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InternetNews July 25, 2006 Roy Mark |
House OKs Stronger Online Child Protections Wide-ranging legislation targets persons deceptively luring children to sex sites.  |
InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark |
The Dopes of DOPA In an ugly fit of election year pandering to one of parents' worse fears, the House recently passed the Deleting Online Predators Act.  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2008 Matt Villano |
What Are We Protecting Them From? By mandating schools restrict internet access, CIPA and other federal and state legislation intend to guard students' safety online-but all they may be doing is keeping vital educational technology out of the classroom.  |
InternetNews August 11, 2006 Roy Mark |
Parents Smarter Than Congress? New surveys show parents are making all the right moves when it comes to protecting their children from online dangers. Congress, on the other hand ....  |
InternetNews January 30, 2008 |
Lawmakers Fight Online Sexual Predators New York lawmakers proposed legislation on Tuesday that would provide new protection from convicted sex offenders hanging out on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.  |
T.H.E. Journal April 2001 |
Congress Passes New Federal Filtering Requirements Congress has passed the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Neighborhood Protection Act. Almost identical, these acts require that schools and libraries receiving e-rate, TLCF and/or LSTA funds have a policy of Internet safety in place...  |
InternetNews July 25, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Plans Data Breach Disclosure Vote Republicans pick weakest of several bills for full floor vote; Davis wants mandatory breach disclosure for federal agencies; Congress poised to create first national Internet database of sex offenders.  |
InternetNews November 22, 2006 Roy Mark |
Top Turkeys of The 2006 Legislative Season As Congress departs for the Thanksgiving holidays, it's time for the first annual Legislative Turkey awards.  |
InternetNews October 19, 2005 Roy Mark |
Failing Grade For FCC's E-Rate Program Lawmakers promise reform legislation to clean up program that helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet.  |
Information Today July 23, 2013 Barbie E. Keiser |
E-Rate Connects America's Classrooms, Libraries The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation convened on July 17, 2013 to discuss ways to strengthen E-Rate (E-Rate 2.0: Connecting Every Child to the Transformative Power of Technology).  |
Information Today December 16, 2014 |
E-Rate Program Increases Broadband Budget The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved an E-rate program modernization order that will expand public libraries' broadband access.  |
Salon.com October 25, 2000 Christopher Hunter |
Don't let McCain censor the Net New legislation that would require the use of filtering software by public libraries is unnecessary and unconstitutional...  |
American Journal of Nursing July 2011 Dowdell et al. |
Original Research: Online Social Networking Patterns Among Adolescents, Young Adults, and Sexual Offenders The use of online social networks like Facebook continues to increase rapidly among all age groups and segments of our society, presenting new opportunities for the exchange of sexual information as well as unsafe encounters.  |
InternetNews July 11, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Passes Ban on Internet Gambling In the sharpest attempt yet to curb Internet gambling by Americans, the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to ban financial payments to offshore casinos.  |
T.H.E. Journal March 25, 2010 Natasha Wanchek |
Library 2.0: Enter the Teacher Librarian Enthusiast Technology is changing the role of libraries - and the responsibilities of librarians - at schools internationally.  |
Reason May 2009 Katherine Mangu-Ward |
MySpace = Safe Space Predator panic debunked  |
InternetNews September 29, 2004 Roy Mark |
House Toughens Penalties on P2Ps Bill calls for criminal penalties of up to five years for willfully distributing copyrighted works.  |
Chemistry World June 2, 2010 Rebecca Trager |
Basic research bill backed in US The Democrats have scored big in a political fight underway in the US Congress over legislation to expand government funding for basic research and science programs.  |
T.H.E. Journal February 10, 2010 David Nagel |
'E-Rate 2.0' Would Expand Broadband Access, Fund E-Book Pilot E-rate is a federal program that provides schools and libraries with discounts on telecommunications, Internet, and networking technologies and services.  |
Information Today April 29, 2014 Nancy K. Herther |
FCC and IMLS Focus on Libraries, Broadband, and the Future of Net Neutrality Libraries as Key to Addressing the Digital Divide... The FCC Announces a Game-Change for Net Neutrality... Governmental and Business Efforts to Speed Up Access...  |
Home Theater January 29, 2009 |
House Delays DTV Transition Delay The House of Representatives voted yesterday to keep the DTV transition running on schedule, defeating legislation that would have allowed some stations to delay the transition from February 17 to June 12.  |
Information Today July 21, 2015 |
Senate Approves Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 The American Library Association shared the news that the U.S. Senate voted to reauthorize and amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (S.1177).  |
InternetNews January 4, 2007 Roy Mark |
Dems Go Virtual to Promote New Agenda Second Life press conference promotes network neutrality and online posting of bills before votes.  |
InternetNews September 11, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
KIDS Act: How Far is The Law's Online Reach? The KIDS Act of 2007 would require sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses. But some think that goes too far.  |
InternetNews April 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
GOP Defeats Dem's Net Neutrality Moves House Republicans Wednesday strengthened net neutrality provisions in their working telecom reform legislation but turned back tougher measures demanded by Democrats.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 13, 2009 Scott Aronowitz |
