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Library: A Round-up of Reading

Space Law
SpaceX bill awaits Perry’s OK – Brownsville Herald

Political wrangling pulls NASA in different directions – USA Today

SpaceX Closer to USAF Certification – NASA Watch

Apollo Astronauts Set to Cash in With Auction – NASA Watch

Revisions to export control lists due out soon – Space Politics

Forbidden Laptops Are On The Space Station – NASA Watch

MilSat Magazine (May 2013)

Was extreme altititude suborbital launch by China an anti-satellite weapon? – Hyperbola

After $200 Million, Darpa Gives Up on Formation-Flying Satellites – Danger Room

Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies working with FAA to investigate UFOs – Spaceports

Senate Hearing on Partnerships to Advance the Business of Space – NASA Watch

Aviation Law
We Don’t Need More Laws to Regulate Drone Photography- Motherboard

Fallout from Shooting Extends to Philippine-Taiwan Air Services – Aviation Law Prof Blog

ICAO Climate Change Symposium Seeks Answers – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Friday Link Roundup – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Geospatial Law
6 Key Spatial Law and Policy Links (May 13, 2013) – Spatial Law and Policy

APPS Act Strengthens Mobile Privacy Protections, Increases Disclosure to Users – CDT

Google on North Korean maps – North Korea Tech

Cyberlaw
WTPF: ITU Convening Takes Up Internet Governance Questions This Week – CDT

Firms Brace for New European Data Privacy Law – New York Times

UK’s New Defamation Law May Accelerate the Death of Anonymous User-Generated Content Internationally (Forbes Cross-Post) – Technology and Marketing Law Blog

On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Syrian – Export Law Blog

The geopolitics of Google’s autocomplete – Foreign Policy

We Beat Them to Lima: Opening a New Front Against Secret IP Treaties – EFF

High Court rules video to be taken down from YouTube, Facebook – RTE News

Government to share cyber-vulnerabilites info with private sector – Salon

Cops Should Get Warrants to Read Your E-Mail, Attorney General Says – Threat Level

Introducing: Project Open Data – OSTP

Leading Security Experts Say FBI Wiretapping Proposal Would Undermine Cybersecurity – CDT

Civil Society Wraps up WTPF with a Unified Voice – CDT

Bumbling ASIC heralds new internet censorship era – Crikey

Change the Conversation, Change the Venue and Change Our Future – CIGI

New International Coalition to TPP Negotiators: We Demand a Fair Deal for the Internet – EFF

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Library: A Round-up of Reading

Space Law
Legal expert calls for update to city’s space laws – South China Morning News

Christopher M. Stone, NASA, export control, and collaboration: a bit of clarification, The Space Review

Michael J. Listner, Revisiting the preservation of Tranquility Base and other historic sites on the Moon, The Space Review

Jeff Foust, Drawing the battle lines for NASA’s 2014 budget, The Space Review

Space Florida Budget Increases Following Legislative Session – Space News

U.S. – China Space Cooperation – Stimson Center

SpaceX Dragon Heads For New Mexico – NASA Watch

SpaceX Grasshopper to Land in New Mexico – Spaceports

CEO of MannSat Dismissed from U.S. Lawsuit – Space News

SpaceX Bill Blocked in Texas Senate – Space News

NASA Technical Report Database Partly Back Online – Secrecy News

Texas and Alabama Advancing Spaceport Legislation in Closing Days of Sessions – Spaceports

Missile Defense: Opportunity to Refocus on Strengthening Acquisition Management, GAO-13-604T, May 9, 2013

Two Stallite Proposals Approved at FCC Open Meeting – SpaceRef

Wolf and Bolden’s Vandalism at NTRS Continues – NASA Watch

ZeroGravity, ZeroTax Exemption Becomes Gubernatorial Campaign Issue in Virginia – Spaceports

