Fw: ACM TechNews - Wednesday, May 22, 2002

> "International Group Eyeing IT Security Principles, Standards"
> The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
> is working on information security guidelines designed to aid the
> development of IT security specifications, best practices, and
> security legislation.  FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle, who leads ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0522w.html#item1
> 
> "Dot-Kids Heads a Mess of Regs"
> There has been a mad dash in the last week to pass or debate
> Internet regulation proposals before Congress adjourns for
> Memorial Day.  Four Internet bills were approved by the Senate
> Commerce Committee in two days, including Sen. Fritz Hollings' ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0522w.html#item6
> 
> "Who Owns the Raw Data?"
> Internet technology has exacerbated the tension over the rights
> to raw data.  Intellectual property advocates and database
> compilers say they have no protection against those that would
> copy wholesale their information on the Internet, and thus, no ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0522w.html#item8
> 
> "Making a Digital Government"
> Lawrence Brandt of the National Science Foundation's Digital
> Government project is looking for emerging technology that can
> help government do its job better.  Notably, Brandt was the
> person with the NSF that identified and secured funding for the ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0522w.html#item16
> 
> "Internet2"
> A collective of over 190 American universities, along with
> federal agencies and industry collaborators, are working on
> Internet2--an Internet upgrade designed to primarily serve the
> science and education community.  Internet2 applications director ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0522w.html#item19


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