Reference no: EM1335111

Requesting help (information and references) with the following 2 questions

1) In a weekly coordination meeting, several senior investigators from the state crime lab request that DC Investigative prepare a (4-5 pages)standard operations procedure document concerning the general processing of computer evidence. Recent forensic investigator actions during the processing of computer evidence have failed to show their understanding of how computer data is created, modified, and stored. In addition, the investigators have not understood the underlying technical issues tied to evidence processing and associated security issues. Provide four general evidence processing guidelines to ensure investigators understand the steps of processing evidence and the results when standard operating procedures are not followed.

2) In computer cases, the Fourth Amendment provides a fundamental question concerning whether an individual enjoys a reasonable expectation of privacy concerning information stored electronically within computers (to include other electronic storage devices) under an individual's control. For example, one of the questions posed is whether individuals expect to have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of their pagers, PDAs, laptop computers, or floppy disks. Decide in your discussion if the answer is yes, then discuss what the government must do to gain access to stored information. Identify some of the previous cases that have supported legal government decisions in this area of privacy and electronic storage.