Press release: Mail and News Are Main Internet Attractions Some e-commerce picking up; blogs still marginal, by Lydia Saad: “A recent Gallup Poll examining Americans’ online habits finds e-mail use almost universal among the three-quarters of U.S. adults who use the Internet. Checking the news and weather ranks second on the list of 13 Internet… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2006
Commentary on Credit Freeze Laws and Consumer Protection
Whose Credit Report is it, Anyway? It’s Time for States to Pass Credit Freeze Laws that Give Consumers Control Over their Credit Profiles, by Anita Ramasastry. Continue Reading
Legal Documents in CIA Leak Case Confirm Status of Plame
Following up on February 4, 2006 posting, VP Informed Libby About Plame Identity, Michael Isikoff reports The CIA Leak: Plame Was Still Covert. From February 2005 opinion written by U.S. Circuit Judge David S. Tatel (via No Quarter): “As to the leaks harmfulness, although the record omits specifics about Plame’s work, it appears to confirm,… Continue Reading
No Comment From Google But IP Network May Be In Future
Follow-up to February 2, 2006 posting, Commentary on Forces Competing to Determine “Digital Destiny”, this related article from the UK Times Onlines – Rumours mount over Google’s internet plan, by Benjamin Cohen: “Google is working on a project to create its own global internet protocol (IP) network, a private alternative to the internet controlled by… Continue Reading
Survey of Corporate Cooperation With Domestic Wiretapping
Declan McCullagh reports: “A survey by CNET News.com has identified 15 large telecom and Internet companies that are willing to say that they have not participated in the NSA surveillance program, as well as another 12 that declined to reply.” Postings on domestic surveillance Continue Reading
Preserving an Open Internet through Net Neutrality
Good Fences Make Bad Broadband – Preserving an Open Internet through Net Neutrality, 2006/02/06, A Public Knowledge White Paper, by John Windhausen, Jr.: “This paper analyzes the Net Neutrality debate in more detail. The paper is divided into four parts…Part I is a reference guide on the Net Neutrality issue; Part II makes the case… Continue Reading
LC Website on Trial of Saddam Hussein
Trial of Saddam Hussein: “This website is intended to provide the viewer with essential information related to the relevant trials. It will also set out a selection of reference materials that will further explain important aspects of the trials. In making this selection, the Law Library of Congress does not endorse or attest to the… Continue Reading
AG Alberto R. Gonzales Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Cmte. Today
“Wartime Executive Power and the NSA’s Surveillance Authority” Senate Judiciary Committee Full Committee, February 6, 2006 [Note: according to video and the transcript of the testimony, GOP Senators voted not to have Gonzales sworn in.] Prepared Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, D.C., Monday, February 6, 2006.… Continue Reading
Budget of the United States Government, FY07 Released Today
Budget of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 2007: “Issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President’s budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been… Continue Reading
Budget of the United States Government Fiscal Year 2007
Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2007 Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2007 (410 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
WTC Health Registry
“The WTC Health Registry is a comprehensive and confidential health survey of those most directly exposed to the events of 9/11/01. Those who enrolled answered a 30-minute telephone survey about where they were on 9/11/01, and were asked to report the status of their health. This will allow health professionals to compare the health of… Continue Reading
Former State Dept. Official Continues to Discuss Pre War WMD Intel
PBS Now, February 3, 2006: David Brancaccio’s interview on Iraq Pre-War Intelligence, with Lawrence B. Wilkerson, who was Chief of Staff at the Department of State, August 2002 to January 2005. Related posting, Powell’s Former Chief of Staff Challenges Administration Policies. Continue Reading