Aviation Law
Metaphor alert: Drone freed from Lady Justice’s grasp – FP Passport

No-Fly Zone – Slate

Sequestration at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): Air Traffic Controller Furloughs and Congressional Response – CRS

In-Flight and On-Line: FCC Proposes Domestic Air-to-Ground System for Airborne Wi-Fi – CommLawBlog

F.C.C. Advances Plan for Faster In-Flight Wi-Fi – New York Times

Space policy viewed through an exoplanetary lens – Space Politics

Geospatial Law
District Judges Divide on Long-Term Cell Phone Tracking Under the Fourth Amendment – The Volokh Conspiracy

Judge Allows Evidence Gathered From FBI’s Spoofed Cell Tower – Threat Level

New Open Data Rules Continue Push for Government Innovation – Commons Lab

Making Government Information Open and Machine Readable – Secrecy News

Landmark Steps to Liberate Open Data – White House Blog

Open Data for Climate and Health Insights – OSTP

Recap: A Big Day for Open Data – OSTP

DigitalGlobe’s NGA Contract Shielded from Sequestration – Space News

The Global Human Impact- Air Force General Counsel Blog

Cyberlaw
Fun and Games in ICANN’s new gTLD Process – Xconomy

CISPA – An Assessment – Lawfare

More on the GOP and the Internet – The Volokh Conspiracy

Tim Wu Discusses the Current State of the Net Neutrality Rules – TAP

Questions Someone Should Ask DOD About Its Report on Chinese Cyber-Operations – Lawfare

Testifying on cybersecurity before the Senate Judiciary Committee – The Volokh Conspiracy

Supreme People’s Court directive to lower courts on cases involving internet censorship – Chinese Law Prof Blog

UK Libel Law Gets Much Needed Update – But Also Threatens Online Anonymity – CDT

FBI’s Latest Proposal for a Wiretap-Ready Internet Should Be Trashed – Wired.com

Beyond Unlocking: Don’t Let Them Kill the First Reasonable Copyright Reform Bill – Wired.com

FCC Anxiously Puts One Toe Halfway in Tepid Water with IP Transition “Trials” – Texhfreedom.com

Military Cyber-Operations and the Third Amendment to the US Constitution – Air Force General Counsel Blog

Digital Diplomacy: Adapting Our Diplomatic Engagement – Dipnote

Building Consensus in Support of a Global, Inclusive, Free, and Open Internet – Dipnote

Copyright Reform Bill Targets Anti-circumvention – CDT

The Global Human Impact- Air Force General Counsel Blog

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Library: A Round-up of Reading

Space Law
Jeff Foust, Planetary defense: deflection and disruption, The Space Review

Injecting Politics into Scientific Peer Review – NASA Watch

Pentagon Paying China — Yes, China — To Carry Data – Danger Room

Bolden Blames Congress For Making Him Buy Soyuz Seats – NASA Watch

Why Won’t NASA Talk About the Latest Bigelow Agreement? – NASA Watch

NASA buys six more Soyuz “seats” for rides to International Space Station – Hyperbola

Astronomers warn about NASA planetary funding cuts – Space Politics

NASA uses Soyuz deal to push for commercial crew funding – Space Politics

On a lighter note: Pentagon sheepishly admits to using Chinese satellite – Hyperbola

Bo Jiang Had Porn Not Secrets on His Laptop – NASA Watch

Chinese NASA “fugitive” may not be a spy but could be an embarrassed voyeur – Hyperbola

U.S. Finds Porn Not Secrets on Suspected China Spy’s PC – Space News

Astrosociological Insights: Volume 2, Issue 2 (May 2013)

SatMagazine (May 2013)

Lunar Real Estate Agent Has ‘Sold’ 7.5% of Moon – Space.com

Wolf Addresses Arrest at Dulles AIrport of Chinese National Potentially Involved in NASA Langely Security Violations – SpaceRef