Educator Use of Social Networking Lags Behind Interest Educators suggested some factors inhibiting the growth of this technology in educational settings include privacy concerns, schools/districts that block access to these Web sites, and time pressure.  |
Information Today February 3, 2015 |
ALA Educates Libraries About the E-rate Program The American Library Association launched the Got E-rate? initiative, which encourages library leaders to apply for internet discounts as part of the E-rate program.  |
InternetNews October 8, 2004 |
House Toughens Spyware Penalties For the second time in three days, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed an anti-spyware bill, this time adding criminal penalties to tough civil provisions of legislation passed on Tuesday.  |
InternetNews February 20, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Privacy Groups Blast ISP Data-Retention Bill Privacy advocates are lashing out at a renewed effort by lawmakers to impose requirements on ISPs and wireless network operators to keep records about the identities of Internet users.  |
Information Today April 28, 2015 Barbie E. Keiser |
National Library Week 2015 Celebrates Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library The American Library Association provides libraries with marketing collateral (e.g., posters, sample press releases, badges, and images for promotion on social media) and programming ideas.  |
InternetNews September 7, 2007 Caron Carlson |
House Passes Major Patent Reform The U.S. House approved legislation today that seeks to overhaul and modernize over 55 years of patent law and address a patent-award system that bi-partisan groups have long argued is broken.  |
Information Today July 17, 2014 |
E-rate Program Gets Bigger Wi-Fi Budget The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) updated the E-rate Program to allow the addition of more Wi-Fi networks to U.S. schools and libraries.  |
InternetNews October 6, 2004 Roy Mark |
House Passes Anti-Spyware Bill The U.S. House of Representatives voted 399-1 Tuesday night to pass legislation prohibiting unfair or deceptive practices related to spyware.  |
InternetNews December 8, 2006 Roy Mark |
Senators Want More Protection For Social Networks Proposed legislation would require registered sex offenders to submit e-mail addresses to authorities.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2004 Roy Mark |
Anti-Spyware Bill Clears Committee Hurdle Bill sponsors amend anti-spyware measure to cure Internet 'cancer.'  |
PC World January 2004 Anne Kandra |
Should Parents Become Big Brother? New software allows parents to control virtually everything children do online.  |
Searcher March 2007 Mary Alice Baish |
Librarians as Change Agents: How You Can Help Influence Public Policy in the 110th Congress Key library issues for the 110th Congress.  |
InternetNews September 8, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Microsoft Pushes Digital IDs for Kids Online Making the Web safer for kids is the idea, but how realistic is the proposal?  |
InternetNews June 24, 2005 Tim Gray |
Yahoo Shuts Chat Room Doors Yahoo has closed all of its user-created Internet chat rooms amid fears that adults are using the sites to lure minors into sexual acts.  |
InternetNews November 10, 2006 Roy Mark |
Will Dems Change Tech Policy? One-party rule in Washington ends next year when the 110th Congress convenes with Democrats taking over the House and the Senate. What does this mean for technology policy?  |
Information Today September 2003 Dick Kaser |
Sound Off for the Freedom to Read It's a sad day when the U.S. Congress needs to consider a bill called the Freedom to Read Protection Act. Introduced last March, this bill would exempt libraries and bookstores from some of the more onerous provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.  |
Reason November 2003 Jesse Walker |
No Strings on Me: Librarians fight filters San Jose's is one of several library systems around the country that say they will refuse Washington's subsidies rather than accept the strings attached to them -- specifically, the requirements of the Children's Internet Protection Act.  |
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark |
House Delivers Package of Privacy Bills Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a package of bills Thursday evening aimed at identity theft, pretexting, data security and breach notifications.  |
PC Magazine June 21, 2006 Alan Cohen |
Do You Know Where Your Kids Are Clicking? Your kids aren't going to stop using MySpace and Facebook, but at least you can give them safety helmets and kneepads... 10 essential tips for parents to keep their kids safe online... Websites with more tips for net-savvy parents....  |
InternetNews March 9, 2005 Roy Mark |
House Continues Anti-Spyware Push Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approves legislation, setting stage for full House vote to legislate spyware.  |
InternetNews May 22, 2007 Roy Mark |
House Passes Anti-Spyware Legislation I SPY Act earns third approval from House. Will Senate reject legislation for third time?  |
InternetNews May 25, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Judiciary Approves Net Neutrality Net Neutrality finally won a vote today when the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-13 to turn the issue into an antitrust matter after months of it being dismissed as a matter for further Federal Communications Commission study.  |
InternetNews August 23, 2007 Roy Mark |
Social Networking Faces More Legal Pressure States attorneys general have been pressuring social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook for months to toughen their age and identity verifications standards.  |
Information Today May 5, 2003 Barbara Quint |
Ohio Bill Threatens Flow of State Government Data Some librarian listservs and discussion groups buzzed recently about a new bill in the Ohio state legislature that could threaten the flow of digital information from state agencies, including publicly owned libraries.  |
InternetNews October 13, 2005 Tim Gray |
Yahoo Bars Illicit Chat Rooms Pressure from state Attorneys' General offices leads to the company's actions.  |