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The Gang of … Thirty-Four? |
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Turns out the Justice Department subpoenaed a total of 34 companies as part of their probe of the availability of porn on the Web. According to an excellent story via InformationWeek, the lucky companies were: 711Net (Mayberry USA), American Family Online, AOL, AT&T, Authentium, BellSouth, Cablevision, Charter Communications, Comcast Cable Company, Computer Associates, ContentWatch, Cox Communications, EarthLink, Google, Internet4Families, LookSmart, McAfee, MSN, Qwest, RuleSpace, S4F (Advance Internet Management), SafeBrowse, SBC Communications, Secure Computing Corp., Security Software Systems, SoftForYou, Solid Oak Software, SurfControl, Symantec, Time Warner, Tucows (Mayberry USA), United Online, Verizon, and Yahoo. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Comments (0)March 27, 2006
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The Federal Information Manual: How the Government Collects, Manages, and Discloses Information under FOIA and Other Statutes |
 By P. Stephen Gidiere, IIIThe Federal Information Manual is about the vast amount of federal information and the legal framework that controls the government's collection, management, and disclosure of its records. The federal government's handling of this information is governed by a patchwork of statutes, common law, regulations, executive orders, and judicial decisions. A few well-known statutes often dominate information disputes, such as the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), but it is just one of dozens of statutes and a dispute may turn on a more unfamiliar one such as the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Classified Information Procedures Act, or a rider to an appropriations bill. This new book is a current and practical guide for practitioners facing disputes over federal information. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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March 22, 2006
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Ya Could Knock Me Over With a Feather |
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The NY Times reports today that the release of the next version of Windows, Vista, has been delayed from late 2006 until early 2007. After waiting 5 years, what’s a few extra months? |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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March 21, 2006
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Google Finance is a Chip Off the Old Block |
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Yesterday Google launched Google Finance. After testing it for a few minutes — here’s IBM’s page — I’m intrigued by how much DNA it shares with its sister Google sites. For example:
So here’s what I like about Google Finance:
But nobody’s perfect:
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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March 20, 2006
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Free E-filing Help |
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Let the I.R.S. help you find a free e-filing service. These services are limited to taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of $50,000 or less. |
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Submitted by: Nancy Garner, Head of Information & Research Services
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The Green Bag Almanac & Reader, 2006 |
 By Ross E. Davies, EditorThis is not a book to be read cover to cover. It should be sampled from time to time. This book contains a mishmash of some of the best legal writing of the past year, a few classic works worth re-reading, a few poems, kitschy games and other oddments, and a collection of prognostications whose substantive value correlates directly with the credence you are willing to give to the process by which we arrived at them. Library Record • Borrow it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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March 15, 2006
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An Interpretive Guide to the Government in the Sunshine Act, Second Edition |
 By Richard K. Berg, Stephen H. Klitzman, Gary J. EdlesThe Interpretive Guide thoroughly analyzes the Government in the Sunshine Act in the light of agency and judicial experience since its enactment in 1977. A definitive update of this leading commentary on the Act and its history, cited by the Supreme Court in FCC v ITT World Communications, Inc. 466 U.S. 463, 471 (1984), this new edition examines major Sunshine Act case law, agency practices and legal literature of the past 28 years. It also analyzes the impact of this federal open meeting law, explains how agencies post-September 11 are reconciling new security requirements with their Sunshine Act obligations, poses issues for further study and recommends some reforms to the agencies and the Congress. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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March 14, 2006
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OK … We’ll Settle For 100 Searches … How About 50? 30? 10? Anything? [UPDATED] |
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It looks like U.S. District Judge James Ware will require Google to comply with the DoJ’s subpoena for search information. Exactly what information isn’t clear right now. What’s interesting is that the DoJ seems to have scaled back its request again. Originally it wanted all the queries submitted to Google during June-July 2005, plus all the URLs they knew about. After negiotiating with Google, DoJ asked for one week’s worth of queries and a random sample of 1 million URLs. Now it’ll settle for 5,000 random search requests and 50,000 URLs. Wonder if Page and Brin haggled as well when they bought their 767? Update 3/20/2006: Judge Ware ruled on March 17 that Google will have to turn over 50,000 URLs, but no search queries. And the government “shall pay the reasonable cost incurred by Google” in complying with the order. Modest crowing — along with a copy of Judge Ware’s opinion — is available from the Official Google Blog. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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March 13, 2006
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Tax Deductions for Professionals |
 By Stephen FishmanThe only “know how” guide for professionals who want to reduce their tax burden. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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March 9, 2006
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Oh What Fun It Is To Be … |
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… A Google attorney! [Sing that to the tune of Jingle Bells.] Anyway, the job will surely keep you on your toes. Today we read that the Big G has agreed to pay $90 million — less than 1% of their projected 2006 revenue — to make a class action click-fraud case go away. And more interesting — at least to me — is the story from the San Jose Mercury News about American Airlines subpoenaing the identity (among other things) of the person who posted a copyrighted training clip on Google Video. Since it’s a DMCA case, Google will probably comply. While we’re at it, The Google-DoJ case has been bumped back to March 14. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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