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Release of the National Counterintelligence Strategy

The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, March 27, 2007. “The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States elaborates the fundamental responsibility for US intelligence to warn of and help prevent terrorist attacks the homeland, engage other asymmetric threats, and provide reliable intelligence on traditional and enduring strategic issues.”

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Groups Warn Draft Regulation for Endangered Species Act Would Diminish National Oversight

According to a press release today by by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Center for Biological Diversity, the draft regulations for the Endangered Species Act would: “Remove recovery of a species or population as a protection standard Allow projects to proceed that have been determined to threaten species with extinction Permit destruction …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

FAA Identifies New Way to Handle Air Traffic

Press release: “The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has identified the Integrated Airspace Alternative as the preferred alternative for the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign Project. This alternative, among the four that have been studied for the last nine years, best meets the purpose and need of the project, which is …

Subjects: Government Documents

Reseachers Focus on Fighting Web Spam

Hao Chen, Assistant Professor, UC Davis in collaboration with In collaboration with Microsoft Researchers Yi-Min Wang and Ming Ma, pub lished Spam Double-Funnel: Connecting Web Spammers with Advertisers. [Darlene Fichter] Overview: “Web spamming is a prevalent problem on the Web. Publishing and contributing to the web is increasingly easy. Spammers, motivated by money, want to …

Subjects: Domain Names, E-Commerce, Internet, Microsoft

POGO Reports Major Damage to Missile Defense From Floods

Press release: “A significant portion of the U.S. missile defense capability was wiped out during the summer of 2006 because torrential rains caused ground-based interceptor silos to be damaged by flood waters, the Project On Government Oversight has learned.” The press release includes a Fact Sheet with further data on this issue. It mentions a …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Identity and Security: Moving Beyond the 9/11 Staff Report on Identity Document Security

Press release: “Former 9/11 Commission counsel Janice Kephart announces the launch of an online Identity Document Security Library, consisting of legal, technical and policy pieces regarding identity document security. Kephart, a nationally recognized border security expert, created the library to serve as a ‘one-stop-shop’ information portal for those seeking objective, credible information on the issue …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail, ID Theft, Privacy

DOJ OIG Report on Report on Development of the Integrated Wireless Network in DOJ

Progress Report on Development of the Integrated Wireless Network in the Department of Justice, Audit Report 07-25, March 2007: “Just to replace DOJ’s antiquated legacy wireless communications equipment would cost DOJ approximately $900 million. However, the DOJ will require more than twice that amount to fund its share of IWN. Consequently, for the DOJ, DHS, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Wireless Web

Oversight Committee Directs RNC to Preserve White House Emails

“Citing evidence that senior White House officials are using RNC and other political email accounts to avoid leaving a record of official communications, Chairman Waxman directs the Republican National Committee and the Bush-Cheney ’04 Campaign to preserve the emails of White House officials and to meet with Committee staff to explain how the accounts are …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents

Oversight Committee Requests CIA Documents Related to Disclosure of CIA Agent

“Citing concerns that a Senate Intelligence Committee report may be inaccurate, Chairman Waxman asks the CIA for Agency memos related to Ambassador Wilson’s February 2002 trip to Niger and the subsequent disclosure of Ms.Wilson’s covert status. Ms. Wilson recently testified before the Oversight Committee that the Senate report incorrectly claims that she was responsible for …

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