VoIP Leaders Form Alliance for VoIP Security Research and Testing: “The industry’s first Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Security Alliance was launched today in conjunction with leading VoIP vendors, providers, security researchers, and thought leaders to discover and reduce VoIP security risks. A complete list of members can be accessed at www.voipsa.org.” Continue Reading
Report Warns of Problems for Municipality Sponsored WiFi
From the New Millennium Research Council, Washington, D.C., a report co-authored by six telecom experts, ‘Not In The Public Interest the Myth of Municipal Wi-Fi Networks’ – Why Municipal Schemes to Provide Wi-Fi Broadband Service With Public Funds Are Ill-Advised, February 2005. (40 pages, PDF) “Many American cities and towns are now considering municipal… Continue Reading
