Follow-up to Deal Reached on Patriot Act Reauthorization Amid Wide Disagreement, this press release today: “Senator Patrick Leahy, (D-Vt.), the ranking Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee, has forged a coalition of Republican and Democratic senators that introduced a bill Monday to extend the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act to give Congress more… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2005
HarperCollins Announces Plans to Digitize Books
Press release: “HarperCollins Publishers today announced they will create a digital warehouse for all of its content and will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) this month as part of an effort to develop the necessary technical infrastructure to broadly exploit its content digitally. The plan is the first step in satisfying the demands of… Continue Reading
Supreme Court to Review Texas Redistricting Case
As a follow-up to previous postings concerning voting rights violations and the 2003 Texas redistricting, today’s report from Bloomberg: “The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments that a Texas redistricting plan engineered by former U.S. House Republican Leader Tom DeLay illegally diluted minority voting rights and was so partisan it violated the Constitution.” For… Continue Reading
UK Firm Promotes Self Destructing Text Messages
This text will self-destruct in 40 seconds – Next year self-deleting emails and photo messages too.: “Staellium UK said that its StealthText service will allow business executive dealing in sensitive information to send texts which will delete themselves from the recipient’s mobile phone as soon as the person has read them.” Details Continue Reading
GAO Report on E-Waste Encourages Recycling
Electronic Waste: Strengthening the Role of the Federal Government in Encouraging Recycling and Reuse. GAO-06-47, November 10, 2005. Highlights “Available estimates suggest that over 100 million computers, monitors, and televisions become obsolete each year, and this number is growing. If improperly managed, these used electronics can harm the environment and human health. Available data suggest… Continue Reading
Access Restored to Unclassified Los Alamos Technical Reports and Publications
From FAS: “In 2002, the Los Alamos National Laboratory terminated public access to thousands of unclassified reports on nuclear science and technology as well as other historical and policy-related publications that had formerly been available on the Lab’s web site as part of its Library Without Walls initiative. Fortunately, almost all of the withdrawn reports… Continue Reading
Presentations Available from KMWorld 2005
KMWorld & Intranets 2005 Presentation Links. Topics include: Applying KM Strategies, Cultural Issues of KM, Collaborative Environments, Strategies & Practices, Strategies & Practices, Content Integration, Making Intranets Work, Building the Intranet, and Keeping Up with Intranet Trends. Continue Reading
Google Shares Their Perspective on Importance of Knowledge Workers
Newsweek – Google: Ten Golden Rules – Getting the most out of knowledge workers will be the key to business success for the next quarter century. Here’s how we do it at Google. Continue Reading
Commentaries Contrast Use of Blogs By Politicians and Scientists
New York Times: Conservative Blogs are More Effective Nature – Science in the web age: Joint efforts: “At its best, academia is a marketplace of ideas. But many scientists are reluctant to embrace the latest web tools that would allow them to communicate their ideas in new ways, says Declan Butler.” Continue Reading
Further Twists and Turns in the Investigation of Plame CIA Leak
Posted today by TIME magazine: What Viveca Novak Told Fitzgerald, by Viveca Novak. Ms. Novak is now apparently on a “leave of absence” from TIME. Related news: Viveca Novak: Another Plame Journo Kept Her Editor in the Dark New York Times: Lawyer Knew Rove Was a Source, Reporter Says AP – Time: Rove’s Lawyer Told… Continue Reading
Increased Scrutiny of Patriot Act Reauthorization Highlights Key Issue
LA Times: Was Focus of Patriot Act Debate a Dodge? – The ‘library provision’ took center stage, but critics say subpoena-like national security letters, widely used by the FBI, deserve greater scrutiny. previous posting on FBI use of National Security Letters Related article: Must we renew the Patriot Act? by Declan McCullagh, which points to… Continue Reading
Canada Moves to Exercise Data Protection Guidelines With U.S.
Canada drafts proposals to shield personal data from U.S. anti-terror law, Jim Bronskill, Canadian Press, December 11, 2005: “A federal proposal would allow government departments to immediately cancel a contract with an American firm if it hands personal information about Canadians to U.S. anti-terrorism investigators.” Related links: Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)… Continue Reading
