California Prison Reform: Inmates, IT and Health Care
Inside California prisons, substandard medical care kills one inmate every six days-treatment which, according to federal courts, amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. IT is part of the court-ordered prescription to ensure doctors do no more harm. But prisons systems are antiquated or non-existent, and IT leaders have struggled to deploy new technology that could help.
We are passing on the following message just recieved from the ABA Journal.
The ABA Journal has been nominated for the Internet’s most prestigious honor. And we need your help to win.
ABAJournal.com is one of five nominees for a Webby Award in the Law category. Described by the New York Times as the “Oscars of the Internet,” the Webby Awards are judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, and received almost 10,000 entries this year. ABAJournal.com features a legal newswire updated with 25 to 50 fresh stories throughout every business day, a directory of more than 1,800 blogs written by lawyers, and archives of the magazine stretching back to 2004.
National Library Week is being observed April 13-19, 2008 with the theme, “join the circle of knowledge @ your library.”
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries – school, public, academic and special – participate.
National Library Week affords a wonderful opportunity for librarians and non-librarians to both promote and reflect on the importance of libraries to our society. Here are some examples of various groups are observing National Library Week:
SIX CRITICAL STEPS TO MANAGING ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION
“(Mark Diamond) – Litigation always, has been, and will continue to be, a reality of doing business. What is changing, however, is discovery and its focus on electronically stored information (often abbreviated ESI). Recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure concerning the discovery of ESI coupled with the explosive growth of electronically stored documents are exposing organizations to new risks and costs during litigation and the subsequent discovery”
__________________________ From: Findlaw, Modern Practice Newsletter, April 11, 2008
N.Y.’s Top Judge Sues Over Judicial Pay
“N.Y. Supreme Court, N.Y. County, April 10, 2008) – Chief Court of Appeals Judge Judith Kaye sued New York officials for an increase in judicial pay for all state judges, arguing that, “while New York judicial salaries have declined 27 percent in real terms since 1999,” every other state employee has gotten ‘ cumulative increases of more than 24 percent’.”.
Writing in the April/May 2008 issue of State Tech: Technology Insights for Leaders in State and Local Government, Michele Hope concludes by writing: “Only time and a few real-world installations will tell.” Here are some excerpts from Michele’s article:
FROM THE INTRODUCTION:
“The first commercial holographic storage products are slated for release in mid-2008. With first-generation products boasting write-once, read many (WORM) characteristics, a lifespan of 50-pls years, initial disk capacities of 300 gigabytes per disk and a 20 magabyte-per-second data rate, proponents are aiming this technology at the long term archival needs of government entities, highly regulated health-care and medical organizations, and professional media and film industries
Under Pressure: How Do We Keep the Courts Fair and Impartial?
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Presented by the Coalition for Justice Hosted by the American University Washington College of Law Washington, DC
From: New York Law Journal April 10, 2008
Chief Judge Kaye Sues State to Secure Judicial Pay Hike
BY: Joel Stashenko
Diamond, Mark P. “Six Critical Steps to Manageing Electronically Stored Information Under FRCP,” : Findlaw for Legal Professionals.(April 8, 2008).
SIX CRITICAL STEPS TO MANAGING ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION
“(Mark Diamond) – Litigation always, has been, and will continue to be, a reality of doing business. What is changing, however, is discovery and its focus on electronically stored information (often abbreviated ESI). Recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure concerning the discovery of ESI coupled with the explosive growth of electronically stored documents are exposing organizations to new risks and costs during litigation and the subsequent discovery”
From: TechnoFeature: The TechnoLawyer Community, (April 8, 2008) http://www.technolawyer.com
BY: David W. Mykel, M.A.
INTRODUCTION
