Day archives: January 14th, 2016

Operationalizing Cybersecurity Due Diligence: A Transatlantic Comparative Case Study

Shackelford, Scott and Russell, Scott, Operationalizing Cybersecurity Due Diligence: A Transatlantic Comparative Case Study (January 12, 2016). South Carolina Law Review, 2016. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2714529 “Although much work has been done on applying the law of warfare to cyber attacks, far less attention has been paid to defining a law of cyber …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research, PC Security

GAO Reports – Drug Safety, Emerging Animal Diseases, Federally Leased Vehicles, National Park Service, 2015 Tax Filing Season

Drug Safety: FDA Expedites Many Applications, But Data for Postapproval Oversight Need Improvement, GAO-16-192: Published: Dec 15, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 14, 2016. Emerging Animal Diseases: Actions Needed to Better Position USDA to Address Future Risks, GAO-16-132: Published: Dec 15, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 14, 2016. Federally Leased Vehicles: Agencies Should Strengthen Assessment Processes to …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Medicine

Global Risks Report 2016

World Economic Foum – “Global risks don’t know borders – a message the Global Risks Report series has highlighted since its inception in 2005. However, the impact that global risks have on different stakeholders is still far from understood. The Global Risks Report 2016, therefore, dedicates a section of its 11th edition to the analysis …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Pew – Privacy and Information Sharing

“Most Americans see privacy issues in commercial settings as contingent and context-dependent. A new Pew Research Center study based on a survey of 461 U.S. adults and nine online focus groups of 80 people finds that there are a variety of circumstances under which many Americans would share personal information or permit surveillance in return …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Commerce, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

Federal Reserve Board Beige Book January 2016

“Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District – Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and based on information collected on or before January 4, 2016. This document summarizes comments received from businesses and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve and is not a commentary on the views of Federal …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

GPO Digitizing the Federal Register

This announcement was made in October 2015: “We’re excited to announce that we will be digitizing the remaining Federal Register collection from 1936 to 1994 in the coming months! In partnership with the Government Publishing Office (GPO), the collection will be processed by decade, beginning with 1990-1994. The digital collection will be released in stages as each …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research