CIPA
From...
- American
Library Association (ALA)
Follow this link to the ALA's CIPA web page which provides information concerning CIPA and related legislation.
A document which provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions in the concerning the Supreme Court decision upholding the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA).
- Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
PDF copy of the most recent Supreme Court decision of June 23, 2003
This decision reinstates the provision that Public Libraries receiving e-rate and LSTA funds must implement technology protection measures. This copy of the desision is provided on the IMLS web site.
Proviced summary, background and implementation information about CIPA as it relates to IMLS.
USAC is awaiting guidance from the Federal Communications Commission in response to the Supreme Court decision.
FCC Parent's Place Internet Content page
This link will take you to a sub page of the FCC Parent's Place web page discussing web content. The page also currently includes a link to the FCC fact sheet on CIPA.
FCC Public Notice released on June 30th on the Supreme Court decision handed down on June 23, 2003.
This is a copy of the FCC Public Notice released prior to July 18th (the date on which the Supreme Court decision was to go into effect.)
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CIPA Compliance
From the PA Department of Education Web Site
Filtering/Blocking Product Information
Check this PA Department of Education page to find out what federal funds are connected with CIPA Compliance. This page also includes links to some analysis of filering software options.
CIPA Frequently Asked Questions
This PA Department of Education page was adapted from a comprehensive piece done by the ALA and USAC found at Schools and Libraries Reference CIPA FAQs
Congress Passes New Federal Filtering Requirements - Summary/Q & A
Q & A listing concerning many of the frequently asked questions concerning CIPA and associated funds (i.e. e-Rate, LSTA, ESEA).
Example question:
The new law appears to require only use of technology protection measures that block or filter Internet access to "visual depictions"; does that mean that I do not need to take steps to block or filter text, whatever the content?
Check this page if you are confused about the terms used in regard to the CIPA legislation.
Chart to Determine Your CIPA Requirements
This chart shows what you need to do depending on your situation.
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Pennsylvania
CIPA
November 30, 2004 - Legislatve Update
Pennsylvania adopts Child Internet Protection Act for entities not compliant with similar federal legislation.
Follow the links below for the full text of the Pennsylvania Act 197 (House Bill 2262), both of which are located on the Pennsylvania General Assembly Web Site.
Click here for a PDF copy of the PA Act 197 Compliance Certification Form
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Web Sites for Comparing Filtering Software
*Developed by:
Bonnie Young, Public Library Advisor
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Office of Commonwealth Libraries
Bureau of Library DevelopmentUnderstand Software that Blocks Internet Sites
The Internet Advocate – Understanding software that blocks Internet sites and related censorship and safety issues. This web page on the Monroe County (Indiana) Public Library web site includes a link to "The Internet Filter Assessment Project" by librarian Karen G. Schneider, with background information about filters.
Comprehensively compares the following filters: DynaComm i:filter; NetPure, iPrism, EngageIP Content Filter, The Internet Filter IF 2K, SmartFilter, Bess, Minesweeper & Dpsweeper, Corporte Guardian 3.0, SurfControl Web Filter, CyberSetting, FilterGate, NetNanny 5, ContentProtect Professional Suite, SurfPass, Cybersitter, NetSweeper Intelligent Web Filter, R3000 Enterprise Filter, FastTracker, Pearl Echo and CyberPatrol.
http://www.infopeople.org/resources/filtering/
A product comparison of the following Internet filters: CyberPatrol 5.0 for Microsoft Proxy Server, i-Gear 3.5 for Microsoft Proxy Server, iPrism, N2H2 for Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0, S4F v.6.02 for Remote Proxy Server, SmartFilter, Web Inspector 5.1.3 for Standalone Server, Websense Enterprise v4.4 for Microsoft Proxy Server, X-Stop 4.05 for Microsoft Proxy Server.
The costs will not be current however, because the website has not been updated this year.http://www.cde.state.co.us/edtech/safe.asp
Useful background information with many links, however, the website was not updated since December 16, 2003.
http://www.tispa.org/info/kinnaman/filtering.htm
Reviews blocking software, suggests where to get filtering software and includes general information about Internet safety and evaluating quality on the Net.
http://www.filteringinfo.org/about.php
Includes a link to an article “Web Content Filtering Software Comparison” done by the eTesting Labs for the U.S. Department of Justice in October 2001. The article compares the following filters: WebSense, N2H2, CyberPatrol and SmartFilter.
http://www.ala.org/ala/pla/plapubs/technotes/internetfiltering.htm
A very good website from the Public Library Association that compares N2H2, CyberPatrol 6.1, CyberSitter 2003, CybraryN Solutions, I-Gear 3.5, McAfee Parental Controls 1.0, NetNanny 5.0, and Websense Enterprise. The website was updated on April 14, 2004.