Keeping up with federal laws on storing school electronic communicaitons

In December federal law mandated that schools/organizations keep all digital communications and files produced by employees. An informal survey by a data management company finds many schools are not yet meeting the demands of the requirements. According to eSchool News online CommVault says the results of its informal poll show a marked disconnect between school…

New proposed federal legislation – DOPA renewed

The blog Learning.Now details some new proposed legislation in the House that resurrects DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act) that was passed by the House last year but received no movement from the Senate. At first glance this bill looks laudable, putting further restrictions to keep pornography from children. It then targets social networking sites to…