Following up on my post from January, Will New York Times on Web Remain Free?, more machinations on the topic of anticipated fees for online access to the Times and other papers: Can Papers End the Free Ride Online? Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2005
Sunshine Week Showcase
This page, which will be updated throught Sunshine Week, provides summaries and links to selected national and state sources on the open government issue. Related resources: Government secrecy: dark cloud over open society – Inside the First Amendment, by Paul K. McMasters, First Amendment Center ombudsman Michigan Freedom of Information Act Continue Reading
Tracking the Dynamic Growth of Blogging
From the founder and CEO of Technorati’s posting today: “Technorati is now tracking over 7.8 million weblogs, and 937 million links. That’s just about double the number of weblogs tracked in October 2004. In fact, the blogosphere is doubling in size about once every 5 months. It has already done so at this pace four… Continue Reading
Pharming Poses Potential for Widespread Fraud
From Wired, Pharming Out-Scams Phishing: “First Pharmers simply redirect as many users as possible from the legitimate commercial websites they’d intended to visit and lead them to malicious ones. The bogus sites, to which victims are redirected without their knowledge or consent, will likely look the same as a genuine site. But when users enter… Continue Reading
Report on Women and Entrepreneurship
More than 30 Million Women Worldwide Are Entrepreneurs; Mentoring and Support Networks Are Vital To Success: “Forty-one percent of entrepreneurs are women, according to a cross-national study of thirty-four countries. The first Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report on women’s entrepreneurial activity was released today by The Center For Women’s Leadership at Babson College. The GEM… Continue Reading
LLRX Court Rules, Forms and Dockets
Just a reminder that LLRX.com’s Court Rules, Forms and Dockets remains the only comprehensive, free, regularly updated guide of its kind on the web. Suggestions for new links are always welcome. “This site includes links to over 1,400 sources for state and federal court rules, forms and dockets. You can browse to find the resource… Continue Reading
Memorable Quotes from Dan Rather
From the National Journal, this article is worth savouring for those who appreciated what are referred to as “Ratherisms”. Example: “Let’s pause and take a deep breath, appreciate it for what it is. This is the dance of democracy. This is as close as we come to a kind of a sacred time in this… Continue Reading
Admiral Issues Report on Detainee Operations
Released March 10, 2005 to the Senate Armed Services Committee, this Review of DoD Detention Operations and Detainee Interrogation Techniques (21 pages, PDF), authored by Vice Adm. Albert T. Church III, determined that there was “no policy that considered or condoned torture…” Statement of Senator Carl Levin at the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on… Continue Reading
Reporter’s FOIA Request Unaswered After 24 Years
Reporter’s FOIA request dates to 1981 Related references: Audit of Freedom of Information Requests Highlights Gov’t Delays Nations use U.S. as model for FOIA laws The Freedominfo.org Global Survey: Freedom of Information and Access to Government Records Around the World (96 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Open Source File Sharing Program Has Legs
As a followup to Andy Haven’s article, The Role of Peer to Peer File Sharing in Law Firm Marketing, see this March 13 Washington Post, BitTorrent May Prove Too Good to Quash. The Official BitTorrent Home Page Continue Reading
Blogshine Sunday
Bloggers Look for “Sunshine” on Public Access to Government Documents – FreeCulture.org announces Blogshine Sunday “On March 13, news organizations across the United States will participate in “Sunshine Sunday” by running stories and editorials in support of public access to government information. Simultaneously, bloggers throughout the U.S. and beyond will spotlight their own experiences with… Continue Reading
Survey of Federal Depository Libraries to Determine Essential Print Gov’t Docs.
Survey to Identify Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper or Other Tangible Format March 4 – March 18, 2005: “The dissemination of information products through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) includes a variety of formats. As directed by Congress, the primary method of making publications available to the FDLP is in online format.… Continue Reading