No surprises in DoD’s DPRK report to Congress – North Korea Tech

Virginia’s McAuliffe boosts Wallops Island commercial spaceport in gubernatorial bid – Spaceports

Do As I Say Not As I . . . etc. etc. – Export Law Blog

Taxi: Roscosmos-$70mil vs SpaceX-$20mil – Spaceports

Aviation Law
New Book on Terrorism and the Right to Travel – Opinio Juris

Unflushed Lavatory Gets Airline Passenger A Meeting With Authorities – Aero-News Network

Technology and Privacy – Air Force General Counsel Blog

Geospatial Law
Upcoming Conference on The Legal and Policy Framework for a Location-enabled Society – Spatial Law and Policy

How to Use Geofencing Correctly – Directions Magazine

Judge Posner’s Surveillance Argument Would Not Withstand An Economic Analysis – CIS

Google ‘recognizes’ Palestine – FP PAssport

Full Speed Ahead for Open Ag Data – OSTP Blog

Israel isn’t happy about Google’s decision to recognize Palestine – FP Passport

Cyberlaw
When America Became a Cyberwarrior – Unredacted

Surveillance and Cyberspace – Lawfare

Is Iran about to seal itself off from the Internet? – FP Passport

Reallocation of Government Spectrum – Air Force general Counsel Blog

New ICANN Public Comments – Madisonian

Some Important Thoughts About Internet Governance – The Volokh Conspiracy

Pentagon Warns North Korea Could Become a Hacker Haven – Danger Room

Cyber Infrastructure Protection: Vol. II – SSI

Arkansas Becomes Seventh State to Enact Employer Social Media Law; Questions Arise Regarding Supervisor-Employee Connections – Information Law Group

Cybersecurity and Internet Governance – CFR

More on the GOP and the Internet – The Volokh Conspiracy

Cybersecurity Then and Now – Air Force General Counsel Blog

The Politics of Communications Technology – Cyborgology

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Library: A Round-up of Reading

Space Law
NASA’s Silence on Furloughs – NASA Watch

Stafford Argues for Moon as Next Human Spaceflight Destination – Space Policy Online

Trial Begins for Md. Man in Iran Satellite Case – Space News

Europe Changes Tactics in Push for Space Code of Conduct – Space News

Space Acquisitions: DOD Is Overcoming Long-Standing Problems, but Faces Challenges to Ensuring Its Investments Are Optimized, Statement of Cristina T. Chaplain, Director Acquisition and Sourcing Management. GAO-13-508T, April 24

US Senate Hearing: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Space Exploration – Spaceports

Space Junk Threat Demands Immediate Action, Experts Say – Space.com

Bolden Says Furloughs Likely if Sequester Continues Into FY2014 – Space Policy Online

29,000 Space Debris Objects: How It Got There, What To Do About It? – Spaceports

Space debris problem now urgent – scientists – Space Mart

European Conference Attendees Agree Action Needed On Space Debris – Red Orbit

Space Data Association Promises To Sue any Member that Misuses Pooled Data – Space News

Asteroid Mining on the Move – SpaceLawLibrarian

Missile Defense: Opportunity to Refocus on Strengthening Acquisition Management. GAO-13-432, April 26.

Aviation Law
Innovation vs. Privacy: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Drones – Wired

FAA Takes Two Important Steps During the Week of April 20 – Aviation & Airport Development Law Blog

TSA Tables Plan to Allow Knives on Planes – Threat Level

Striking Against Open Skies – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Welcome to the Age of Big Drone Data – Danger Room

Ensuring Privacy in the New Domestic Drone Test Program – CDT

Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for National Security Space Activities – House Armed Services Committee

HASC Asks About DOD Use of Chinese Satellite – Space Policy Online

Protecting Space Technology Through Trade Secret Law – Commercial Space Blog

Geospatial Law
NEW REPORT: Privacy and Missing Persons after Natural Disasters – Commons Lab

