Day archives: October 15th, 2016

GAO – Information on Federal Agencies’ Expenditures and Coordination Related to Harmful Algae

Environmental Protection: Information on Federal Agencies’ Expenditures and Coordination Related to Harmful Algae, GAO-17-119: Published: Oct 14, 2016. Publicly Released: Oct 14, 2016. “Harmful overgrowths of algae—called algal blooms—are a problem in all 50 states. These blooms can hurt aquatic plants and animals by producing toxins, consuming oxygen, and limiting light penetration in the water. …

Subjects: Economy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Judge to determine whether Pacer fees are too high for public access

Via NextGov – Cost of Electronic Access to US Court Filings Faces Major Legal Test of Its Own: “…the paywall that surrounds Pacer is facing what may be its most serious test since the service emerged 28 years ago. Judge Ellen Huvelle of the U.S. district court in Washington, D.C., is expected to decide in the …

Subjects: Courts, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Websites around the world disappear as HTTPS certificates mistakenly blocked by root authority

Via The Register: “GlobalSign has performed a postmortem examination on how, as one of the world’s root certificate authorities, it managed to break a chunk of the web. The New Hampshire, US-based biz has to date sold 2.5 million SSL/TLS certificates to websites around the world. This week, it inadvertently smashed its own chain of …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

USSS Faces Challenges Protecting Sensitive Case Management Systems and Data

“We performed this audit as a follow-up to a September 2015 Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation regarding United States Secret Service (USSS) employees improperly accessing and distributing sensitive information onthe agency’s Master CentraIndex (MCI) mainframe system. Our objective was to determine whether adequate controls and data protections were in place on systems to which …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, PC Security, Privacy