DHS OIG Audit of TSA's FY 2005 Financial Statements Prepared by KPMG
Special Report: Letter on TSA’s FY 2005 Financial Statements, OIG-06-48 (PDF, 15 Pages), August 3, 2006.
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Small Business Information Security Act of 2006
Press release: “Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today introduced the “Small Business Information Security Act of 2006,” (S. 3786) legislation that will create the “Small Business Information Security Task Force” within the Small Business Administration to help small businesses both understand the information security challenges …
Opposition to Mandatory Government Warning Labels on Web Content
“CDT today urged lawmakers to reject legislation that would force Internet speakers to place government-sanctioned warning labels on a broad range of online content. “Mandatory labeling of legal online content under threat of criminal sanction is ineffective, unwise, and unconstitutional,” CDT wrote in a pair of letters sent to the leaders of the Senate Commerce …
Justice Ginsburg Orders Release of FBI NSL Gag Records
Following up on the controversy of the FBI case involving demands for Connecticut library patron records, last night AP reported that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ordered the release of all records related to the FBI NSL gag order and Connecticut librarians.
Sixth Annual Global E-Government Study
From Inside Politics – Press release: “South Korea climbs to top rank in global e-government…The United States ranks fourth, behind South Korea, Tawain and Singapore.” Global E-Government Full Report, 2006 Note from the report’s author, Darrell M. West: “Due to the number of requests for raw e-government data on individual city, state, federal, and foreign …
Seventh Annual State and Federal E-Government Study
Inside Politics press release: Seventh Annual State and Federal E-Government Study – “Texas and New Jersey are best states for American e-government.” State and Federal E-Government Full Report, 2006
FDA Developing Effective Test for Identifying Bioterror Agents
Press release: FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research Publishes Study on Distinguishing Potential Hoax Materials from Bioterror Agents
DoD Annual Report On Counterproliferation, 2006
Secrecy News: “The Department of Defense recently published its annual report on counterproliferation, an overview of U.S. government programs to detect, prevent and counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.” “Report on Activities and Programs for Countering Proliferation and NBC Terrorism, Counterproliferation Program Review Committee,” Volume I, Executive Summary, May 2006 (23 pages, PDF) …
Libby Defense Contends Witnesses "Misremembered"
NBC News reports that in a new filing, “…Libby will argue that, in many cases, it is the government witnesses who have misremembered the facts, and that any errors Libby made in describing the events were the result of “confusion or faulty memory, not any intent to misrepresent the truth.” Related postings on Plame CIA …
Yahoo Launches Corporate Blog
Joining more than a dozen product blogs, Yahoo launched a corporate blog on August 1: “We want to share insights into our company, our people, our culture, and the things that occupy our cluttered minds. Well cover emerging trends, provide some behind-the-scenes commentary, profile interesting Yahoos, spotlight our beloved users…”
Armed Services Commitee Hearing Concerning Legislation in Response to Hamdan
Prepared Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales before the Senate Committee on Armed Services concerning Legislation in Response to Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Washington, D.C., August 2, 2006. “We believe that Congress should enact a new Code of Military Commissions, modeled on the court-martial procedures of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or “UCMJ,” but …
9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes
9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes, by Michael Bronner, Vanity Fair: “Obtaining 30 hours of never-before-released tapes from the control room of NORAD’s Northeast headquarters, the author reconstructs the chaotic military history of that day…” Related postings on 9/11
