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ECPA Reform Bill Proceeds to Full Senate
April 25, 2013 | Joan Cheverie
Today, April 25, 2013, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted out of committee a bill to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA).  On a voice vote, the Committee approved the ECPA Amendments Act of 2013 (S. 607) co-sponsored by Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Sen....

Major Higher Ed. Community Developments on State Authorization
April 23, 2013 | Jarret Cummings
The higher education community continues to make significant progress toward addressing the problems of distance education state authorization through the development of a state authorization reciprocity proposal. The Commission on the Regulation of Postsecondary Distance Education, a joint effort...

2013 Security Awareness Video & Poster Contest Winners Announced
April 22, 2013 | Valerie M. Vogel
Nine winners of the 5th Annual Information Security Awareness Video and Poster Contest have been selected. The winning videos and posters are now available for colleges and universities to use in campus security awareness campaigns during National Cyber Security Awareness Month in October, student...

Google Accessibility Improvements
April 22, 2013 | Jarret Cummings
Google started informing its applications user groups today about the accessibility improvements it has made to a range of its applications and software platforms. (Please see below for the quoted text.) If you're interested in learning more about accessibility updates for one of the products...

FCC Telecom Service Provider Accessibility Certification Rules
April 22, 2013 | Jarret Cummings
Our friends at ACUTA (the higher education telecommunications administrators association) have posted an alert to colleges and universities that "charge students, tenants, or others for telephone service" (excluding institutions that allocate telephone service costs internally to academic...

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