UPDATE: After Arrest, Authorities Caution Against Crowdsourced Criminal Intelligence Analysis – Commons Lab

Google launches Street View in Hungary and Lesotho; expands in Poland and Romania – Google Earth Blog

Today’s Other ECPA Reform News: Location Privacy Hearing in the House – CDT

Detail – XKCD

5 Key Spatial Law and Policy Links (April 29, 2013) – Spatial Law and Policy

Cyberlaw
The Dark Side of the Digital Revolution – CFR

Why Is Congress Trying to Make Our Internet Abuse Laws Worse, not Better? – The Atlantic

Cybersecurity, Einstein 3 and Privacy – Lawfare

Eric Schmidt and the North Korean Internet dilemma – North Korea Tech

Man Convicted of Hacking Despite Not Hacking – Threat Level

CISPA 2.0 Likely Stalled in Senate – CIS

Law Requiring Warrants for E-Mail Wins Senate Committee Approval – Threat Level

Fascinating New Case on Legal Standards for Searching a Remote Computer With Unknown Location – The Volokh Conspiracy

CISPA Changes Show Power of Internet Advocacy – CDT

CISPA Is Dead. Now Let’s Do a Cybersecurity Bill Right – Threat Level

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Space Law
Controversy Over Planet-Naming Contest Heats Up – Space.com

Mikulski Will Support Asteroid Initiative, Not Sure About Orion, Planetary Requests – Space Policy Online

Russia is no longer worried about U.S. missile defense systems – FP Passport

Big-time players are getting serious about asteroid perils and profits – Cosmic Log

Judge: Chinese NASA Contractor To Be Held till Trial – Space News

Judge Reverses Jiang Pre-trial Release Decision – NASA Watch

Air Force General Gives SpaceX a Vote of Confidence for National Security Missions – Space News

Export Control Final Transition Plan Announced – Export Law Blog

Details on The Gutting of NASA Education – NASA Watch

US eases export rules on aerospace parts – Space Mart

DOD Should Improve Its Satellite Control Operations Says GAO – Space Policy Online

House SS&T Chairman Smith Wants Vision for Space Program – Space Policy Online

UNCOPUOS, Draft Report: VIII. Examination and review of the developments concerning the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets, UN Doc. A
/AC.105/C.2/L.290/Add.2

UNCOPUOS, Draft Report: V. Matters relating to the definition and delimitation of outer space and the character and utilization of the geostationary orbit, including consideration of ways and means to ensure the rational and equitable use of the geostationary orbit without prejudice to the role of the International Telecommunication Union, UN Doc A/AC.105/C.2/L.290/Add.1

UNCOPUOS, LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, UN Doc. A/AC.105/C.2/2013/INF/45

Space Policy: NASA job cuts, Lamar Smith’s space vision, GAO assessment, and SLS’s un-trackable cost – Space-for-All

Experts To Meet In Europe To Discuss Space Debris Issue – Red Orbit

Who gets to name alien planets? – Cosmic Log

Space policy roundup: JWST cost/schedule realities + Asteroid return strategy + Space at DC forum – Space-for-All

Book Review: Legal Aspects of Satellite Remote Sensing – Space Law Librarian

Aviation Law
Computer Outage Halts American Airlines Flights – Aviation Law Prof Blog

NTSB Testimony to the US Senate on safety, 787; FAA reviewing ETOPS – Leeham News and Comment

India Plans Regulatory Reforms for Charter Flights – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Geospatial Law
Iran to launch an “Islamic Google Earth”? – Google Earth Blog

Data for the Boston Marathon Investigation Will Be Crowdsourced – Danger Room

Can law enforcement use Google Earth without a warrant? – Google Earth Blog

The Boston Marathon Bombings and the Limitations of Crowdsourced Intelligence – Commons Lab

