PC World Guide to Protecting Your Identity Online
A Guide to Protecting Your Identity Online, Rosemary Haworth, PC Advisor
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New GAO Reports: Border Security, Federal Real Property, Global War on Terrorism
Border Security: Summary of Covert Tests and Security Assessments for the Senate Committee on Finance, 2003-2007, GAO-08-757, May 16, 2008 Federal Real Property: Property Conveyances between the District of Columbia and the Federal Government Await Completion, and Development Will Take Many Years, GAO-08-684, June 13, 2008 Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department …
Identity Theft: The Aftermath 2007
Identity Theft: The Aftermath 2007. Conducted by the Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC) With comparisons to The Aftermath 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Surveys.
Summary of U.S. Assistance: International Conference in Support of Afghanistan
State Department news release: “The United States renewed its support for Afghanistan today, June 12, by pledging $10.2 billion for security and reconstruction assistance at the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan. This includes $3.1 billion in assistance appropriated in fiscal year 2008 (part of a total of more than $26 billion in U.S. assistance …
FTC Testifies on Spyware
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission…told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that legislation authorizing the Commission to seek civil penalties in spyware cases could add a potent remedy to those otherwise available to the Commission. In testimony to the Committee, Eileen Harrington, Deputy Director of the FTCs Bureau of Consumer Protection, said …
New EIA Reports: Peru Country Analysis Brief, OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet, Electric Power Monthly
Peru Country Analysis Brief (06/12/2008): “For the latest information on energy in Peru, please see our updated Country Analysis Brief. OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet (06/11/2008): “For the latest EIA estimate of net oil export revenues by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), please see our updated OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet. EIA …
Opinion of the Court by Justice Anthony Kennedy Grants Certain Habeas Corpus Rights to Detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
SCOTUSblog: “The opinion by Justice Kennedy in Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) and Al-Odah v. United States (06-1196) is available here. Justice Souter issued a concurring opinion joined by Justices Ginsburg and Breyer. The Chief Justice wrote a dissent joined by Justices Scalia, Thomas and Alito. Justice Scalia filed a dissent, joined by the Chief Justice …
FCC Expands, Improves Broadband Data Collection
Inquiry Concerning the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, and Possible Steps to Accelerate Such Deployment Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, released June 12, 2008. “This is the Commissions Fifth Report examining the availability of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans, as …
OCC Survey Finds Bank Underwriting Standards Tighten
News release: “The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released today its 14th annual Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices and reported that commercial and retail underwriting standards tightened after four consecutive years of eased underwriting standards. The 2008 survey included examiner observations and assessments of credit underwriting standards at the largest national banks. The …
A Preliminary Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates' Tax Plans
A Preliminary Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans, The Tax Policy Center, June 11, 2008. “Tax and fiscal policy will loom large in the next president’s domestic policy agenda. Nearly all of the tax cuts enacted since 2001 expire at the end of 2010 and the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) threatens to …
HHS OIG OIG Reports More Than $2 Billion in Recoveries From Fighting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
News release: OIG Reports More Than $2 Billion in Recoveries From Fighting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse for First-Half FY 2008 the full Semiannual Report
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Somalia, May 2008. “Covering the period from 16 March 2007 to 15 March 2008, [the] report stresses that the level of grave violations against children in Somalia has been increasing over the past year, particularly with regard to the recruitment and use of children in …
