Hours after President Obama’s State of the Union address on Wednesday night, 49 Members’ of the House of Representatives found their Congressional websites defamed by hackers.  According to a joint letter by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), “this is the second time in a year websites hosted and supported by this vendor have been compromised.”

Pelosi, Boehner Demand Additional Web Safeguards After Thursday’s Cyber-Attack

IOWA – A threat to shift government legal notices from newspapers to  websites appears to have been stalled at the legislative level.  Today, state Senator Staci Appel, responsible for managing a state government reorganization and efficiency bill declared “the publication (provision) is out.”

Public Notice Shift Hits Legislative Snag

The bill passed out of subcommittee on Wednesday and subsequently several editorials were published highlighting the value of public notice in newspapers including:

Public Notices Are Vital To Healthy Democracy, 1/16/2010

Accountability For Tax Dollars, 1/17/2010

Public Notices Belong In Newspapers, Not Online, 1/20/2010