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“The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) is pleased to announce the release of its research brief, Ready for the Challenge? State CIOs and Electronic Records. The brief is a product of NASCIO’s Electronic Records and Digital Preservation Working Group and may be found online. States continue to struggle with new challenges presented …
DHS Office of Immigration Statistics: Naturalizations in the United States: 2007 – “This report presents information on the number and characteristics of foreign nationals who became American citizens during fiscal year 2007. View data tables on Naturalizations.”
“EPIC testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee [hearing: Passport Files: Privacy Protection Needed For All Americans], urging new protections for passport information privacy. The hearing, held at a time of increased information collection and dissemination by the government, addressed an Inspector General report [Review of Controls and Notification for Access to Passport Records in the …
News release: “Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative Statement of Capability Evaluation Report highlighting the Federal governments rapid progress toward strengthening IT security. This was achieved by reducing external connections, including Internet points of presence from over 4,300 reported in January 2008, to a target of …
Draft SP 800-124, Guidelines on Cell Phone and PDA Security, July 2008. “Cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) have become indispensable tools for today’s highly mobile workforce. Small and relatively inexpensive, these devices can be used for many functions, including sending and receiving email, storing documents, delivering presentations, and remotely accessing data. While these …
Air Force Procurement: Aerial Refueling Tanker Protest, GAO-08-991T, July 10, 2008 State and Local Government Pension Plans: Current Structure and Funded Status, GAO-08-983T, July 10, 2008 Surface Transportation: Principles Can Guide Efforts to Restructure and Fund Federal Programs, GAO-08-744T, July 10, 2008 VA Health Care: Ineffective Controls over Medical Center Billings and Collections Limit Revenue …
News release: “The Commission has approved the issuance of a report to Congress regarding the Do Not Call Registry for Fiscal Year 2007. The report..has been submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce and the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, as required by Section 4(b) of the …
Report to the Congress on the Human Resources Line of Business, June 25, 2008 “This report addresses Section 747 of Division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, which requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate …
Iran’s Political, Demographic, and Economic Vulnerabilities, by Keith Crane, Rollie Lal, Jeffrey Martini, July 2008. “Iran is one of the United States’ most important foreign policy concerns. It has also been an extraordinarily difficult country with which to engage. Ironically, while the leadership has been hostile to the United States, Iranian society has evolved in …
Draft Guide to Bluetooth Security, July 9, 2008, SP 800-121. “Bluetooth is an open standard for short-range radio frequency (RF) communication. Bluetooth technology is used primarily to establish wireless personal area networks (WPAN), commonly referred to as ad hoc or peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. Bluetooth technology has been integrated into many types of business and consumer …
