Computer underground Digest Sun Aug 29 1993 Volume 5 : Issue 67
ISSN 1004-042X
Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@NIU.BITNET)
Archivist: Brendan Kehoe
Shadow-Archivists: Dan Carosone / Paul Southworth
Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala
Ian Dickinson
Cookie Editor: Etaoin Shrdlu, III
CONTENTS, #5.67 (Aug 29 1993)
File 1--Having Problems Reading CuD with your Software?
File 2--Interesting news story on theses
File 3--Cops plead no contest to selling data
File 4--Article on Patient Privacy
File 5--CuNews - Whitehouse Mail; SPA's "Cities of Pirates"
File 6--Technology Conversion Conference
File 7--"Dirty Dan" Teaches "anti-hacking" to 3rd Graders
File 8--Calif Assem. Bill #1624 - Latest Full Text
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1993 16:49:21 CDT
From: CuD Moderators <tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu>
Subject: File 1--Having Problems Reading CuD with your Software?
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 9:21:09 GMT+13:16
From: Susan Rabe <rabe@uhuru.uchicago.edu>
Subject: File 2--FERPA & Grad Theses/Disses (Further info)
((MODERATORS'S NOTE: In CuD 5.66, we ran the story and our response
to the FERPA ruling by the U.S. Dept of Education, which would
re-classify graduate student theses and dissertations as private
student records and therefore subject to privacy laws. The following
post elaborates on the FERPA interpretation)).
++++
I've extracted this from a recent posting on ala-wo@uicvm. It gives
more details on the ruling than the original posting. The hangup on
theses and dissertations seems to rest on whether or not you consider
them published. (3rd paragraph, 2nd to last line)
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ISSN 1069-7799
ALAWON
ALA Washington Office Newsline
An electronic publication of the
American Library Association Washington Office
Volume 2, Number 35
August 26, 1993
DISTRESSING DISSERTATION DEVELOPMENT
A recent AP news release reports that the U.S. Department of Education
has ruled that masters and doctoral theses are considered to be
student "education records," similar to grade records, and are
therefore subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA). Accordingly, students' theses may not be accessed by
academic researchers without the permission of the student authors.
An opinion issued by LeRoy S. Rooker, Director of the Family Policy
Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education, stated:
As you know, FERPA generally protects a student's privacy
interests with regard to "education records." "Education
records" are defined as those records that are 1)
directly related to a student and 2) maintained by an
educational agency or institution or a party acting for
the agency or institution. 34 CFR 99.3. Accordingly,
any records which are directly related to a student and
are maintained by the University are education records
subject to the provisions of FERPA. Thus, there are no
distinctions between undergraduate and graduate theses.
FERPA prevents subject educational agencies and
institutions from disclosing education records without
prior written consent, with specified exceptions 34 CFR
99.30 and 99.31. None of the exceptions would permit
making student theses available to the public, such as in
the University Library, without first obtaining written
consent from the student. Further, the written consent
must specify the records that may be disclosed; state the
purpose of the disclosure; and identify the party or
class of parties to whom the disclosure may be made. 34
CFR 99.30(b). This Office recognizes that undergraduate
honors theses and graduate theses differ in nature from
typical student research papers and other education
records in that theses often become research sources
themselves and are on occasion published. As such, this
Office would consider any written statement by a student
permitting publication of a thesis sufficient consent
under FERPA because such statement shows that the student
intended the work to become publicly available.
Rooker told the ALA Washington Office that his office would not take
any action on this issue unless they receive a complaint.
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 11:19:11 PDT
From: ross@QCKTRN.COM(Gary Ross)
Subject: File 3--Cops plead no contest to selling data
Cops plead no contest to selling data
From the San Jose Mercury News August 24, 1993:
Two former San Jose police officers - arrested last summer for
selling confidential "rap sheets" and driver information to a private
investigator - face three months in Santa Clara County Jail after
pleading no contest to felony conspiracy charges Monday.
The two men are scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 17 by Santa Clara
County Superior Court Judge Robert Foley.
Brian D. Blackford, 34, and Robert W. Brownlee, 29 are currently
free on bail.
