Day archives: April 5th, 2013

EPIC Supports Public Mark Up for Controversial Cyber Security Bill

“EPIC joined a letter signed by a coalition of privacy and civil liberty organizations to urge the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to open the markup process of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) to the public. CISPA suspends privacy safeguards so that companies can disclose vast amounts of customer and client …

Subjects: Congress, Freedom of Information, Privacy

New GAO Reports: Border Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection, SEC's Internal Controls

Border Security – Partnership Agreements and Enhanced Oversight Could Strengthen Coordination of Efforts on Indian Reservations, GAO-13-352, Apr 5, 2013 Critical Infrastructure Protection – DHS Efforts to Assess Chemical Security Risk and Gather Feedback on Facility Outreach Can Be Strengthened, GAO-13-353, Apr 5, 2013 Management Report – Improvements Needed in SEC’s Internal Controls and Accounting …

Subjects: Government Documents

BLS – Employment Situation Summary, March 2013

News release: “Nonfarm payroll employment edged up in March (+88,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment grew in professional and business services and in health care but declined in retail trade. Household Survey Data – Both the number of unemployed persons, at …

Subjects: Government Documents

NOAA – New technology will enable scientists to forecast patterns of whale traffic in the Pacific

News release: “The waters off the coast of California are heavily trafficked, not only by ships, but also by those other seagoing behemoths, the great whales. Blue, fin, humpback and gray whales all migrate up and down the West Coast. When whales and ships come into contact, however, the results can be fatal. Ship strikes …

Subjects: Government Documents