Day archives: November 24th, 2007

Action Plan for Import Safety – A roadmap for continual improvement

Action Plan for Import Safety – A roadmap for continual improvement – Report to the President Interagency Working Group on Import Safety November 2007 (86 pages, PDF) OMB Watch: “The Action Plan for Import Safety: A Roadmap for Continual Improvement contains fourteen broad recommendations and fifty specific action steps. The recommendations are grouped under the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

ABA Legal Technology Resource Center – Web Accessibility

“As much of the daily practice of law moves to web-based technologies, it is increasingly important that all members of the legal community — lawyers and non-lawyers alike — understand the need for websites that are accessible to all audiences. Efforts to ensure that websites are accessible to disabled persons, simply referred to as “web …

Subjects: Web Site Accessibility and Usability

2007 Identity Theft Resource Center Breach List

“…the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has been tracking security breaches for the past three years, looking for patterns, new trends and any information that may help us better protect data and assist companies in their activities…In 2006, there were in excess of 315 publicized breaches affecting nearly 20 million individuals. Based on ITRC’s categorization, …

Subjects: ID Theft, PC Security, Privacy

PBS Reports on Oil and Gas Industry Lobbying in Washington

PBS NOW, Big Oil, Big Influence: “During the time that Bush and Cheney, both of whom are former oil executives, have been in the White House, the oil and gas industry has spent $393.2 million on lobbying the federal government. This places the industry among the top nine in lobbying expenditures. The industry has also …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research