Sheila Jean Klopper, 47 - the Mountain View private investigator
to whom they illegally furnished data from the police department's
computer bank - already has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge, been
sentenced to two year's probation and ordered to pay a $300 fine.
Brownlee, a patrol officer for two years, and Blackford, an
eight-year veteran, were fired after a departmental investigation of
the charges.
"We hope the prosecution of this case will send a message to
those who might otherwise abuse the computer system," Deputy District
Attorney James Shore said Monday. "Maybe it will make people think
twice. If you had told them (Blackford and Brownlee) that they would
lose their jobs over this, they wouldn't have done it."
Originally accused of a felony, Klopper pleaded guilty to a
mis-demeanor after a preliminary hearing during which Municipal Judge
Edward J. Nelson - over Shore's objections - granted a motion to lower
the charge.
Nelson ruled that while Klopper had initially solicited the
officers for confidential information, the offenses by Brownlee and
Blackford were more serious because they had violated positions of
trust for which they should be held to a higher standard. When first
approached by Klopper, they could simply have told her "no," said
Nelson.
The three were arrested last August after a police probe revealed
the two officers had accessed the department's computer system to
provide Klopper Investigations of Mountain View with information in
connection with criminal and civil cases. Klopper, who paid $25 a copy
for the documents, worked for several of San Jose's prominent lawyers.
It could never be determined exactly how many records Klopper
purchased, but the total exceeded 50 and may have numbered several
hundred over a year or more, Shore said.
Under state law, police officers are permitted access to criminal
background information only for official investigations.
In the San Jose Police Department, an officer can retrieve a
background report from the Criminal Justice Information System by
logging onto a computer. Badge numbers are used to identify the
individual seeking the information.
Brownlee and Blackford circumvented the procedures meant to
identify officers by signing onto the system with either non-existent
badge numbers or with the badge numbers of other officers, according
to Shore. On one occasion, the number 1000 - used by retired Chief
Joseph McNamara, was used to bypass security.
Daniel Jansen, the attorney for Blackford and Brownlee, said
theirs was "one of the saddest cases" he has handled in the years he
has been defending cops.
"Two fine officers threw over their careers for so little. It
cost them so much," he said.
Both men went through divorces after their arrests.
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 14:45:41 MDT
From: rcarter@NYX.CS.DU.EDU(Ron Carter)
Subject: File 4--Article on Patient Privacy
Here is an article that was printed in the 27 AUG 93 Denver Post:
Patients' legal past for sale
By Tamar Lewin, The New York Times
Philadelphia doctors will soon be offered a new service that may
have been inevitable in a society in which both lawsuits and computers
are commonplace: For $80 a month, they can find out whether a
prospective patient has ever filed a malpractice suit against another
doctor.
The service, Courtscan, is to begin direct-mail marketing to
Philadelphia-area doctors next week, said William Benedict, president
of Courtscan Services in Greenwich, Conn.
Benedict said the service would be expanded to New York, Chicago,
Houston, Los Angeles and Miami within six months. He also said that
he planned to offer a similar service to employers, landlords,
insurers and others who may be leery of litigation.
Courtscan will offer doctors "complete litigation histories of
patients in 60 seconds or less," Benedict said. The company's
advertisements counsel doctors to "screen new patients you think
might be %malpractice-prone,' so you can adopt necessary defensive
cautionary measures."
Litigation records have always been public, but until the advent of
computers it was extremely cumbersome to search court records for a
particular person's legal complaints. But now, Benedict said, his
company has a data base of all 802,000 lawsuit and judgments filed
with Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas since 1982.
While there is nothing illegal in compiling or selling such data,
some doctors and consumer advocates worry that such a service might do
more harm than good, smearing individuals who had filed claims in good
faith and creating an increasingly hostile relationship between
doctors and patients.
Indeed, the Pennsylvania Medical Society recently refused to run an
advertisement for Courtscan in its monthly magazine. "We are
concerned about anything that would possibly prejudice a physician
against caring for a particular patient," said Dr. Donald Ferguson,
the president of the society.
