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Protecting Privacy on Campus
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April 26, 2006
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2006
Colleges and universities have received a lot of unwanted news coverage in the past year as the result of privacy and security breaches. New privacy laws at the state and federal level are inc…
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Rural Living, High-speed Internet Access?
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January 1, 2005
The state of Maine is working on an internet project to bring wireless Internet service to 90 percent of Maine communities that meet a population threshold (five people per square mile) by 2010. …
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New California Law Makes Phishing Illegal
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January 1, 2005
"The Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 allows for fines of thousands of dollars". "The Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 allows for fines of thousands o…
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NY Enacts Security Breaches Disclosure Law
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January 1, 2005
New York State has enacted a law requiring corporate or public organizations to notify individuals in the event that personal information about them has been compromised. Similar in concept to a Ca…
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Staying on the Island: Higher Education and Reality Politics
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January 1, 2002
Clayton Spencer discusses today's national political contextfor higher education. Consistent with previous surveys,recent public opinion polls show that education is atop domestic policy conce…
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Legislation Aims to Stop Muni Wi-Fi
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January 1, 2005
Using the terms of the Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act (H.R. 2726), U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), seeks to prohibit state and local governments from offering telecommunications, telecommu…
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Critical Infrastructure Protection and Higher Education
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April 7, 2005
Colleges and universities are not listed among the 13 critical infrastructures identified in Presidential Decision Directive 7, yet institutions of higher education often depend on or operate porti…
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Texas Towns Fight Anti-Muni Bill
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January 1, 2005
The author discusses recent Texas legislation concerning municipal networks. The author discusses recent Texas legislation concerning municipal network…
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Leveraging Technology Investment: Making It Happen
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January 1, 2003
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority provided the fiber strands, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts provided the IT bond funding, and the University of Massachusetts implemented the technology to bu…
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Changes Ahead For State Policy In Higher Education: The World Comes To The Academy
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January 1, 1995
Higher education is a likely target for budget cuts. Higher education is a likely target for budget cuts. …

















