CAPPS II Proceeds Despite Opposition
U.S. to Push Airlines for Passenger Records – Travel Database to Rate Security Risk Factors See my previous posts on CAPPS II here.
Day archives: January 12th, 2004
IRS To Phase-In Encrypted E-Filing for 2005
From the December 29, 2003, Federal Register, this IRS notice: Addition of New Transmitter Encryption Options and Pending – Discontinuance of Non-Encrypted Options for IRS e-file – SUMMARY: Internal Revenue Service will provide the ability for IRS e- file program participants to use approved encryption methods for the 2005 and later filing seasons, beginning with …
Air Force Enacts IG Exemptions from FOIA
From the January 6, 2004 Federal Register, Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Final rule: SUMMARY: The Department of the Air Force is revising a (j)(2) exemption to an existing exemption rule for the Privacy Act system of records notice F090 AF IG B, Inspector General Records. The (j)(2) exemption will increase the …
2004 Begins With Spam Overload
Inbox trauma: New junk-fighting tools falter Anti-spam applications abound, and the CAN SPAM Act promised to lighten the load on your email in-box, but initial reports for this year are far less than reassuring. See also CAN-SPAM means we can spam
9/11 Detainees Will Remain Unknown
Court upholds secrecy over 9/11 detainees
Statistical Resource on 100 Largest U.S. Cities
From the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, the Living Cities Databook Series “permits users to display and download data and rankings for the 100 largest cities in the U.S. on the full complement of indicators displayed in the printed databooks.” Categories include: Population, Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, Age, Households and Families, Education, …
Net Gains Status As Source for Campaign News
From the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, January 11, 2004: Cable and Internet Loom Large in Fragmented Political News Universe – Perceptions of Partisan Bias Seen as Growing, Especially by Democrats From the Summary of Findings: “The 2004 presidential campaign is continuing the long-term shift in how the public gets its …
