Get Assistance from a Federal Depository Librarian: Government Information Online Pilot Project “U.S. Government agencies provide information on a wide variety of topics, from nutrition and health care to gardening and saving money on your electric bill. Other topics include laws and regulations, statistics, international affairs, public safety, and more. If a government agency does… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2005
Public Remains Concerned With Privacy and Patriot Act
At a presentation today titled, “They Want Your Secrets: Personal Information Privacy in the Post-9/11 World, during the Emerging Issues in National and International Security conference, Valerie Caproni, General Counsel of the FBI stated in reference to issues concerning Section 215 of the Patriot Act, “We don’t like the fact that librarians are upset…While their… Continue Reading
GAO Report Evaluates Consumer Knowledge On Credit Report Data
Credit Reporting Literacy: Consumers Understood the Basics but Could Benefit from Targeted Educational Efforts, GAO-05-223, March 16, 2005. Highlights. Continue Reading
Chart of State Laws and Regs for Living Wills
Available as a free feature on today’s Wall Street Journal, State Laws for Living Wills – “Rules for living wills, written instructions on the type of care a person would want in the event of a life-threatening medical condition, vary by state. Download the details on living wills and advance directives for your state.” Continue Reading
Sensitive But Unclassified Gov Docs Released by Sen. Levin
Press release yesterday: “Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., today released previously withheld portions of an FBI document critical of interrogation practices used by the Department of Defense (DOD) at Guantanamo Bay in 2002, disclosing information in that document previously withheld by the Department of Justice (DOJ). In a letter to DOJ on February 10, 2005, Levin… Continue Reading
Another Antispyware Bill Introduced Today
Press release: “U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced the introduction of legislation to prohibit a variety of surreptitious practices that result in spyware, adware and other unwanted software being placed on consumers computers. The bipartisan SPYBLOCK (Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer Knowledge) Act, introduced with Senator Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), would prohibit the… Continue Reading
Competitive Advantage Cited In Successfully Turning Aside Phishing Attacks
Dan Farber’s posting, An antidote for phishing you can’t have, references comments by Symantec’s CEO on how an unnamed bank had successfully implemented a strategy to combat phishing, but it will remain proprietary. Related reference: Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Highlights Rise In Threats To Confidential Information Continue Reading
Free Credit Report Website Unblocked
As previously documented, there has been an ongoing controversy associated with website blocking of links to free annual credit reports, resulting in the requirement that users had to actually type the requisite URL into their respective browsers. Today EPIC reported that due to the efforts of advocacy groups and the support of Congressman Barney Frank,… Continue Reading
New Search Engine Profiles 25 Million People
ZoomInfo, which has a free search engine as well as fee-based services, provides users with search options to: Find Person by Name, Find Employees by Company, Find Alumni by University, and to Find People Mentioned on a Specific Website [see this Advanced Search page]. Data retrieved on individuals varies in regard to its scope, consistency,… Continue Reading
CDC Study Indicates Country Lags on E-Health Records
Press release: New Study Shows Limited Use of Electronic Medical Records: “Less than a third of the nation’s hospital emergency and outpatient departments use electronic medical records, and even fewer doctors offices do, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…The use of electronic records in health care… Continue Reading
President’s IT Advisory Committee Issues Recommendations on Cyber Security
The President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee report, Cyber Security: A Crisis of Prioritization, released March 18, 2005 (72 pages, PDF) Related news from the New York Times, Study Criticizes Government on Cybersecurity Research Continue Reading
“Enterprise Blogs” Make Their Mark
As a follow-up to my recent posting about Dennis Hamilton’s new article, Internal Blogs: So, Are They Different From External Blogs?, I suggested the monikers enterpriselogs, enterlogs, or even enterpriseblogs to describe blogs behind the corporate firewall. MrDave’s Blog! has a related posting I recommend, IntraBlog – the next wave?. Other suggestions welcome! [thanks Claudia] Continue Reading
