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“The Election Protection Hotline, 1-866-687-8683, is the only national voter assistance hotline staffed by live call center operators trained to provide state specific assistance to all voters. Lawyers, poll monitors and additional volunteers will be mobilized in 16 key states across the nation to assist voters in the days leading up to the election and …
“This is the homepage for Congresspedia’s election night coverage. Click on the maps or links…to access the results of the general elections and profiles on the incumbents and challengers.” WSJ free feature – Midterm Elections Offer Rookie Anchors New Battleground: “CBS plans to update its Web site every 90 seconds, while ABC says it will …
The State of North Carolina’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 (PDF, 41 pages), November 6, 2006.
Monthly Budget Review, November 2006
“Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush -Each Public Papers volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the specified time period. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in …
Effective November 1, 2006, New York states law “provides consumers may elect to place security freezes on consumer credit reports by making such request to consumer reporting agencies [TransUnion, Equifax and Experian].” Related postings on credit freeze laws
United States Code: Main Page: “The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1926, the United States …
VOA News: “On November 7, Americans will elect a new Congress — a process mandated every two years by the U.S. Constitution. At stake are all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats. Also, voters will decide 36 state governorships. The outcome of this year’s election could …
WSJ free feature, A New Breed of Watchdog For Election Day: “When Americans go to vote tomorrow, a new breed of activist will be on guard, monitoring polling stations for everything from voting-machine glitches to long lines to registration snafus.”
Security Assessment of the Diebold Optical Scan Voting Terminal: “We present an independent security evaluation of the AccuVote Optical Scan voting terminal (AV-OS). We identify a number of new vulnerabilities of this system which, if exploited maliciously, can invalidate the results of an election process utilizing the terminal. Furthermore, based on our findings an AV-OS …
Internet Voting Revisited: Security and Identity Theft Risks of the DoD’s Interim Voting Assistance System, by David Jefferson, Avi Rubin, Barbara Simons, and David Wagner. From Avi Rubin’s blog, a summary of the risks of the new system: “Tool One exposes soldiers to risks of identity theft. Sending personally identifiable information via unencrypted email is …
Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions, November 2, 2006 Pakistan-U.S. Relations, Updated October 26, 2006 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1998-2005, October 23, 2006 Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated October 18, 2006 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan, Updated October 11, 2006 Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the …