Cyberlaw
The Duck Quacks but are We at Cyber War? – Security Debrief

A Typology for Evaluating Active Cyber Defenses – Lawfare

Pentagon Seeks More Cybersecurity Funding – DoD Buzz

Pentagon Cancels Divisive Medal for Cyber Ops and Drone Strikes – Small Wars Journal

George Gershwin, CISPA, and the President’s Veto Threat – The Volokh Conspiracy

Dealing with Networks and Regulatory Compliance: The Legal Side of Mobile Retail – Privacy and Security Law Blog

Pirate Bay Cofounder Indicted on Hacking Charges – Threat Level

International Studies Review (Vol. 15, no. 1, March 2013):

Special Issue: International Relationships in the Information Age
Beth A. Simmons, Preface
J. P. Singh, Information Technologies, Meta-power, and Transformations in Global Politics
Archon Fung, Hollie Russon Gilman & Jennifer Shkabatur, Six Models for the Internet + Politics
Muzammil M. Hussain & Philip N. Howard, What Best Explains Successful Protest Cascades? ICTs and the Fuzzy Causes of the Arab Spring
Susan K. Sell, Revenge of the “Nerds”: Collective Action against Intellectual Property Maximalism in the Global Information Age
Milton Mueller, Andreas Schmidt & Brenden Kuerbis, Internet Security and Networked Governance in International Relations
Myriam Dunn Cavelty, From Cyber-Bombs to Political Fallout: Threat Representations with an Impact in the Cyber-Security Discourse
Nicholas J. Cull, The Long Road to Public Diplomacy 2.0: The Internet in US Public Diplomacy

Today in Cyber on the Hill — CISPA Heads to the House Floor – Lawfare

Michael J. Glennon, The Dark Future of International Cybersecurity Regulation, Journal of National Security Law & Policy

Cyberwar in the Underworld: Non-State Actors – Air Force General Counsel Blog

Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources – CRS

Cybersecurity: Selected Legal Issues – CRS

CISPA Passes in the House – Lawfare

Internet Governance: When Domestic Public Law Is No More than Bluster – Concurring Opinions

A Partial Mea Culpa – Lawfare

Wargaming Cyber: The Private Sector Response – Air Force General Counsel Blog

Brookings’ Allan Friedman on the Rhetoric Surrounding CISPA – Lawfare

CISPA 2.0 Clears The House: Outcome Hazy – CIS

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Space Law
GAO Details Cost Growth in DOD Space Programs – Space Policy Online

Final tweaks to the 2013 budget – Space Politics

Posey Reintroduces REAL Space Act to Return Astronauts to Moon – Space Policy Online

Australian space policy debut – Space-for-All

Addressing the Challenges of Space Security – Space News

House Hearing on Asteroid Threats – NASA Watch

Air Force News Briefing on the FY 2014 Defense Budget Proposal from the Pentagon – U.S. DoD

Moon Base Over Asteroid? Lawmakers Push for Lunar Landing by 2022 – Space.com

New bill would redirect NASA back to the Moon – Space Politics

Australian Space Policy Calls for Reducing International Dependence – Space News

Bipartisan legislation sets NASA’s focus on the Moon – Lunar Networks

UNL space law program supports asteroid exploring initiative – The Daily Nebraskan

Putin Pledges Space Program Support on Cosmonautics Day, Cosmonauts May Make Ocean Landings in Future – Space Policy Online

Congressional tensions between SLS and commercial crew, FY2014 edition – Space Politics

Stephen Hawking: Humanity Must Colonize Space to Survive – Space.com

New Mexico spaceflight liability bill signed into law – Flightglobal

And Now We Suggest the Naming of Planets – The Spacewriter’s Ramblings

Aviation Law
Drone Privacy Bills Attempt to Protect Americans from Governmental, Commercial Surveillance – CDT

Surrounding Communities Object to Approval of the Los Angeles International Airport Specific Plan Amendment Study Project – Aviation and Airport Development Law News

