The Federal Trade Commission will hold its second two-day workshop on the future of journalism March 9-10, 2010, in Room 432 of the FTC Headquarters at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. The agenda and information about the workshop can be found at http://www.ftc.gov/opp/workshops/news/mar9/agenda.pdf.
Consumers are increasingly turning to the Internet for news and information. Advertisers are moving ads to online sites and scaling back on ad buys as a result of the recession, and news organizations are struggling with large debts they took on during better times. As a result, some are questioning how journalism can survive and thrive in the future.
Pelosi Statement on February Jobs Report
By · CommentsSpeaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the February jobs report issued today by the Department of Labor showing that the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.7 percent.
“Today’s jobs report demonstrates that economic stabilization is taking hold: the unemployment rate held steady despite the disruptions caused by the winter storms, and manufacturing jobs grew for the second straight month. The report is cautious evidence that America’s businesses are gaining confidence and that the Recovery Act continues to restore strength in key sectors of our economy. To keep the recovery moving in the right direction on behalf of all Americans, we must continue to invest wisely and act with fiscal discipline.
Increasing Importance of Social Network Profiling
By · CommentsEx-parte information obtained by internet searches, juror blogs and other social network communication
through sites like Twitter and Facebook have resulted in mistrials and appeals from jury verdicts in the
recent months.
In Miami, a juror sent out a number of tweets on Twitter describing deliberation experiences, including
one that stated they were “giving away $12 million of someone else’s money.” In another case a mistrial
was declared after the judge was told that a Blackberry was used to look up information about the criminal
defendant, including criminal records and media reports on the case. The judge in this case discovered
that 8 of the jurors all had done some kind of internet search on the case with complete disregard
for juror instructions.
Cyber Insurance
By · CommentsCyber Insurance Interview with Kerry Tomlinson KATU News
VeriSign, the operator of.com, announced today that President Bill Clinton will deliver the opening keynote address at its Policy Impact Forum in Washington D.C. on March 16. This event is part of a larger industry-wide campaign led by VeriSign recognizing 25 years of Internet innovation.
A New York man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., to criminal copyright infringement for selling more than $250,000 worth of pirated copies of popular business, engineering and graphic design software programs, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia.
RuleSpace Denies False Claims in eSoft Press Release
By · CommentsRuleSpace, LLC, the leading provider of OEM Web categorization services, denied all claims by eSoft(TM) Inc. that RuleSpace has misappropriated eSoft intellectual property.
In a press release issued yesterday, just days before the RSA Conference, eSoft reported it has filed a complaint against RuleSpace claiming that it “secretly gained access to [eSoft's] technology,” and that the company “stole intellectual property associated with [eSoft's] database and categorization technology.”
The Federal Trade Commission today released the agenda for its second roundtable on consumer privacy issues scheduled for January 28, 2010. The second roundtable, hosted by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, will take place at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Booth Auditorium. The roundtable is the second of three public events designed to explore the privacy challenges that are posed by technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. The agenda, available
Are you a Good Netizen
By · CommentsIf you are a young executive, you are most likely to be hooked on to at least five of the umpteen social networking sites that populate the Internet today. You are probably signed in most of the time. You ensure to change your status message at least four times in a day, and tweet as often as possible with what are seemingly innocuous statements. But are you aware that even your seemingly innocuous statements can be offensive to someone, and that amounts as a cyber crime?
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced today that it will again offer about 40 highly motivated graduate students and college seniors an opportunity to study with currently serving intelligence analysts and other experts. The National Security Analysis & Intelligence Summer Seminar, a reprise of the first such program the ODNI held last summer, is planned for July 11 through July 23 in Washington, D.C.
Shellee Hale has worked with companies as a business and management consultant for over twenty years. Currently Shellee fills her free time volunteering for the Seattle Red Cross, blogging, tweeting and working to influence public policy and laws that will better protect citizens from being victimized on the world wide web. Shellee currently offers a variety of e-courses for coaching clients at