Data on the classification of government documents, compiled by the National Records and Archives Administration’s Information Security Oversight Office, is available in the 2004 Report to the President: “This report provides information on the status of the security classification program as required by Executive Order 12958, as amended, “Classified National Security Information. It includes statistics… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2005
USA PATRIOT Act Sunsets Report
CDT has made available a PDF version, 70 pages, of the DOJ’s April 2005 report, USA PATRIOT Act Sunsets Report. “The report, which was prepared at the request of Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, analyzes each of the 16 provisions that are scheduled to expire on December 31, 2005. See also Patriot Debates – A… Continue Reading
Commentary By Lawyers on Law Firm Librarians
Large-Firm Life: An Ode to Librarians, New York Lawyer, April 8, 2005: “Librarians are, by definition, the greatest research tools that any firm has.” Continue Reading
New Foundation Sponsored Resource on Global Health
What is GlobalHealthReporting.org?: “GlobalHealthReporting.org is a project developed and operated by the Kaiser Family Foundation with major support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide journalists and others — including researchers, policymakers and nongovernmental organizations — with the latest news and information about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria worldwide.” See also World Health Report… Continue Reading
Site Reports That Web Bugs Can Be Activated With Adobe 7
From lwn.net via p2p, this posting, Unexpected features in Acrobat 7 describes the use of a tagging mechanism launched by Remote Approach, a service that “helps companies and individuals who publish and distribute Adobe® Acrobat (PDF) documents to understand the reach and use of their materials.” Continue Reading
Revisions to Privacy Protection Proposals
A Model Regime of Privacy Protection (Version 2.0), by Daniel J. Solove and Chris Jay Hoofnagle, April 5, 2005. GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 136. Continue Reading
Wikipedia Agreement With Yahoo Will Extend Global Access
Press release, Wikimedia Foundation Announces Corporate Support of Wikipedia from Yahoo! Search: “…Yahoo! Search will dedicate hardware and resources to support Wikipedia, a community based encyclopedia written and edited by people from around the world…In addition, Wikipedia content will become available to hundreds of millions of users worldwide through Yahoo! Search via shortcuts that are… Continue Reading
Searches and Seizures in a Digital World
Searches and Seizures in a Digital World, by Orin S. Kerr, forthcoming in Harvard Law Review, Vol. 119, 2006. “This article offers a normative framework for applying the Fourth Amendment to searches of computer data. It begins by exploring the basic differences between physical searches of physical property and electronic searches of digital evidence. It… Continue Reading
Google Introduces Q&A
Google continues to roll out new features, and today’s addition is Q&A, still under development, that allows users to enter a plain language fact query whose answer will appear at the top of the search results page, along with the site reference source. For example, population arkansas. Continue Reading
Privacy Group Publishes Guide to Blogging Anonymously
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation, How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else) “The guide covers basic measures people can take to keep their blogs anonymous and explores what the law says about discussing work-related issues online.” Useful comments on the information in the aforementioned guide are available on this posting, Blogging Anonymously? Yes,… Continue Reading
New Website Monitors and Reports on Lobbying in the U.S.
From the Center for Public Integrity, the launch today of LobbyWatch, an “ongoing investigation into the state of lobbying in the U.S.” The site provides a searchable database with drop-down menus for users to choose information on specific states, countries, issues, agencies and industries. Data is also available on Top 100 Companies and Organizations, Top… Continue Reading
Court Orders CIA to Disclose 1963 Budget to FOIA Advocate
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) Continue Reading
