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THE SCOOP for November 13, 2009
10 ways a Facebook page can help local governments
Federal Computer Week - November 9, 2009
"A Facebook page can help a local government build a stronger social connection to the people it represents."2009 ESI Trends Report Released by Kroll Ontrack
Information Management News - November 10, 2009
"Kroll Ontrack recently released its third annual ESI Trends Report (2009). This international survey of IT and in-house counsel and their practices for managing ESI in response to litigation and internal investigations was conducted by Research Plus with 461 respondents."Business use of Twitter, Facebook exploding
Computerworld - November 9, 2009
"The use of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to promote businesses has exploded over the past six months, according to the results of a study that were released today."Criminals stay ahead of data breach laws, experts warn
Government Computer News - November 6, 2009
"The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved two personal data security bills that would establish federal standards for protecting data and reporting its loss. But security experts say that threats to personal data are evolving faster than our responses to them."Deadline Extended: DRAFT Maturity Model - Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles
Information Management News - November 10, 2009
"ARMA International is asking its professional practitioners and members to review the following draft Maturity Model for feedback. The draft Maturity Model was introduced during ARMA International's 2009 Annual Conference & Expo on Friday, October 16."Eight indicted for $9 million hack
Computerworld - November 10, 2009
A grand jury in Atlanta has indicted eight people related to hacking into a computer network operated by credit-card processing vendor RBS WorldPlay and stealing $9 million."FBI pushes back completion date for Sentinel file system
Federal Computer Week - November 10, 2009
"The FBI has pushed back the projected completion date for its $451 million Sentinel electronic information and case management system, according to an audit of the project released today by the Justice Department's inspector general."Hundreds of Facebook groups 'hijacked'
Computerworld - November 10, 2009
"An anonymous group calling itself 'Control Your Info' has taken over hundreds of Facebook groups to highlight what it claims is a major security weakness on the social networking site."Microsoft tries to clean up COFEE spill
Government Computer News - November 11, 2009
"Someone spilled hot COFEE, otherwise known as Microsoft's Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor. The spill or leak was noted on Monday in reports from CrunchGear and Ars Technica. COFEE is a computer forensics solution that Microsoft provides for free to law enforcement agencies."NARA admits violating internal policy on personal info
Federal Computer Week - November 6, 2009
"The National Archives and Records Administration violated its information security policies by returning failed hard drives from systems containing personally identifiable information of current government employees and military veterans back to vendors."NIST report clarifies evaluation of forensic tools for mobile devices
Government Computer News - November 9, 2009
"Mobile devices can be important sources of information in investigations, but ensuring the accuracy of forensic tools used to extract information from them can be a challenge."Senate Confirms Ferriero as 10th Archivist of the United States
Information Management News - November 10, 2009
"On November 6, 2009, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm David Ferriero as the 10th Archivist of the United States."
THE SCOOP for November 4, 2009
Arizona Supreme Court: Metadata a Public Record
Government Technology - October 30, 2009
"The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled -- in the case of David Lake vs. City of Phoenix -- that metadata is a public record and subject to disclosure under public records law."Bank IT Worker Charged in $1.1 Million Fraud
Information Week - November 2, 2009
"A computer technician has been indicted for stealing the identities of 150 Bank of New York employees, as well as for grand larceny and money laundering."Banning file-sharing software won't keep data safe from hackers
NextGov - November 2, 2009
"Stricter rules won't deter government employees from using file-sharing services that can provide access to sensitive documents, such as the inadvertent release of an internal congressional report about House members' possible ethical violations, security professionals said."E-discovery in a challenging economy
KM World - October 28, 2009
"Recent surveys confirm casual observation that lawsuits are a large and growing part of the U.S. economy...Yet many organizations remain completely unprepared."How Data.gov connects the dots of the federal data reference model
Government Computer News - November 4, 2009
"Are information sharing and transparency different problems or two sides of the same coin...it is good to see that the current administration agrees [that it is] and is using the concepts espoused in the Federal Enterprise Architecture Data Reference Model Version 2.0 to evolve Data.gov."-
Is Adobe hurting transparency efforts?
Government Computer News - November 4, 2009
"Computers cannot easily parse government documents rendered within the Portable Document Format, according to the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to government transparency." 'La difference' is stark in EU, U.S. privacy laws
MSNBC - October 19, 2009
"The reason that privacy laws in Europe and the U.S. are so different springs from a basic divergence in attitude: Europeans reserve their deepest distrust for corporations, while Americans are far more concerned about their government invading their privacy."Second Life Steps Into The Enterprise
Information Week - November 4, 2009
"Second Life is attracting a cult following among businesses, who say the virtual world gives them richer collaboration than teleconference calls or video conferences. But Second Life still has limitations that pose barriers to enterprise adoption."