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From: grmeyer@GENIE.GEIS.COM
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 00:05:00 BST
Subject: File 5--CuNews - Whitehouse Mail; SPA's "Cities of Pirates"
Anti-Smoking Video Game
=======================
In an effort to use video games as social/health propaganda, the
American Cancer Society will be placing "Tabaccoid" video games in
shopping malls. While the game doesn't have any blatant messages,
player must kill the evil Tobacco monster (dubbed "Tabaccoid") to
advance in the game. The free-play arcade game will be appearing in
shopping malls soon. (WLS Radio, Chicago IL 8/23/93)
Executive Branch Email
======================
The White House has until September to appeal a US appellate court
ruling that email must be preserved, as are paper documents, for
storage in the National Archives. The ruling applies primarily to a
1300-user network that links the White House, the Cabinet, and the
National Security Council. White House information services officials
are reportedly displeased, but one anonymously stated that the White
House Communications Agency "must and will adhere to the law".
(Information Week. August 23, 1993. pg 15)
City of Pirates
===============
The SPA (Software Publishers Association) says that 34 of the piracy cases
it closed in fiscal '93 were in Los Angeles. SPA characterizes the city
as a "piracy hotspot". New York City (28 cases) and San Francisco (18)
were close behind. On a per-state basis, California, Texas, Florida, New
York, and Illinois are the top five for anti-piracy action over the last
three years. These five states combined account for 62% of SPA cases. Since
1990 the SPA has initiated more than 1300 actions across the nation.
(Information Week. August 23, 1993. pg 16)
ComputerWorld (August 23, 1993 pg 16) adds that Houston is the city with
the fourth largest incidence of piracy cases.
All Time Wiretap Record
=======================
The Privacy Journal reports the Bush adminstration's average of 332
wiretap applications per year - mainly for drug offenses - was nearly
twice the yearly amount of the Reagan administration. In comparison:
from the time of the Watergate years in the early-1970's to 1983,
federal wiretap authorization did not exceed 140 in one year.
(Communications of the ACM. Sept 1993. pg13 Reprinted with permission)
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 14:45:31 EDT
From: Greg Bischak <ncecd@IGC.APC.ORG>
Subject: File 6--Technology Conversion Conference
I. Conference Announcement
National Conference on Technology Conversion: Reinvestment in
National Needs
October 7 and 8, 1993
Rosslyn Westpark Hotel
Arlington VA
Speakers will Include Representatives from:
American Capital Strategies
Cray Research Corporation
Department of Energy
Federal Highway Administration
Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO
International Association of Machinists
National Economic Council
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Northrop Corporation
Office of Technology Assessment
Sun Microsystems
United Technologies Corporation
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
World Resources Institute
Worldwatch Institute
The National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament
will convene a conference on a major aspect of the conversion
challenge:
1. To redirect our military-oriented federal science and
technology policy toward solving our neglected domestic problems
2. To promote investments in emerging technologies that can create
new jobs and market opportunities for converting businesses
3. To explore the means of financing technology conversion
4. To democratize the discussion of this new policy
The conference will bring together policy makers within the
Administration and Congress, scientists and engineers, corporate
managers and trade unionists, and those in the independent sector
working on issues of conversion, the environment, renewable energy
and transportation policy.
In plenary sessions we will examine current science and technology
policy, the missing pieces of this policy, and the means of
financing investments that will turn emerging technologies into
sustainable, life-affirming enterprise. In working groups we will
look more closely at some of the most promising of these
technologies.
Conference Co-Sponsors Include:
Economic Policy Institute
Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
University of Wisconsin Extension/ School for Workers
21st Century Project
II. Registration Information
To register by mail send a check for $80, payable to ECD, to:
ECD, Suite 9, 1801 18th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20009.
Your registration fee covers lunch and break refreshments on both
days and refreshments at the October 7 reception (there will be a
cash bar).
A small number of rooms have been reserved for conference
participants at the Westpark Hotel, at a reduced rate of $87.00
per night. For reservations call (703) 527-4814 or (800) 368-3408.
The Westpark Hotel is located at 1900 North Fort Myer Drive,
Arlington, VA, one block from the Key Bridge and the Rosslyn Metro
Stop; on the Blue Line from National Airport.
Space is limited, so please make reservations early. If you have
any questions regarding the conference, please call Miriam
Pemberton, Jim Raffel or Kristen Kann at 202-462-0091.
