Do My Homework

[bigshotprof]

I am doing a course in Public Policy and the Internet, in January. I am making a list of examples of tech-related policy issues. It includes the obvious stuff like net neutrality, municiple wi-fi, science and math education, intellectual property. What other good examples could I give them?

[comhcinc]

porn.

[phatlip12]

Copyright infringement

DRM

[tokenuser]

HIPAA, PIPEDA (its Canadian, but has implications for cross border data storage issues for companies doing business in the US), SEC 17a 3-4, Sarbanes-Oxley.

[bigshotprof]

porn.

I gotta admit, I am too Hoosier old school to talk about porn with students. I know. I know.

The data searching issues, sarbannes Oxley and some of our Internet treaties are things I forgot to include.

[tokenuser]

Here is another interesting one for you ...

Once a client of a financial institution ceases being a client, records for that client are supposed to be removed from data systems. OK, so your system does a soft delete of the records, then those records are purged form the system. End of story right?

Wrong. What about the backups. Data from that client still exists.

What is a company's responsibility to a former client for the removal of archived data?

You might guess that this is the world that my professional life lives :)

[gta_bmx]

Another issue is making sure public employees have access to current and up-to-date tech products to make their jobs easier and to help them serve the public better. A lot of government employees I've encountered are using old and inefficient technology which costs more to support than newer tech. I think the FAA is still using 1970's mainframes for air traffic control.

[bigshotprof]

These are all great. Thanks for doing my homework. Now clean my house!

[alaskalonewolf]

I would do an analysis of the difference between the way information
was distributed in the jet-age vs. the space-age, and demonstrate
how the new ability of communication crosses all the language barriers
that typically put a bottle-neck on new ideas. Incorporate the advent
of engines like Babelfish and Wikipedia.

[tokenuser]

I would do an analysis of the difference between the way information
was distributed in the jet-age vs. the space-age, and demonstrate
how the new ability of communication crosses all the language barriers
that typically put a bottle-neck on new ideas. Incorporate the advent
of engines like Babelfish and Wikipedia.Actually my wife's research (I'll PM the info, but wont put her name in here publicly) is on information overload in the digital age, and specifically involves how scientists (she studies chemists and chemical engineers amongst others) do research when they are faced with that problem.

[alaskalonewolf]

Then I'd do a little side-project on filters. Trusted content. And, of course, how to Digg.