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Proofpoints Outbound Email and Data Loss Prevention in Todays Enterprise, 2008 report – [“the survey was fielded in the US, UK, France, Germany and Australia to explore global concerns.] “Email remains the most important medium for communications both inside and outside the enterprise. But the convenience and ubiquity of email as a business communications tool …
Executive Office of the President: Expanding E-Government – Achieving Results for the American People, May 2008. “The Federal Government continues to improve services and deliver results through the adoption and implementation of the E-Government (E-Gov) initiatives and common government wide solutions. The departments and agencies continue to make great improvements in the area of security …
News release: “For the third consecutive year the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Specifically, U.S. wind power capacity increased by 46 percent in 2007, representing a $9 billion …
National Academies, Managing Space Radiation Risk in the New Era of Space Exploration, Committee on the Evaluation of Radiation Shielding for Space Exploration, National Research Council, 2008. “Summary Space exploration is a risky enterprise. Rockets launch astronauts at tremendous speeds into a harsh, unforgiving environment. Spacecraft must withstand the bitter cold of space and the …
The Challenge of Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries, by David Ochmanek, Lowell H. Schwartz “North Koreas test of a nuclear weapon in 2006 shows that such weapons are within reach of determined regional powers. Thus, defense planners in the United States and elsewhere must begin now to confront the new security challenges posed by nuclear-armed regional adversaries. …
Audit Initiated of the Web Applications Security in Air Traffic Control Systems, June 02, 2008. Project ID: 07F3018F000 “Summary: The Office of Inspector General is initiating an audit of web applications security in air traffic control (ATC) systems in response to a request made by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. …
Freedom, Security, Privacy European Home Affairs in an open world – Report of the Informal High Level Advisory Group on the Future of European Home Affairs Policy (“The Future Group”), June 2008
News release: “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced submittal of a license application (LA) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) seeking authorization to construct Americas first repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The 8,600 page application describes DOEs plan to safely isolate spent nuclear fuel …
A Status Report to Congress, the Renovation of the Pentagon, March 1, 2007. Prepared by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. [Russ Kick]
The Joint Committee on Taxation Disclosure Report: “Section 6103(p)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall, within 90 days after the close of each calendar year, furnish to the Joint Committee on Taxation for disclosure to the public a report which provides with respect to each Federal agency and …
U.S. Courts: “Bankruptcy filings in the federal courts for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2008, exceeded 900,000, according to statistics released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The 901,927 bankruptcy cases filed represent a 30 percent increase over the 695,575 cases filed in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2007.”
Improved Controls Would Reduce Superfund Backlogs [Report PDF – 40 pages] [At a Glance PDF], Report No. 08-P-0169, June 2, 2008. “As of February 2007, there were 144 non-federal sites that had been on the National Priorities List (NPL) for over 20 years but had still not reached construction completion. We focused our review on …
