Forbes Quick Report on How Employers Spy on Employees
Five Ways – How To (Legally) Spy On Employees, October 25, 2006.
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World of Milblogging May Come to Premature End
The Boston Herald reported on new policies that have been implemented to monitor and limit the content of military blogs published by personnel in Iraq, in the interests of operational security.
Free Searchable Health News Archive
From askSAM, the Health News Archive: Search the latest health news on medicine, fitness, nutrition, health care, mental health, drugs, diet, pregnancy, babies, cancer, AIDS, allergies & asthma and more from the leading sites on the web. This database is updated daily with the latest releases direct from leading sources such as the New York …
GAO Letter Report Addresses Safety of Emerging Space Tourism Industry
Commercial Space Launches: FAA Needs Continued Planning and Monitoring to Oversee the Safety of the Emerging Space Tourism Industry. GAO-07-16, and Highlights, October 20, 2006.
Review of Amtrak's Management of Outside Legal Services
Press release: Federal Investigation Uncovers Extensive Mismanagement In Amtraks Use Of Outside Private Legal Firms, October 25, 2006. Review of Amtrak’s Management of Outside Legal Services – A Joint Review by the Inspectors General of the Department of Transportation and Amtrak, October 25, 2006 (49 page PowerPoint, in PDF, that is redacted)
Boxer Again Implores Iraq Study Group to Release Initial Recommendations
Press release: “In a second letter to the Iraq Study Group today, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) again urged the Group to release its initial judgements on the Iraq war through an interim report, without consideration to the political calendar. In response to Boxer’s first letter, the Iraq Study Group’s co-chairs, James Baker and Lee …
Belgian Newspapers In Discussions With Microsoft Over Copyright Fees
Follow-up to September 18, 2006 posting Belgian Court Rules Against Google in Copyright Dispute, reports that Begian news rights representative Copiepresse is continuing its breach of copyright action against Microsoft and will target Yahoo in future.
Ireland Launches Citizens Information Website
“www.citizensinformation.ie provides comprehensive information on all aspects of Public Services and entitlements for citizens in Ireland. [The site] is based on a personal approach to the presentation and delivery of information on public services and the social and civil rights of everyone in Ireland. We gather information from various government departments and agencies, and make …
EU Politicians Test Web 2.0 Applications to Reach Constituents
Business Week: Europe’s Politicians Embrace Web 2.0 – “Seeking new ways to engage with voters, European politicians have taken to blogging and podcasting to get their messages out.”
Updated CRS Report on War Crimes Act
The War Crimes Act: Current Issues, updated October 2, 2006 [via FAS]
Google Launches Custom Search Engine
Google press release: “Google Custom Search Engines empower users to choose which pages they want to include in their index, how the content should be prioritized, whether others can contribute to their index, and what the search results page will look like…organizations or individuals simply go to www.google.com/coop/cse and select the websites or pages they’d …
AG Gonzales Speaks in Support of Military Commissions Act to Jag Corp Summit
Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Jag Corps Leadership Summit, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, October 23, 2006: “This new law [the Military Commissions Act of 2006] provides for full and fair military trials of captured terrorists; reinforces and clarifies our obligations under the Geneva Conventions; and buttresses our ability to gather …
