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Monthly Archives: March 2006

GPO Launches Enhanced Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

“The Superintendent of Documents is pleased to announce the launch of the enhanced version of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). This version of the CGP is the online public access catalog (OPAC) module of the Government Printing Office’s (GPO) new integrated library system. With the availability of the new CGP Phase 1 of… Continue Reading

Exec. Order Establishes DHS Faith-Based Initiatives

Executive Order 13397–Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security With Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives [Federal Register: March 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 46)][Presidential Documents] [Page 12273-12276] By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal… Continue Reading

FTC Maintains COPPA Rule

Press release: FTC Retains Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule Without Changes – “The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to retain, without changes, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule, which implements the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. In a Federal Register notice to be published soon, the Commission will present its findings… Continue Reading

Efforts to Protect Civil Liberties Continue on the Hill

CDT: “The House approved a PATRIOT Act renewal bill on Tuesday that lacks meaningful privacy and civil liberties reforms. The Senate passed the bill last week. The bill will now go to President Bush for his signature. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, who voted to renew the PATRIOT Act last week but vowed to… Continue Reading

House Judiciary Cmte. Hearing on Orphan Works

Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Oversight Hearing on “The Report on Orphan Works by the Copyright Office.” Witness statements (in PDF): Jule Sigall, Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs, Copyright Office of the United States, The Library of Congress Allan Adler, Vice President for Legal and Government Affairs, Association of American… Continue Reading

New UK Guidelines on Web Accessibility

Developed by the British Standards Institution, and reported yesterday by the Disability Rights Commission: “Key guidance on how to develop a website which is user-friendly for disabled people has been launched today.” “The DRC report, The Web: Access and Inclusion for Disabled People was published in April 2004. It investigated the accessibility of 1,000 British… Continue Reading

Internet Security Threat Report Finds Increase in Crimeware

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Volume IX: March 2006 Highlights. Press release: “This volume of the Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. In this edition, the new threat landscape is shown to be increasingly dominated by attacks and malicious code that… Continue Reading

Report Examines Government Patenting and Technology Transfer

From the Economic Research Service, USDA: Government Patenting and Technology Transfer, by Paul W. Heisey, John L. King, Kelly Day Rubenstein, and Robbin Shoemaker, Economic Research Report No. (ERR15) 60 pp, March 2006. “This report examines the use of intellectual property rights in Federal technology transfer, focusing primarily on the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS… Continue Reading

Free Antitrust Multistate Litigation Database Now Available

The National Association of Attorneys General launched a searchable Antitrust Multistate Litigation Database, comprising case information dating back to 1990. Search Only Civil Litigation Records [Information is provided in the following fields: Case Name; Plaintiff: Lead State(s); Defendants; Related Industry; Type of Case; Resolution; Year Action Initiated.] Search Only Criminal Litigation Records [Information is provided… Continue Reading