Day archives: August 24th, 2007

Agencies Release Revised Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual

Press release: “The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today released the revised Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Examination Manual (405 pages, PDF). The revised manual reflects the ongoing commitment of the federal and state banking agencies and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to provide current and consistent guidance on risk-based policies, procedures, and …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

NASA and Internet Archive Team to Digitize Space Imagery

Press release: “NASA and Internet Archive of San Francisco are partnering to scan, archive and manage the agency’s vast collection of photographs, historic film and video. The imagery will be available through the Internet and free to the public, historians, scholars, students, and researchers. Currently, NASA has more than 20 major imagery collections online. With …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

IRS OIG Audit Verifies Employee Noncompliance With Security Policies and Procedures

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Efforts Have Been Made, but Manager and Employee Noncompliance With Security Policies and Procedures Puts Personally Identifiable Information at Risk, issued August 13, 2007: “…The IRS has taken several noteworthy actions to protect taxpayer data in its possession. For example, it has established a Security Services and Privacy …

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Subjects: Government Documents

Army Corps of Engineers Launches Website on Hurricane Risk Assessment for Louisiana Coast

“This site [New Orleans Risk and Reliability Report] is designed to share what we have learned about hurricane risks in the Greater New Orleans area with you, so that you can make risk-informed decisions about your future. Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force [IPET] has developed a state-of-the-art prototype risk assessment model to characterize current annual …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Survey on Enterprise Data Center Consolidation in the States: Strategies and Business Justification

“The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) has released a new publication, NASCIO’s Survey on Enterprise Data Center Consolidation in the States: Strategies and Business Justification (62 pages, PDF). A product of NASCIO’s Infrastructure and Services Committee, this survey report provides an overview of the challenges states’ indicated they are facing in considering …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents
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