From Editor and Publisher, the text of the addendum to White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s follow-up to questions during the May 11, 2005 press briefing about the plane incident: “The President’s detail was informed when the decision was made to raise the threat level at the White House to yellow. A determination was made… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Guide to U.S. Government RSS Library
From FirstGov.gov, this U.S. Government RSS Library webpage aggregates links to a wide range of resources, including news releases, press briefings, transcripts, reports, advisories, statistics and technical documents, in one easy to use location, providing content on the following topical areas: Agriculture RSS Feeds Consumer RSS Feeds Cyber Security RSS Feeds Data and Statistics RSS… Continue Reading
Gov’t Produced Video News Releases Violate Law
Video News Releases (VNRs): Unattributed Prepackaged News Stories Violate Publicity or Propaganda Prohibition – Statement of Susan A. Poling, Managing Associate General Counsel (GAO), to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, GAO-05-643T, May 12, 2005 Highlights: “In two legal opinions this past year, federal agencies commissioned and distributed prepackaged news stories and introductory… Continue Reading
Updates to Recent White Paper on Blogging Anonymously
EFF recently published a white paper on blogging anonymously, and today posted additional information in response to reader feedback, and encouraged an ongoing dialogue on the issue. Continue Reading
UK PubMed Central Project Receives Funding
From the UK Guardian Unlimited: “Some of Britain’s leading medical research funders have banded together to finance the country’s most comprehensive online repository of medical knowledge. The multimillion-pound UK PubMed Central project is a big boost to proponents of open access to scientific research. It will enable academic researchers to post papers published either online… Continue Reading
Significant Hurdles Stymie Rollout of Terror Watch List
The Terror Watch List, under development for several years, has been plagued by set-backs; administrative, technical and political in nature. This BusinessWeek.com article reviews the origins of the system, the technology hurdles encountered during the course of its development, and the plans for its completion. See also Airline screening program panned by House appropriators Continue Reading
Canadian Law Librarians Share Success Stories At Upcoming Conference
Connie Crosby contacted me with news of availability of this article, Cool Things I am Doing in My Law Library, to be presented at the upcoming CALL/ACBD meeting. Kudos to all our terrific colleagues on their innovative work. Continue Reading
Hearing on Requirement for New Tamper Proof SSN Cards With Biometrics
House Judiciary Committee, Immigration Subcommittee Hearing on Rep. Dreier’s Legislation Establishing a Tamper-Proof Social Security Card: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 98, the “Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2005” News Advisory 5-11-05 Testimony of EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg Continue Reading
Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on Spyware
Senate Commerce Committee on Spyware, May 11 2005 Witness Statements: Sen. Ron Wyden; Trevor Hughes, Executive Director, Network Advertising Initiative; David Moll, Chief Executive Officer, Webroot Software, Inc.; Ari Schwartz, Associate Director, Center for Democracy and Technology. Related references: Webroot State of Spyware Report: A report about the effects of spyware on enterprises and consumers… Continue Reading
Urgency of Data Broker Regulation Spotlighted by NY Senator
Press release from Sen. Charles Schumer: “DSW, ChoicePoint, Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw Just the Recent Examples of Egregious Loopholes Which Are Compromising People’s Personal Information.” Related references on ID theft Continue Reading
GAO Report Surveys Rise in FOIA Requests
Information Management: Implementation of the Freedom of Information Act GAO-05-648T, May 11, 2005, Highlights. “According to data reported by agencies in their annual FOIA reports, citizens have been requesting and receiving an ever-increasing amount of information from the federal government through FOIA. The number of requests that agencies received increased by 71 percent from 2002… Continue Reading
NARA Proposes to Eliminate Back-Up Versions of Clinton Docs.
From the May 3, 2005 Federal Register: Presidential records; management and custody: Clinton Administration electronic backup tapes; proposed disposal: “NARA proposes the disposition of 9,193 backup tapes created during the Clinton Administration by White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff because NARA has determined that they lack continuing administrative, historical, informational or evidentiary value. The tapes… Continue Reading
