JURIST - Paper Chase: US Interior Department back online after appeals court overturns Internet cutoff

The US Department of the Interior is back online today following an order yesterday by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturning an injunction [PDF] issued March 15 by US District Judge Royce Lamberth directing that the Department's Internet connections be cut off because of security problems with an online management system for oil, gas, timber and grazing royalties from American Indian lands. Lambeth is hearing a class action case involving royalty payments. The disconnect order had blocked royalty payments to states and Web access for students attending schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. AP has more.

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