GAO Report On Need for Agency Policies to Test Information Security
Information Security: Agencies Need to Develop and Implement Adequate Policies for Periodic Testing. Full text, GAO-07-65, and Highlights, October 20, 2006.
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GAO: Suggested Areas for Oversight for the 110th Congress
Suggested Areas for Oversight for the 110th Congress. GAO-07-235R, November 17, 2006.
New Online Publication on Understanding The Federal Courts
Understanding The Federal Courts: “This publication was developed by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to provide an introduction to the federal judicial system, its organization and administration, and its relationship to the legislative and executive branches of the government.”
GAO Recommendations for Management of Sensitive Info by DOJ
Managing Sensitive Information: DOJ Needs a More Complete Staffing Strategy for Managing Classified Information and a Set of Internal Controls for Other Sensitive Information. Full text GAO-07-83, and Highlights, October 20, 2006.
DHS Privacy Office Annual Report to Congress Released After One Year Delay
EPIC: “The Department of Homeland Security finally released the Privacy Office Annual Report, July 2004 July 2006 (38 pages, PDF) to Congress. The Department is required by law to provide the report each year “on activities of the Department that affect privacy, including complaints of privacy violations, implementation of the Privacy Act of 1974, …
Pew Survey Identifies Public Use of Internet Newsgathering on Scientific Issues
Press release: A “national survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the Exploratorium benchmarks how the internet fits into people’s habits for gathering news and information about science…Fully 40 million Americans use the internet as their primary source of news and information about science and 87% of online users …
Profiles of Progress: State Health IT Initiatives
Profiles of Progress: State Health IT Initiatives, (November 2006) “A product of NASCIO’s Health IT Committee, this compendium provides a state-by-state snapshot of progress that each state has made in the health information technology (HIT) implementation process. Each individual state profile highlights the steps that states are taking in regards to HIT issues, from Executive …
Spamhaus List of World's Top 10 Spammers
“Up to 80% of spam targetted at Internet users in North America and Europe is generated by a hard-core group of around 200 known professional spam gangs whose names, aliases and operations are documented in Spamhaus’ Register Of Known Spam Operations (ROKSO) database. This TOP 10 chart of ROKSO-listed spammers is based on those Spamhaus …
Eight Circuit Discontinues Free Access to Full Text Briefs on December 18, 2006
Eight Circuit’s Website: “Effective December 18, 2006, links to the full text of briefs will only be available through the PACER system. This means that access to briefs will no longer be free, and users must have a PACER account in order to access briefs. Briefs are subject to the $.08 per page charge imposed …
Information Sharing Environment Implementation Plan Report Sent to Congress
“The Director of National Intelligence, John D. Negroponte, has submitted to the U.S. Congress the Information Sharing Environment (ISE) Implementation Plan Report (186 pages, PDF). ISE is an approach that facilitates the sharing of terrorist-related information among local, state, federal, tribal, and private sector entities, as well as our foreign partners. The Implementation Plan Report …
Users Give Google Reader Another Look
Web 2.0 Journal Review: Google Breathes New Life Into Google Reader Google Reader gets a facelift
Law Journals: Submissions and Ranking List Updated
Via John Doyle, “The law journal rankings have been updated for 1999-2006 at http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx. The most significant change is a new ranking that combines the impact-factor and total-cites scores into a combined ranking.”