Yeager Fights To Retain Control Of His Name – Aero-News Network

NTSB No Longer “Bound By” FAA’s Choice Of Sanction – Aviation Law Discussions

German Researcher Says Android App Can Hack A Commercial Airliner – Aero-News Network

John Villasenor, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Privacy”, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy

Geospatial Law
Privacy of geolocation: the new European and American law – Spatial Law & Policy

Great use of Google Earth by the Urban Planning Department of Taipei – Google Earth Blog

Meet Dom, the inadvertent spy on Iran – FP Passport

Cyber Law
Peter Margulies Summarizes the NIST Conference on Cybersecurity Standards – Lawfare

WTPF: Internet Issues on the Table at Next ITU Conference – CDT

New Draft of House CISPA Bill – Lawfare

The Dark Future of International Cybersecurity Regulation – Journal of National Security Law and Policy

Cyberconflict: Threats, Responses and the Role of Law – Opinio Juris

Luxembourg: The Steve McQueen of Cybersecurity – The Volokh Conspiracy

German IT Cybersecurity Proposal – Lawfare

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Space Law
Jeff Foust, The great state space race, The Space Review

Babak Shakouri, Space settlement and future of space law, The Space Review

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation Commends the Passage of New Mexico Spaceflight Liability Bill – Commercial Spaceflight Federation

Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space: replies from Member States (U.N. Doc. A /AC.105/889/Add.12)

Shooting down the Star Wars myth – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Subcommittee on Space Reviews the Space Leadership Preservation Act – AIP

New Mexico governor signs liability bill; Texas makes progress on space bills – Space Politics

Space policy roundup – Space-for-All

Next week: “Threats from Space,” the sequel – Space Politics

Administration confirms NASA plan: Grab an asteroid, then focus on Mars – Cosmic Log

Nelson confirms asteroid mission study to be in FY14 budget proposal – Space Politics

Echoes of a Romney Space Policy? – NASA Watch

Back to the Moon? Not any time soon, says Bolden – Space Politics

Incoming! Asteroid miners are getting financial boost from NASA cash – Cosmic Log

Aviation Law
Proposed Cuts to Air Traffic Control Towers Under Budget Sequestration: Background and Considerations for Congress – CRS

NextGen Air Transportation System: FAA Has Made Some Progress in Midterm Implementation, but Ongoing Challenges Limit Expected Benefits. GAO-13-264, April 8.

Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues – CRS

Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses – CRS

Geospatial Law
The Dangers of Surveillance – Air Force General Counsel Blog

OSTP Issues Directive to Federal Agencies on Public Access – AIP

The new frontier in life-tracking devices: human rights – FP Passport

Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules ZIP Codes Are Definitely “Personal Identification Information” – GEOData Policy

Cyberlaw
The Spam Wars and Internet Governance. Again. – Concurring Opinions

United States v. Cote and the Trouble With Ex Ante Search Restrictions on Computer Warrants – The Volokh Conspiracy

Aaron Swartz’s Prosecutors Were Threatened and Hacked, DOJ Says – Threat Level

Building a Cyber Liability System – Lawfare

BitTorrent Site IsoHunt Demands Jury Trial – Threat Level

Making Strategic Sense of Cyber Power: Why the Sky Is Not Falling – SSI

Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare (Cambridge University Press 2013)

What does the worst-case scenario of a cyberattack on the United States by another state or by terrorists look like? – CFR

Thinking About Cybersecurity — A Video Course – Lawfare

NIST Hosts First of Four Planned Cybersecurity Framework Workshops – Privacy and Security Law Blog

Jack Goldsmith, How Cyber Changes the Laws of War, European Journal of International Law (2013)

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Space Law
Chinese-Russian Joint Statement on Missile Defense – All Things Nuclear

