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Ramifications of Proposed Federal Rules On E-Discovery

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Document management systems go to court – New federal rules for 2006 could come down hard on IT: “First, the proposed amendments to Rule 26 will require attorneys for both parties to a litigation in Federal court to sit down prior to the proceedings to discuss their clients’ document management systems….Rule 37(f), also called a… Continue Reading

UK Firm Promotes Self Destructing Text Messages

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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

Spear Phishing Target Specific Individual, Corporate, Gov’t Data

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Following up on previous postings about phishing, the New York Times yesterday published an article, Gone Spear-Phishin’ detailing the extent, impact and intent of cybercriminals who launch Trojans to steal the data of individuals and corporations, for both profit and personal reasons. See also Business Week, Phishing: Beware the Internal Revenue Scam: “The official-looking e-mails… Continue Reading

SEC Votes to Propose Rule to Provide Investors with Internet Availability of Proxy Materials

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Press release, November 29, 2005: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose for public comment rules that would allow companies and other persons to use the Internet to satisfy proxy material delivery requirements…The company would post its proxy materials on an Internet Web site (other than EDGAR) and would send a ‘Notice of… Continue Reading

DOJ IG Report on Agency’s Top Management and Performance Challenges

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November 18, DOJ/OIG Top Management and Performance Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2005: Counterterrorism; Sharing of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information; Department and FBI Intelligence-Related Reorganizations; Information Technology Systems Planning and Implementation; Information Technology Security; Financial Management and Systems; Grant Management; Detention and Incarceration; Judicial Security; and Supply and Demand for Drugs. Continue Reading

Library of Congress Launches World Digital Library Initiative

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Library of Congress press release: “Google Is First Private-Sector Partner with Funding of $3 Million. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin announced today that Google is the first private-sector company to contribute to the Library’s initiative to develop a plan to begin building a World Digital Library (WDL) for use… Continue Reading

Push to Digitize Personal Health Records Moves Forward in Senate

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S. 1418: Wired for Health Care Quality Act, A bill to enhance the adoption of a nationwide inter operable health information technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care in the United States. Passed Senate by voice vote, November 18, 2005. Related documents: S. 1355 Senate Report 109-111 EPIC… Continue Reading

NARA Records Retention Schedule

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Federal Register, November 2, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 211), Page 66470-66472. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Notice of availability of proposed records schedules; request for comments. “Each year Federal agencies create billions of records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. To control this accumulation, agency records managers prepare schedules proposing retention periods… Continue Reading

Global Computer Waste Exported to Africa

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Following up on previous postings related to security risks associated with discarding PC hard drives, the parallel environmental toll of the expanding amount of e-waste generated by constant hardware upgrades, via the The Basel Action Network (BAN): High-Tech Toxic Trash Exported to Africa The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use and Abuse to Africa Information Recovered from… Continue Reading