On the afternoon of October 8th we will hold 12 workshops on
emerging technologies, four at a time. To help us schedule these
to accommodate conference participants best, please indicate the
three workshops that you are most interested in attending when
registering:
A. Fuel Cell Technology
B. Renewable and Alternative Energy Technology
C. Transportation Technology
D. Environmental Technology
E. Aerospace Technologies: New Commercial Markets
F. Infrastructure Development
G. Smart Materials Technology Implementation in Infrastructure
Enhancement
H. High Speed Rail and Freight Transportation
I. Zero-Discharge Manufacturing Technology
J. Information Infrastructure
K. Shipbuilding Industry
L. Manufacturing Extension Services
III. Preliminary Conference Schedule
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, MORNING SESSION
Plenary I - Conversion and National Science & Technology Policy
1. Introductory Remarks:
Senator Barbara Boxer, (D-CA) (invited)
Katherine Gillman, Special Assistant for Defense Conversion, White
House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Ann Markusen, Professor, Rutgers University; co-author of
Dismantling the Cold War Economy
2. Redefining National Security: Federal Policies
Rep. George Brown (D-CA), Chair, House Science, Space and
Technology Committee (invited)
Vice President Albert Gore, Jr. (invited)
Seymour Melman, Chair, National Commission for Economic Conversion
and Disarmament
3. Dual-Use Technology Policy and Beyond
Dorothy Robyn, National Economic Council
Lewis M. Branscomb, Albert Pratt Public Service Professor, John F.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
4. Technology Transfer
Rep. Ron Wyden, (D-OR)
Robert D. Glasser, Center for National Security Studies, Los
Alamos National Lab
Jim Ling, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, MIT
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, AFTERNOON SESSION
Plenary II - Reinvestment and Conversion: Toward a National Needs
Agenda
1. Environmental Sustainability
Michael Renner, Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute
Greg Pitts, Microelectronic and Computer Technology Corporation
2. Economic Conversion
Peter diCicco, Secretary Treasurer, Industrial Union Department,
AFL-CIO
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, (D-CT) (invited)
Lou Kiefer, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers
Joseph Hoffman, Manager of Marketing Systems Development and
Engineering Division,Westinghouse Electronics Systems Group
3. Democratizing the Decision-Making Process
Gary Chapman, Director, 21st Century Project, a nationwide effort
to reorient public support for science and technology toward
solving critical domestic problems
Jim Benn, Federation for Industrial Renewal and Retention (FIRR)
4. Reception (Thursday Evening)
FRIDAY OCTOBER 8, MORNING SESSION
Plenary III - Financing High Technology Innovation and
Infrastructure Development
1. Government Initiatives and Institutions
Jeff Faux, Economic Policy Institute
Herb Whitehouse, Whitehouse Fiduciary Advisers
2. Private Financing
Bruce R. Guile, Director, Programs, National Academy of
Engineering, Washington, DC; tax credits and incentives for
innovation and new technology R&D
Tom Schlesinger, Southern Finance Project
3. Alternative Financing Structures
Martin Trimble, National Association of Community Development Loan
Funds
Mike Locker, Locker and Associates, economic consulting firm
specializing in conducting feasibility studies for employee
buyouts, with a concentration on the steel industry
Adam Blumenthal, Vice President and Partner, American Capital
Strategies
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, AFTERNOON SESSION
Workshops on the Following Emerging Technologies:
A. Fuel Cell Technology
William J. Lueckel, Vice President, Government Programs and
Marketing, International Fuel Cells, United Technologies
Corporation
Jeff Serfass, Exec. Dir., Fuel Cell Commercialization Group
B. Renewable and Alternative Energy Technology
Eric Vaughn, President, Renewable Fuel Association
Frank Bruno, CEO, Turbo Power and Marine Systems, Inc., division
of Pratt Whitney (invited)
C. Transportation Technology: Vehicles, Highways and Public
Transit
Victor S. Rezendes, Director, Energy Issues, GAO; on flexible fuel
vehicle program
Wesley B. Truitt, Deputy Manager for Business Development,
Northrop Corporation
D. Environmental Technology
David Blaskovich, Senior Director, Environmental Programs, Cray
Research Corporation
Mark Schaefer, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
