Day archives: February 2nd, 2010

Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Dennis C. Blair, Director of National Intelligence, February 2, 2010 “The national security of the United States, our economic prosperity, and the daily functioning of our government are dependent on a dynamic public and private information infrastructure, which includes telecommunications, …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, Government Documents, Internet, PC Security, Privacy

New Report to ABA Addresses Crisis Within Immigration Removal System

News release: “Painting a picture of an overwhelmed immigration court system choked by an exploding caseload and an exponential increase in outside pressures, a report submitted to the American Bar Association has the ABA considering a host of policy reforms affecting the adjudication system for determining whether to remove noncitizens from the United States. The …

Subjects: Legal Research

DHS Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Report to Congress

The Department of Homeland Security delivered to Congress the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) Report, A Strategic Framework for a Secure Homeland, Februaru 10, 2010 on February 1, 2010. The QHSR outlines the strategic framework to guide the activities of participants in homeland security toward a common end. “The purpose of the first-ever Quadrennial Homeland …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Report – Correlation in Credit Risk

Correlation in Credit Risk, Xiaoling Pu, Xinlei Zhao. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Economics Working Paper 2009-5, February 2, 2010. “Abstract: We examine the correlation in credit risk using credit default swap (CDS) data. We find that the observable risk factors at the firm, industry, and market levels and the macroeconomic variables cannot …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Research Paper: Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine

Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine, by Damon Horowitz and Sepandar D. Kamvar [via Abi Morgan] “We present Aardvark, a social search engine. With Aardvark, users ask a question, either by instant message, email, web input, text message, or voice. Aardvark then routes the question to the person in the users extended social network …

Subjects: E-Mail, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Federal Reserve launches a new website for bank directors

“The Federal Reserve on February 1, 2010 launched a website to help new bank directors learn how they can work to ensure the safety and soundness of their institutions. The website, BankDirectorsDesktop.org, also provides a refresher course for experienced board members. BankDirectorsDesktop.org is tailored to directors of community banks and features online training and other …

Subjects: E-Government

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety – States that have cellphone laws

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data Institute – Cellphone Laws: “A jurisdiction-wide ban on driving while talking on a hand-held cellphone is in place in 7 states (California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and the District of Columbia. Utah has named the offense careless driving. Under the Utah law, …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

Phishing Activity Trends Report, 3rd Quarter / 2009

The quarterly APWG (AntiPhishing Working Group) Phishing Activity Trends Report analyzes phishing attacks reported to the APWG by its member companies, its Global Research Partners, through the organizations website and by email submissions. APWG also measures the evolution, proliferation and propagation of crimeware drawing from the research of our member companies. In the last half …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail, PC Security

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence – African American History Month

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence – “nearly 70 offerings that address important events, individuals, or periods in African American history.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Congress and Twitter – A Growing Relationship

Congress Is All Atwitter, Daniel Newhauser, Roll Call: “Since the microblogging Web site Twitter launched in 2006, tens of millions of people have logged on and churned out billions of 140-character messages called tweets. And Congress has certainly embraced the trend. In fact, by early last year, some 20 Members were using the site, according …

Subjects: Blogs, Congress

UK Government Website: Reporting hate, extremism and terrorism online

UK DirectGov – Crime justice and the law – Reporting hate, extremism and terrorism online: “Some people use the internet to spread hate and violent extremism. They chat with their supporters, share their beliefs and hope to gain new followers online. Find out what is illegal in the UK, and how you can report it.”

Subjects: E-Government

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