Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today a final rule establishing minimum security standards for state-issued drivers licenses and identification cards. The rule sets uniform standards that enhance the integrity and reliability of drivers licenses and identification cards, strengthen issuance capabilities, and increase security at drivers license and identification card production facilities. The final rule also dramatically reduces state implementation costs by roughly 73 percent.”
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Daily Archives: January 11, 2008
DHS OIG Audits: Classified Laptop Computer Security, Florida State Homeland Security Grants
OIG-08-20 – The State of Florida’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004 (PDF, 28 pages) – New 01/11/2008 OIG-08-14 – Improved Administration Can Enhance Federal Emergency Management Agency Classified Laptop Computer Security, Unclassified Summary (PDF, 3 pages) – New 01/11/2008 Continue Reading
Updated State Fact Sheets from USDA
“State fact sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, and top commodities, exports, and counties for each state in the United States. Data last updated on January 11, 2008.” Continue Reading
Chairman Waxman Releases Report on Information Security Breach at TSA's Traveler Redress Website
Press release: “In October 2006, the Transportation Security Administration launched a website to help travelers whose names were erroneously listed on airline watch lists. This redress website had multiple security vulnerabilities: it was not hosted on a government domain; its homepage was not encrypted; one of its data submission pages was not encrypted; and its… Continue Reading
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2008
“World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is a joint product of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the five United Nations regional commissions. It provides an overview of recent global economic performance and short-term prospects for the world economy and of some key global economic… Continue Reading