R. Darryl Banks, Program Director, Program in Technology and
Environment, World Resources Institute
Clyde Frank, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology
Development, Office of Environmental Management, Department of
Energy
E. Aerospace Technologies
David P. Radzanowski, Analyst in Aerospace Policy, Science Policy
Research Division, Congressional Research Service
Samuel N. Goward, Associate Professor, Director, Laboratory for
Global Remote Sensing Studies, University of Maryland at College
Park
F. Infrastructure Development
Harry B. Caldwell, Office of Policy Development, Highway Needs and
Investment Branch, Federal Highway Administration
Sue McNeil, Carnegie-Mellon University; infrastructure management,
condition assessment, and image processing
G. Smart Materials Technology Implementation in Infrastructure
Enhancement
Craig A. Rogers, Professor and Director, Center for Intelligent
Material Systems and Structures, Virginia Tech
Vijay Varadan, Professor of Engineering Science, Pennsylvania
State University and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Smart Materials
and Structures
H. High Speed Rail and Freight Transportation
Raymond V. Lanman, National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak); commuter rail and business development
Edward K. Morlok, University of Pennsylvania; freight
transportation in the future: New Demands, New Approaches, New
Technologies
John Ullmann, Professor of Management and Quantitative Methods,
Hofstra University
I. Zero-Discharge Manufacturing Technology
Robert Atkinson, U.S. Congress, OTA, Industrial Technology &
Employment Program.
Ken Geiser, Director, Toxics Use Reduction Institute at U Mass,
Lowell
J. Information Infrastructure
Marc Rotenberg, Washington Office Director, Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility
John Gage, Sun Microsystems (invited)
K. Shipbuilding Industry
William Avery, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; expert on
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion technology
Virgil Rinehart, Senior Advisor for Shipbuilding, Maritime
Administration (invited)
L. Manufacturing Extension Services
Philip Nanzetta, Director, Manufacturing Extension Partnership,
National Institute of Standards and Technology
George Sutherland, Director, Great Lakes Manufacturing Technology
Center
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Date: Sun, 21 Aug 1993 11:32:43 EDT
From: anonymous@bbs.reader
Subject: File 7--"Dirty Dan" Teaches "anti-hacking" to 3rd Graders
"Ethics Program for Children Introduces 'Dirty Dan' the Hacker"
Source: The Orange County Register, Feb. 22, 1993, p. D24 (from
staff and news service reports)
Goosebery makes computer mistakes because she hasn't been properly
trained. Chip worries that Gooseberry's blunders will spill secrets.
And then there's Dirty Dan, the hapless hacker whose dastardly doings
know no bounds.
Welcome to the latest in computer crime prevention -- an ethics and
security program designed to teach children from kindergarten through
third grade to take a "byte" out of crime.
"The average hackers's getting younger and younger," program
developer Lonnie Moore said."Right now, there's a computer in every
classroom. What we found was that nobody out there is teaching ethics
and security."
Moore is a computer security manager at the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory's Computation Organization. Workers there, including
puppeteer Gale Warshawsky, have developed a 30-minute presentation for
young computer users.
The star of the show is Chip, a puppet representing the computer
itself. Gooseberry is the poorly trained computer operator, Dirty Dan
the heinous hacker -- and sloppy eater -- and Goldie Sock the
commentator.
Philip Chapnick, director of the Computer Security Institute in San
Francisco, praised the idea of teaching children to be good computer
citizens.
"One of the major issues in information security in companies now is
awareness. Starting the kids off early. ...I think it will pay off,"
Chapnick said.
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 17:36:04 GMT
From: kiddyr@GALLANT.APPLE.COM(Ray Kiddy)
Subject: File 8--Calif Assem. Bill #1624 - Latest Full Text
((MODERATORS' NOTE: Here is the latest version of California Assembly
Bill #1624, which would mandate electronic availability of legislative
and other material. Readers might begin contacting their own state
legislatures and encourage them to introduce similar legislation)).
