Don’t Count Them Out – The digital age hasn’t supplanted print. It’s complemented it, by Heather Smith, The American Lawyer, 07-01-2005
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Daily Archives: July 8, 2005
FERC Final Rule on FOIA Access to Critical Energy Documents
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Final rule, issued June 21, 2005. [Link] SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is issuing this final rule amending its regulations for gaining access to critical energy infrastructure information (CEII). These changes are being made based on comments filed in response to the March 3, 2005, notice seeking public comment… Continue Reading
New FCC Stats Register Large Increase in High-Speed Internet Access
FCC press release: High-Speed Connections to the Internet Increased 34% During 2004 for a Total of 38 Million Lines in Service. The report (25 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
Exec. Order on Access to Classified NSA Documents
Executive Order 13381–Strengthening Processes Relating to Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information Presidential Documents, June 27, 2005. Continue Reading
Advocacy Group Requests Investigation Into Online Sale of Personal Data
From EPIC: In a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC urged the agency to investigate online data brokers, companies that promise to sell phone calling records, the identities of people who own private mail boxes, and the identities associated with AOL Screen names, Match.com profiles, and Lavalife profiles. The complaint argues that this information… Continue Reading
New Working Paper on E-Voting Machine Security and Reliability
How Can We Ensure the Accuracy of Vote Counts?, Working Paper, July 4, 2005 (18 pages, PDF), by Kathy Dopp, MS Mathematics, University of Utah, President of USCountVotes’ National Election Data Archive Project – ElectionArchive.org. Abstract: “Some methods which are thought to ensure election integrity, such as logic and accuracy testing of voting equipment, do… Continue Reading
Article Examines Increasing Application of Classified Status to Patents
This article, Patents gagged in the name of national security, by Paul Marks, appears in the July 9 issue of New Scientist. The abstract is below, but full text is available fee only. “Every year, governments slap secrecy orders on a handful of private patents. Many patent applications never see the light of day because… Continue Reading
Wireless 411 Privacy Act
S. 1350: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to protect the privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communications services. “The legislation would require wireless carriers to have a clear pre-authorization before listing a subscriber’s name and number in a directory. The bill also prevents call forwarding services from connecting callers without giving… Continue Reading
