Titanic 2020: Are computers erasing recent history??
Have you seen? The Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association's Titanic 2020 report.
With the advent of networked computing, electronic records have proliferated exponentially. This report warns that critical elements of the historical record could vanish as a result of poor management of electronic records.
Did you know? Individuals and corporations spent more than $50 billion dollars to fix Y2K. How much will Titanic 2020 cost?
IOTA Interview: David Wallace, Assistant Professor, Archives and Records Management, University of Michigan School of Information.

Internet Law: What are the legal issues surrounding developing technologies?
Have you seen? When Privacy Is More Perilous Than the Lack of It from the New York Times, April 4, 1999.
This article looks at privacy issues in the context of the embedded numbers in a Microsoft Office document that Federal agents track down the person who authored the recent Melissa virus.
Did you know? One of the earliest legal issues arose when two lawyers, Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel, spammed over 6,000 newsgroups with advertisements.
Undeterred by the harsh response of other Net users, the two wrote a book titled How To Make a Fortune On the Information Superhighway.
IOTA Interview: Jonathan Rosenoer, Director, Electronic Commerce Readiness, Arthur Anderson.

Information Bill of Rights: What would the framers of the Constitution say about the Internet?
Have you ever thought about? How principles set forth in the United States Constitution are being reinterpreted in response to technologies of the Internet age. Towards an Information Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, an Aspen Institute project, explores such questions in the areas of freedom of speech, privacy and intellectual property.
Have you seen? The Library of Congress' American Memory site, where you can explore our country's history online. Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention can be found here.
IOTA Interview: Jorge Schement, Professor at Pennsylvania State University.

Network Security: What risks does the Internet pose for national security?
Did you know? Two years ago, a hacker in Sweden managed to disrupt the emergency 911 phone service in several towns in Florida. Security risks posed by Internet hackers are a major focus of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection.
Have you seen? The President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection site.
IOTA Interview: Brent Greene, former Commissioner of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection.

Filtering the Internet: How can you separate the good from the bad on the Internet?
Did you know? There are standards in effect online that allow many of today's Internet filtering applications to work.
Have you seen? The PICS Application Incubator, a development site for new filtering applications?

Universal E-mail: Is e-mail becoming an essential service like the postal service?
Did you know? Ben Franklin was the first U.S. Postmaster General. In that role he helped lay the groundwork for our universal mail system. As e-mail use continues to increase, some people are now asking whether the government should also mandate universal access to email.
Have you seen? The Rand Corporation study on Universal Access to E-mail, one of the most comprehensive studies of the costs and benefits of universal access to e-mail.

Toll Booths on the Information Superhighway: Who pays for using local phone lines?
Did you know? Local telephone companies made more than $1.3 billion in 1995 from people installing second home phone lines for Internet access.
Have you seen? Pay Per Minute: Baby Bells want to change the way you're billed online

Cookies In Your Computer: Who's storing data in your hard drive?
Did you know? Web page designers and others can use cookies to learn who you are what you're looking for on the Web.
Have you seen? Are Web-Based Cookies a Treat or a Recipe for Trouble?