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 25, 1993
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 16, 1993
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 17, 1993
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 18, 1993
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE--1993-94 REGULAR SESSION
ASSEMBLY BILL No. 1624
Introduced by Assembly Member Bowen
(Principal coauthor: Senator Torres)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Areias, Bornstein,
Goldsmith, Isenberg, Johnson, Karnette, Katz
Mountjoy, Nolan, Polanco, Speier, and
Vasconcellos)
(Coauthors: Senators Dills, Hayden, Killea, Morgan, and
Rosenthal)
March 4, 1993
An act to add Section 10248 to the Government Code,
relating to the Legislature;
LEGISLATIVE COUNSELUS DIGEST
AB 1624, as amended, Bowen. Legislature: legislative
information: access by computer network.
Under existing law, all meetings of a house of the Legislature
or a committee thereof are required to be open and public, unless
specifically exempted, and any meeting that is required to be open
and public, including specified closed sessions, may be held only
after full and timely notice to the public as provided by the
Joint Rules of the Assembly and Senate.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations that
the public should be informed to the fullest extent possible as to
the time, place, and agenda for each meeting.
This bill would require the Legislative Counsel, with the advice
of the Assembly Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules,
to make available to the public, by means of access by way of the
largest nonproprietary, nonprofit cooperative public computer network,
specified information concerning bills, the proceedings of the
houses and committees of the Legislature, statutory enactments,
and the California Constitution.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 10248 is added to the
2 Government Code, to read:
3 10248. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that
4 the public should be informed to the fullest extent
5 possible as to the time, place, and agenda for each
6 meeting of the houses and committees of the Legislature.
7 The Legislature further finds and declares that it is
8 desirable to make timely information regarding these
9 proceedings available to each member of the public,
10 irrespective of where he or she resides, for the least cost
11 possible.
12 (b) The Legislative Counsel shall, with the advice of
13 the Assembly Committee on
14 Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules, make all of the
15 following information available to the public in electronic
16 form:
17 (1) The most recent Assembly Daily File and most
18 recent Daily Senate File.
19 (2) The text of each bill introduced in each current
20 legislative session, including all amended forms of the
21 bill.
22 (3) The bill history of each bill introduced and
23 amended in each current legislative session.
24 (4) The bill status of each bill introduced and
25 amended in each current legislative session.
26 (5) All bill analyses prepared in connection with each
1 bill in each current legislative session.
2 (6) All vote information concerning each bill in each
3 current legislative session.
4 (7)
5 Any veto messages concerning a bill in each current
6 legislative session.
7 (8) The California Codes.
8 (9) The California Constitution.
9 (10) All uncodified statutes enacted on or after
10 January 1, 1993.
11 (11) Documentation that is available to the public and
12 maintained in computerized form by the Legislative
13 Counsel which describes the computerized digital
14 formats of the files containing the information specified
15 in this subdivision.
16 (c) The Legislative Counsel shall automatically
17 transmit copies of files of the information specified in
18 specified in subdivision (b) by way of the largest
19 nonproprietary, nonprofit cooperative public computer
20 network upon receiving any computerized request for
21 the files.
33 The
34 information in the files shall be formatted in the same
35 manner as that maintained in the legislative information
36 system that is operated and maintained by the Legislative
37 Counsel. The files shall be made available immediately
38 after the information system is updated with the files. In
39 the event that a technical malfunction prevents these
40 files from being made available within four hours after
1 the information system is updated with them, the
2 Legislative Counsel shall report that fact to the Assembly
3 Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules
4 within one business day.
5 (d) Any file that is available pursuant to subdivision
6 (c) shall remain available to the public upon request by
7 electronic digital data transmission until it is updated.
8 When a file is updated, a copy of the file without the
9 updated information shall remain available to the public
10 by electronic data digital transmission for at least 90 days
11 after the update.
12 (e) The Legislative Counsel may not control which or
13 how many files are available to a person who requests the
14 files nor monitor or keep any records about those persons
15 who request files, except for the purpose of assuring the
16 quality of computer operations. No fee or other charge
17 shall be imposed as a condition
20 of accessing the information that is accessible by way of
21 the computer network specified in subdivision (c).
22 (f) The electronic public access provided by
23 subdivision (c) shall be in addition to other electronic
24 or print distribution of the information.
25 (g) No action taken pursuant to this section shall be
26 deemed to alter or relinquish any copyright or other
27 proprietary interest or entitlement of the State of
28 California relating to any of the information made
29 available pursuant to this section.
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