Glenn Reynolds, Who Has the Right to Mine an Asteroid?, Popular Mechanics

Your One Sentence Definition of Sustainable Development – UN Dispatch

Obama Signs Money Bill for Europa Mission – Spaceports

Petitions, full of sound and fury, signifying… – Space Politics

Bo Jiang Released Pending Trial – NASA Watch

A U.S. “Pivot” in Space? – All Things Nuclear

SDI RIP – Arms Control Wonk

Sequestration’s effects on commercial crew, and planning for FY14 – Space Politics

Aviation Law
This is the secret airline that’s reportedly flooding Syria with weapons – FP Passport

Aiming Laser Pointer at Airplane Gets Man 2.5 Years in Prison – Threat Level

Flaws escape FAA certification – Leeham News and Comment

Sequestration requires Federal Aviation Administration to cut costs; commitment to safety remains – Fast Lane

Update: New Comment Deadlines Announced in Internet-on-Airplanes Proceeding – CommLaw Blog

National Airspace System: Airport-Centric Development. GAO-13-261, March 28.

Geospatial Law
Bills on Use of Mobile-Device-Location Data Reintroduced – Privacy and Security Law Blog

What is the State of the Jones Trespass Test After Florida v. Jardines? – The Volokh Conspiracy

Anonymized Phone Location Data Not So Anonymous, Researchers Find – Threat Level

Federal Court of Appeal Reminds Government There is No Copyright in Data – Teresa Scassa

Cartographic proof that North Korea is bluffing – Ogle Earth

Cyberlaw
The National Broadband Plan Goals: Where Do We Stand? – CRS

Cloud Computing: Constitutional and Statutory Privacy Protections – CRS

NATO Researchers: Stuxnet Attack on Iran Was Illegal ‘Act of Force’ – Threat Level

Stuxnet an “Act of Force” Against Iran – Arms Control Law

House Judiciary Committee New Draft Bill on Cybersecurity is Mostly DOJ’s Proposed Language from 2011 – The Volokh Conspiracy

Congress v. China on Cybersecurity – Lawfare

The International Community Must Hold Russia Accountable for Its Cyber Militias – Small Wars Journal

Cybersecurity Meets the WTO – The Volokh Conspiracy

Egypt says it arrested ‘criminals’ trying to sabotage its Internet – FP Passport

Cybersecurity and Trade Conflict – International Economic Law and Security Blog

The =Real= Internet Kill Switch – Lawfare

The Return of Practical Obscurity? – Lawfare

Writing on the Wall – Arms Control Wonk

Securing Human Rights Online: Internet Freedom Fellows Program – Dipnote

This Week in Cybercrime: “Anonymized” Cellphone Tracking Data is Pure Fiction – Risk Factor

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Space Law
FY2013 budget endgame in sight – Space Politics

Wolf Announces Arrest of Chinese National Working as NASA Contractor-UPDATE – Space Policy Online

Austerity Budget Won’t Help Space Sector – SpaceRef Canada

James Oberg, Using “rocket science” to understand North Korea’s space and missile efforts, The Space Review

Ajey Lele, India’s French Connection in space, The Space Review

Matthew J. Kleiman, The Little Book of Space Law (ABA 2013)

Congress hears options for asteroid defense: Pay now or pray later – Cosmic Log

NASA to Congress: don’t “pour money” into NEO programs – Space Politics

Sequester Fallout: Senior NASA Officials Miss Planetary Science Conference – Space.com

Meteor or Missile Attack: How Will Military Leaders Know? – Space.com

Johnson-Freese: Space Threats Include Public’s Lack of Knowledge about Space Benefits – Space Policy Online

Senate Passes FY2013 CR – Space Policy Online

Combating the perception of a lack of consensus – Space Politics

On a lighter if darker note: NASA’s advice if an asteroid is coming…get on your knees and pray! – Hyperbola

CR Clears Congress, Funds Government for Remainder of FY2013 – Space Policy Online

Brussels Forum – SWF Hosts Dinner Discussion on Space and Stability – Secure World Foundation

