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“CDT submits the following chart as an addendum to the written testimony of Leslie Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Democracy and Technology before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection on The BEST PRACTICES Act of 2010 and Other Federal Privacy Legislation on …
Report Points to Challenges Across the Pipeline that Impact America’s Ability to Compete: “The United States is facing an alarming education deficit that threatens our global competitiveness and economic future. The country is not keeping pace with other industrialized nations: Once a world leader in the proportion of adults ages 25 to 34 with postsecondary …
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, “In an open government lawsuit against the United States Marshals Service, EPIC has obtained more than one hundred images of undressed individuals entering federal courthouses. The images, which are routinely captured by the federal agency, prove that body scanning devices …
News release: “Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 131,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Federal government employment fell, as 143,000 temporary workers hired for the decennial census completed their work. Private-sector payroll employment edged up by 71,000.” Related postings on financial …
