Still Seeking a Truly Digital Life – Analysis: “The French call it ‘dematerialization’ but the search for a paperless existence continues to elude even technophiles.” Peter Sayer, IDG News Service. Continue Reading
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Category Archives: E-Records
White House Discloses Destruction of Computer Hard Drives
Follow up to previous postings on litigation and hearings on missing White House email and violations of the Presidential Records Act, news today from AP: “Older White House computer hard drives have been destroyed, the White House disclosed to a federal court Friday in a controversy over millions of possibly missing e-mails from 2003 to… Continue Reading
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Eight Legal Technology Trends for 2008 Good Times, Bad Times or Hard Times in Legal Tech? by Dennis Kennedy E-Discovery Update: Resolving Client-Vendor Disputes, by Conrad Jacoby Happ-eee with my Eee PC, by Bette Dengel Knowledge Discovery Resources 2008, by Marcus P. Zillman The Government Domain: What’s New in DotGov and Beyond, by Peggy… Continue Reading
A Legal and Policy Analysis – Personal Health Records: Why Many PHRs Threaten Privacy
The World Privacy Forum – A Legal and Policy Analysis – Personal Health Records: Why Many PHRs Threaten Privacy, Prepared by Robert Gellman for the World Privacy Forum, February 20, 2008 “This document offers a legal and policy analysis of the privacy consequences for consumer health information stored on or by Personal Health Records systems… Continue Reading
Move to Paperless Homes May Also Increase Energy Use
New York Times: Pushing Paper Out the Door, by Hannah Fairfield “A paperless world isnt automatically a boon for the environment, though. While these digital toys reduce dependence on one resource, they increase it on another: energy. Some devices are always plugged in, eating electricity even when not in use, and gobbling huge amounts of… Continue Reading
Health Care Reform: CED Releases Harnessing Openness to Transform American Health Care
“The Committee for Economic Development (CED)…released a new report Harnessing Openness to Transform American Health Care (94 pages, PDF) that focuses on how to improve health care by giving people more access to information and making the information more responsive to their contributions. The report touches on the entire production system for health… Continue Reading
GPO Authenticates Federal Budget by Digital Signature
Press release: “The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) authenticates the first-ever online Federal Budget by digital signature. The visible digital signature on an online PDF document serves the same purpose as handwritten signatures or traditional wax seals on printed documents. This signature assures the public that the document has not been changed or altered. A… Continue Reading
Opportunity for public comment on the accuracy of credit reports
World Privacy Forum: “Consumers and organizations have an opportunity to submit public comments about the accuracy and integrity of credit reports. Until February 11, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Trade Commission and other banking agencies will be accepting comments on their draft rulemaking regarding how creditors and other furnishers provide information to consumer reporting… Continue Reading
Sensitive Data Retrieved From Used Government Tapes
Press release: “Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), has sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office asking that it reopen its investigation of the privacy and national security risks posed by government agencies reselling used magnetic data tapes that may once have contained large amounts of sensitive personal and government information. Researchers working for Imation, an… Continue Reading
Coalition for Patient Privacy: Resources for Consumers
Coalition for Patient Privacy: “Our mission is to ensure that Americans control all access to their health records.” “National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics report, Enhanced Protections for Uses of Health Data: A Stewardship Framework for ‘Secondary Uses’ of Electronically Collected and Transmitted Health Data. The report recommends that Americans have NO control over… Continue Reading
Chairman Waxman Schedules Hearing to Examine Preservation of White House E-mails
Follow up to previous postings on missing White House emails, from the House Oversight Committee: “On February 15, the Committee will hold a hearing to investigate White House compliance with the Presidential Records Act. Statements made at the January 17 White House press briefing contradict information provided to the Committee, which revealed that a 2005… Continue Reading
Growing Concerns About Preservation of Presidential Records
New Questions Raised About White House Records Preservation: “In letters to the White House and the National Archives, House Oversight Chairman Waxman asks whether the White House has preserved its records according to the obligations of the Presidential Records Act, and what the White House has done to prepare for the transition of presidential records… Continue Reading
