A federal court orders the CIA to disclose its 1963 budget in Freedom of Information Act litigation brought by a pro se plaintiff, Steven Aftergood v. Central Intelligence Agency. This is the first time that a court has ordered the CIA to surrender budget information.” (Federation of American Scientists via FindLaw)
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Daily Archives: April 6, 2005
Will A National Law Impede ID Theft?
From the current issue of Managing Technology (Wharton School): Do You Know Where Your Identity Is? Personal Data Theft Eludes Easy Remedies Continue Reading
Hearing on Digital Music and Interoperability
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Oversight Hearing on Digital Music Interoperability and Availability, April 6, 2005. Link to Chairman’s Statement and Witness Statements Continue Reading
Gov’t Proceeds With Plans to Mine Personal Data on Students
A follow-up to my previous posting, Federal Gov’t Wants To Mine College and University Student Data, is this recently released report: Feasibility of a Student Unit Record System Within the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (168 pages, PDF) “This report describes the feasibility of collecting individual enrollment and financial aid information for each student in… Continue Reading
Congressional Access to Intelligence Documents Narrows Precipitously
White House Has Tightly Restricted Oversight of C.I.A. Detentions “By law, the White House is required to notify the House and Senate Intelligence Committees of all intelligence-gathering activities. But the White House has taken the stance that the secret detention program is too sensitive to be described to any members other than the top Republican… Continue Reading
New Report on PR Impact of Blogs
Press release: “A newly published white paper on blogs from Edelman, the world’s largest independent public relations firm, and Intelliseek, a marketing intelligence firm and provider of one of the Internet’s leading blog portals, explores the importance of the blogging phenomenon for public relations and marketers and provides a first-of-its-kind directory of influential bloggers, segmented… Continue Reading
Contradictions Arise In Wake of Patriot Act Hearing
Several articles today raise questions about the extent to which the government has obtained access to library patron records, as indicated in testimony from yesterday’s hearing concerning the reauthorization of the law’s 16 provisions which are scheduled to expire at the end of 2005. Links are as follows: From the Christian Science Monitor, Patriot Act:… Continue Reading
WiFi Security Flaws Demonstrated By FBI
From tom’s networking (Jim Ray’s links), this article reviews and documents a recent FBI demonstration of how quickly experts can hack a 128-bit WEP (wired equivalent privacy) key. Continue Reading
Yahoo Travel Search Engine Now Includes Hotels
For those on the go, take a look at Yahoo’s Farechase Beta which lets you search for competitive pricing and reservations for hotel rooms, cars and airline flights. See the FAQ for more details. Continue Reading
Forbes.com Best of The Web Spring 2005
Navigate to the full range of content in the article from this page, and see direct links to some of the highlights as follows: Socking It to Spyware Sitelines: Out, Out, Damn Bots! Finding Your Mobile Mojo Web Browsers Search Engines Company Documents Continue Reading
FEC Proposed Rule on Internet Communications
Summary: The Federal Election Commission requests comments on proposed changes to its rules that would include paid advertisements on the Internet in the definition of “public communication.” These changes to the Commission’s rules would implement the recent decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Shays v. Federal Election Commission, which… Continue Reading
