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Declaration from the First Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries
December 3, 2004Declaration from Buenos Aires – Social Forum of Information 2004 The attendees at the First Social Forum on Information, Documentation and Libraries: alternative action programs from Latin America for the information society, held in Buenos Aires from August 26-28, 2004, was called by the Social Studies Group on Library Science and Documentation (Argentina) and the [...]
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The Digital Divide: Who is in and who is out?
December 2, 2004A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age. US Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration. “A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age is the sixth report released by the U.S. Department of Commerce examining the use of computers, the Internet, and other information technology tools by the American people. Based on the U.S. Census [...]
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Privacy: Selective Service System and Dept. of Ed
December 1, 2004Computer Matching Between the Selective Service System and the Department of Education Federal Register, November 4, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 213) [Page 64353]. [Notices] FR Doc 04-24634. Computerized access to the Selective Service Registrant Registration Records (SSS 10) enables ED to confirm the registration status of applicants for assistance under Title IV of the Higher [...]
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Privacy: More about Feds wanting more access to student records
December 1, 2004Education > Federal Plan to Keep Data on Students Worries Some” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/29/education/29college.html?oref=login”>Federal Plan to Keep Data on Students Worries Some By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, The New York Times, November 29, 2004, Late Edition – Final, Section A; Column 1; National Desk; Pg. 19. A proposal by the federal government to create a vast new database [...]