Bo Jiang To Plead Not Guilty; Will Ask For Jury Trial – NASA Watch

Bolden: No Lack of Consensus on NASA’s Strategic Direction – Space Policy Online

Sequestration forces NASA to hold up educational and outreach efforts – Cosmic Log

With budget uncertainty resolved, sequestration’s effects kick in – Space Politics

Aviation Law
TSA Receiving Pushback on Changes to Permitted-Items List – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Private Drones In American Skies – NPR OnPoint – Directions Magazine

Do Corporations Enjoy a 2nd Amendment Right to Drones? – Concurring Opinions

Geospatial Law
Bills Would Mandate Warrant for GPS Tracking, Cellphone Location Data – Threat Level

Cyberlaw
Vermont Files Cert Petition in Case on Ex Ante Search Restrictions for Computer Warrants – The Volokh Conspiracy

Don’t Just Hate CISPA — Fix It – Threat Level

Does the Tallinn Manual Allow States to Kill Hackers? Not Really. – Opinio Juris

Why the USG Complaints Against Chinese Economic Cyber-Snooping Are So Weak – Lawfare

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Space Law
Enact Legislation to Restrict the NASA Budget to No Less than 1.00% of Federal Funding Beginning in FY 2014 – Spaceports

Mystery change in satellite orbit traced to debris strike from past Chinese missile interception test – Hyperbola

Dwayne Day, The Lion and the Vortex, The Space Review

Michael J. Listner, Addressing the challenges of space debris, part 3: policy, The Space Review

Waitin’ on the Budget – Space Policy Online

In Spaceport we trust: Liability protection heads to New Mexico Governor’s desk – Spaceports

Legal Action Against China Unlikely in Space Junk Crash with Russian Satellite – Space.com

Senate offers its own take on FY13 NASA budget – Space Politics

Explanatory Statement for the Senate Substitute Continuing Resolution (NASA Excerpts) – SpaceRef

South Korea’s Emergent Missile Defence Capabilities – Missile Threat

Jim Green Clarifies Travel Policy for LPSC 2013 – Space Policy Online

White House Moves Forward With Export Control Reform – Space Policy Online

Status Check on the FY2013 CR and FY2014 Budget Resolutions – Space Policy Online

Space threats double feature in Congress next week – Space Politics

Aviation Law
TSA Approved New Uniforms As Sequester Loomed – Aero-News Update

Qantas Jet Still Doesn’t Call Australia Home – Export Law Blog

China investing in destabilising UAV capabilities: report – Flightglobal

The Global Swarm – Foreign Policy

Strong economic benefit to allowing UAS into civil airspace, says industry – FLoghtglobal

How Many Lawyers Does It Take to Export a Lug Nut?* – Export Law Blog

Air France v Folkerts – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Privacy and Domestic Use of Drones – Air Force General Counsel Blog

Geospatial Law
Spatial Law and Policy Survey – Spatial Law and Policy

Will We Expect the Media To Protect Location Privacy? – Spatial Law and Policy

Cyberlaw
Cyberwar in the Underworld: Anonymous versus Los Zetas in Mexico – Small Wars Journal

Donilon issues stern cyber warning to China – DoD Buzz

The Donilon Approach to Cybersecurity – Lawfare

Collaborating on Telecommunications and Human Rights – CDT

Spy Chief Says Little Danger of Cyber ‘Pearl Harbor’ in Next Two Years – Threat Level

WaPo: Public Debate on Offensive Cyber Strategy? – Lawfare

Sequestration, Cyber and the 2013 Worldwide Threat Assessment – Lawfare

Cyber framing of reality – Homeland Security Watch

Dale on Popular Constitutionalism via the Web – The Faculty Lounge

A total cyber blackout in North Korea would affect about 1,000 citizens – FP Passport

Plug and Play Cybercriminals – Air Force General Counsel Blog

KCNA accuses US, allies of cyberattacks – North Korea Tech

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