Oklahoma Courts Now Offer RSS Newsfeeds: “You can now receive Oklahoma appellate court opinions and Oklahoma Attorney General opinions via RSS newsfeeds at no charge.” As Jim indicates, Oklahoma joins two other trailblazing states, West Virginia and Louisiana, who also offer feeds.
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Daily Archives: November 1, 2005
Report Reviews Market and Legal Challenges to Book Digitizing Projects
Acquiring Copyright Permission to Digitize and Provide Open Access to Books, Published by the Council on Library and Information Resources and Digital Library Federation, (72 pages, PDF) Related references to Google’s announcement that Print Program scanning will resume, along with clarifications on the programs goals: From the Official Google Blog posting, October 31, 2005: “..the… Continue Reading
Data Breaches Remain A Concern for Consumers and Lawmakers
New York Times: Data Security Laws Seem Likely, So Consumers and Businesses Vie to Shape Them Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident, updated October 19, 2005 H.R. 4127, the Data Accountability and Trust Act. According to sponsor Representative Clifford B. Stearns, “This bill (16 pages, PDF) requires entities… Continue Reading
Senate Democratic Leader Invokes Rare Closed Session to Force Review of WMD Intel
Senate Democrats invoked rarely used Rule 21 to force a closed door meeting today with the goal of obtaining an agreement to fully investigate the administration’s use of WMD documents as a justification for the Iraq war. According to a statement issued by Sen. Harry Reid, the “Key questions that need to be answered include:… Continue Reading
Forbes Attacks Blogs
Forbes targets what is calls “attack bloggers” with a very broad brush, in a trio of articles as follows: Attack of the Blogs, Daniel Lyons, 11.14.05 – “Web logs are the prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies, libel and invective. Their potent allies in this pursuit include Google and… Continue Reading
LC, Michigan and Kaiser Post Samuel A. Alito Nomination Documents
The Law Library of Congress Public Services Division is pleased to announce the following new resource: Samuel A. Alito Nomination Collection. A bibliography, it includes a PDF excerpt of Judge Alito’s 1990 confirmation hearing (Senate Hearing 101-651, Part 5). [Emily Carr, Legal Reference Specialist, Law Library of Congress] University of Michigan Law Library, Information on… Continue Reading
