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Improving Data Quality for Operational Efficiency and Freedom of Information
White Papers Community policing is at the heart of Gloucestershire Constabulary and in the mobile society that depends on accurate and up-to-date information. Gloucestershire Constabulary, a UK police force with 1,280 officers (plus 786 civilian staff and 170...
[December 27, 2006, 0:00]
HP Helps the University of Colorado Balance Academic Freedom With Secure Information Access
White Papers However, the very nature of university environments - distributed disparate systems and a highly transient user population - often hamper these efforts. The University of Colorado at Boulder is solving critical identity and access-management...
[July 5, 2006, 0:00]
Freedom of speech v the will to protect children
News The judge found COPA burdened freedom of speech for adults and prevented them from getting information they are entitled to. An injunction filed by The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a group of online publishers claimed the bill...
[March 22, 1999, 10:55]
The mutation of Europe's 'internet freedom' law
Blog Here's the original Amendment 138/46 (.pdf; see page 41), voted through by the European Parliament in May, but rejected by the Council of Telecoms Ministers: no restriction may be imposed on the fundamental rights and freedoms of end-users...
[November 5, 2009, 14:18]
Open Source is the freedom of Choice, not necessarily the cheaper option.
Blog With Open Source you have the freedom of choice. I told him no, it's for the freedom of choice. I have the freedom to install, configure the software and to adapt it for my needs. I was speaking to a Windows Support engineer on the phone last week...
[September 21, 2009, 10:06]
Private companies to be subject to FoI law
News The government is to extend the Freedom of Information Act, which allows citizens to request information on public-sector activity, to cover private-sector companies on government contracts. Justice Minister Michael Wills told the audience at a...
[May 14, 2009, 13:18]
Info site unpicks Information Act
News The UK Department for Constitutional Affairs has launched a website to help public authorities prepare for the Freedom of Information Act. This website will provide a valuable resource for everyone working hard to prepare for the day that the...
[July 2, 2004, 11:35]
Data watchdog probes government email bonfire
News The government watchdog said on Wednesday it would look 'unfavourably' on the Cabinet Office if it was deleting emails because of the Freedom of Information Act. And if it is happening because of the Freedom of Information Act, it would be looked...
[December 22, 2004, 11:30]
Ten government IT projects in danger
News Whitehall has revealed some details of its 10 most at risk IT projects, following a Freedom of Information request. In response to a Freedom of Information request submitted by Government Computing News, the OGC revealed that over the last three...
[March 1, 2005, 15:25]
Gov't departments deny memory-stick risks
News In a report on 12 January, 2008, the Financial Times said that information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and passed to the newspaper shows the Department of Health and the Department for Transport are still allowing employees to...
[January 13, 2009, 11:45]
US Report: FBI won't post Sinatra files
News FBI Freedom of Information public information officer Linda Kloss declined to explain the reasons behind the decision not to post the Sinatra files, which date back to a 1938 mug shot and allegedly link the legendary singer with the Mafia, on the...
[December 9, 1998, 9:55]
NHS admits losing thousands of smartcards
News A freedom of information request by GP magazine Pulse found a total of 4,147 smartcards have been lost, 142 of which have been stolen. Of the 221 NHS bodies that replied to the freedom of information request, one in 10 said they had no idea how...
[February 7, 2008, 9:16]
Linux 'putting more bobbies on the beat'
News A Scottish police force is extending its commitment to open-source software by developing a Linux-based system for ensuring it complies with the impending Freedom of Information Act. The system will computerise various manual processes and allow...
[November 5, 2004, 16:13]
Amnesty slams IT giants for Chinese 'hypocrisy'
News In a report titled "Undermining Freedom of Expression in China", the human-rights group says that the three Internet companies often talk about offering people new ways to access information. Titled the Global Online Freedom Act, it would slap...
[July 20, 2006, 17:40]
FBI releases first Carnivore data
News The Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC) filed suit in June under the Freedom of Information Act seeking the release of the Carnivore source code, other technical details and legal arguments addressing the potential privacy implications of...
[October 4, 2000, 8:53]
Would you pay £6 for privacy?
News On Monday, the Montreal startup launched Freedom.net, which covers the tracks of Internet browsers, making their online moves anonymous. The downside to Freedom.net is slower Web performance since it actually reroutes data packets through its own...
[December 14, 1999, 9:09]
Cypherpunks publish proof of Tempest
News Cypherpunks claims to have obtained information concerning Tempest from the US National Security Agency (NSA) through the freedom of information act and have published the information online . This page also contains correspondences between...
[October 26, 1999, 15:11]
A Year Ago: Cypherpunks publish proof of Tempest
News Cypherpunks claims to have obtained information concerning Tempest from the US National Security Agency (NSA) through the Freedom of Information Act and have published the information online . This page also contains correspondences between...
[October 26, 2000, 7:04]
US hits legal turbulence over EU passenger data
News The EFF is using the Freedom of Information Act to try and find out how EU passenger data transferred to the US is retained, secured, used, disclosed to other entities, and combined with other information.
[November 23, 2006, 16:26]
Samba 'pleased' with Microsoft co-operation
News The non-disclosure agreement was brokered on behalf of Samba by the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation (PFIF), an organisation that seeks to facilitate the exchange of free and open-source software information.
[January 31, 2008, 7:45]
