The House (H.R. 3199) and the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to renew provisions of the Patriot Act which sunset by year’s end.
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Daily Archives: July 21, 2005
Accenture Survey Finds Growing Support for Electronic Health Records
Press release: “A majority of U.S. consumers believe that electronic medical records can provide valuable benefits, especially during medical emergencies, and can improve overall medical care, according to the results of a survey released today by Accenture.” Continue Reading
Public Awareness of New Technologies and Terminology Lagging
Public Awareness of Internet Terms, 7/20/2005: “The average American internet user is not sure what podcasting is, what an RSS feed does, or what the term phishing means.” The data memo is 7 pages, PDF. Continue Reading
Coping With Information Overload and Remaining Productive
Driven to distraction by technology: “The typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes by a phone call, e-mail, instant message or other distraction. The problem is that it takes about eight uninterrupted minutes for our brains to get into a really creative state.” See also RSS Goes Corporate – Information overload also affects companies,… Continue Reading
Proposal on Telecommunications Regulation in the Digital Age
Press release from the Progress & Freedom Foundation: “Internet Challenges Regulatory Jurisdictions – Second DACA Working Group Addresses Federal-State Framework. The awkwardly constructed Telecom Act of 1996 has led to unnecessary tension among federal, state and local regulators, but the digital revolution has paved the way for a new framework. So concludes the Federal-State Framework… Continue Reading
New Pew Internet Survey Tracks Public Opinion on Rove, Bush, Terrorism, and Supreme Court
Republicans Uncertain on Rove Resignation Plurality — Favors Centrist Court Nominee, Released: July 19, 2005. Continue Reading
Senate Hearing on Reporter Shield Law
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Reporters’ Privilege Legislation: Issues and Implications, Wednesday, July 20, 2005 [Free Flow of Information Act of 2005, S. 1419. See also the House companion bill, H.R. 3323.] Link to testimony and member statements. Time for a Federal Shield Law, New York Times Continue Reading
Census Bureau Releases Report on Poverty in U.S.
From the U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, the newly released report, Areas with Concentrated Poverty: 1999 – Census 2000 Special Reports (11 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
EEOC Legal Brief Bank Index Posted on Website
As posted by by Michael Ravnitzky on The MemoryHole, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Brief Bank Index – Never-before-published guide to aspects of employment discrimination law. “The brief bank index, developed with public tax dollars, provides an overview of the complex issues arising when employees and companies become involved in possible discriminatory behavior, and the damages… Continue Reading
Cost Benefit Analysis of Consumer ID Theft Notification
Press release from the Progress & Freedom Foundation: “Notification Doesn’t Benefit Consumers: State and Federal lawmakers should proceed with caution when considering notification legislation addressing the perceived growth of data security breaches, according to a new paper released by The Progress & Freedom Foundation. An Economic Analysis of Notification Requirements for Data Security Breaches (19… Continue Reading
