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By Margaret Berkland, Published on March 18, 2002
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Margaret Berkland is the president of Data Vision Design, Inc., which specializes in providing IT solutions to the legal community. Founded in Fredericksburg, VA in 1989, Data Vision Design, Inc. provides services that include: applications development, business process design, applications integration, electronic file tracking and, access expedition. Prior to becoming the president of DataVision Design, Inc., Margaret was the Info. Resources Technology Specialist for McKenna & Cuneo.

Class Action Database
http://www.bigclassaction.com/

This website is managed by Class Action Services Ltd. and is a free service to the public. This site provides an alphabetical category list of the latest potential and pending class action suits. Some settlements are also listed. Information concerning the proposal and who is eligible to join the action are provided along with an online registration form for submission. There is a generic complaint form if you cannot find the type complaint you are seeking in the alphabetical listing. A useful FAQ link is included on the site.

Enron Filings
http://www.elaw4enron.com/default.asp

This website is provided by e-LAW which is “an Internet company that serves the legal community by monitoring court cases, dockets, and the electronic filing and service of the documents associated with litigation activity.” It is making available electronically the legal documents connected to the Enron bankruptcy filing. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view or print the documents.

Center for Women and Information Technology
http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/

The mission of this group is to encourage girls and women to pursue technology careers, enable this girls and women to use information technology comfortably and intelligently, assure the richness and breadth of women’s lives and concerns are fully represented and available on the Internet, and to foster research in the relationship between gender and technology. There are links to news and announcements, archive of older articles, books, curricular resources, related sites, speaker’s series, and reviews.

Homeland Security Advisory System
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020312-1.html

This is the link to the web page with the White House Press release explaining the color coded Homeland Security Advisory System. You can also link to Governor Ridge’s remarks and the President’s directive from this page.

Web Reaction
http://www.interactivepublishing.net/september/

This website provides links to screen shots from September 11 and 12, from 200 news sites around the world. The site is produced by Interactive Publishing GmbH. You can search by publication, by country, or screenshot time. You can view the screenshots in groups of four, or one by one in full screen mode. There is also a link to a page listing books on the subject and links to Amazon.com for purchasing a title.