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A Behind-The-Scenes Look At How DRM Becomes Law: “Cory Doctorow looks at the back room dealing that allowed entertainment companies and electronics companies to craft public policy on digital rights management.”
“Each year Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) gathers relevant statistical data regarding each agency’s security classification program. ISOO analyzes this data in its 2006 Annual Report to the President.” AP: “There were 20.5 million decisions to classify government secrets last year, and a report to the president found serious shortcomings in the process.” Related government …
“In connection with a markup scheduled by the Senate Committee on Finance for July 17, 2007, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Description Of The Revenue Provisions For Markup Of The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (JCX-43-07), and the estimated revenue effects (JCX-44-07) In connection with a hearing scheduled by the Senate Committee on …
Homeland Security: DHS’s Actions to Recruit and Retain Staff and Comply with the Vacancies Reform Act, GAO-07-758, July 16, 2007 Human Capital: DOD Needs Better Internal Controls and Visibility over Costs for Implementing Its National Security Personnel System, GAO-07-851, July 16, 2007
Innovation at Risk, a forthcoming book from Princeton University Press by James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer. The following content is currently available online: Synopisis If You Cant Tell the Boundaries, Then It Aint Property Abstract Patents and Software
The United States Marshals Service’s Workforce Planning and Management, Audit Report 07-38, July 2007 (102 pages, redacted for public release)
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WSJ free feature: “Compare fund-raising by Clinton, Giuliani, McCain, Obama and other major candidates, in this interactive graphic. Second-quarter data.”
Follow up to previous postings on matters related to the death of Corporal Patrick Tillman, on July 13, 2007 “Chairman Waxman and Ranking Minority Member Davis sent a letter to the White House objecting to the withholding of documents related to the death of U.S. Army Corporal Patrick Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire …
