Day archives: February 5th, 2007

Privacy Forum Seeks Controls Over Gov't Use of Patient Genetic Data

“The World Privacy Forum filed public comments with the Department of Health and Human Services in response to an HHS request for information regarding the use of patients’ genetic data for research, health care, and for use in electronic health records. The World Privacy Forum is requesting that HHS use all Fair Information Principles in …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Privacy

Princeton University Joins Google's Library Project

Press release: “Today, Princeton University becomes the latest partner to join Google’s Library Project. The combined collections of the Princeton University libraries total more than six million printed works, five million manuscripts and two million nonprint items. Working together, Google and Princeton will digitize approximately one million public domain books from these collections, so that …

Subjects: Search Engines

National Consumer Protection Week: A Time to Read Up and Reach Out

“The Federal Trade Commission has launched the ninth annual National Consumer Protection Week, February 4-10, 2007, in cooperation with federal, state, and local agencies and national advocacy organizations committed to consumer protection and education. This year’s theme, “Read Up and Reach Out. Be an Informed Consumer,” encourages consumers to arm themselves with knowledge. By gathering …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Hearings on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars

“From February 6-9, the Oversight Committee will hold four hearings on waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars. The hearings focus on Iraqi reconstruction, Homeland Security contracting, and prescription drug pricing.” Tuesday, February 6: The Impact of CPA Decision-making on Iraq Reconstruction – “Ambassador Paul Bremer will testify for the first time since leaving as …

Subjects: Congress

Budget of the United States Government FY 2008

“Issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President’s budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. Other related and supporting …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research