Department of Commerce IG Audit of Katrina and Rita Contracts
Survey of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita Contracts and Grants – Audit: OS-DEN-17829-6-001-07-06
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Posting By CIA Contractor on Enterprise Blog Results in Termination
Washington Post: Top-Secret World Loses Blogger – CIA Contractor Is Fired When Internal Post Crosses the Line
Knowledge Management Tools Supporting Education
Francisco, James R., “Knowledge Management Tools Supporting Education” (July 2006). [Link to download] “Knowledge management tools are becoming a significant component in the development of learning management systems. This paper examines recent research in the application of KM systems and tools to the academic environment.”
Article Examines Digital Rights Management and Consumer Consent
Matwyshyn, Andrea M., “Technoconsen(t)sus” (May 2006). Posted July 19, 2006 [Link to download] “Law is contributing to an information security paradox. Consumers are regularly consenting to the installation of computer code that makes them more vulnerable to harms such as identity theft. In particular, digital rights management technology accompanying digital music has recently left a …
Human Rights Watch Report on Detainee Abuse in Iraq
Press release: “In the 53-page report, “No Blood, No Foul: Soldiers Accounts of Detainee Abuse in Iraq,” soldiers describe how detainees were routinely subjected to severe beatings, painful stress positions, severe sleep deprivation, and exposure to extreme cold and hot temperatures. The accounts come from interviews conducted by Human Rights Watch, supplemented by memoranda and …
MarkMonitor Reports Domain-Based Phishing Attacks Now Represent 73 Percent of All Phishing Scams
Press release: “According to MarkMonitor’s AntiFraud Operations Center (AFOC), domain-based phishing attacks now represent 73 percent of all attacks, up from 35 percent just 18 months ago.” Related reference in this press release to an academic paper titled, Why Phishing Works. beSpacific postings on ID theft and cybercrime
International Judicial Monitor
The International Judicial Monitor is “an international law resource for judiciaries, justice sector professionals and the rule of law community. Published by the American Society of International Law and the International Judicial Academy. The current issue [July 2006, Volume 1, Issue 3] is now available online. See also the site’s links to additional International Resources.
Economic Effects of Recent Increases in Energy Prices
The Economic Effects of Recent Increases in Energy Prices (36 pages, PDF) Report prepared by the Congressional Budget Office, July 2006.
Controversy Over Signing Statements Escalates
U.S. News reports that an ABA task force is planning to escalate the debate on the president’s use of signing statements to bypass laws passed by Congress. “In a report to be released Monday, the [task force] will recommend that Congress pass legislation providing for some sort of judicial review of the signing statements.”
National Academies Report on Preventing Medication Errors
“At the urging of the Senate Finance Committee, the United States Congress mandated that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sponsor a study by the IOM to address the problem of medication errors. Preventing Medication Errors puts forward a national agenda for reducing medication errors based on estimates of the incidence and cost of such …
FDA Scientists Disclose Political Interference within the Agency
Press release: “The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today released survey results that demonstrate pervasive and dangerous political influence of science at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Of the 997 FDA scientists who responded to the survey, nearly one-fifth (18.4 percent) said that they “have been asked, for non-scientific reasons, to inappropriately exclude or …
GAO Report on Hospital Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Preparedness: Limitations in Federal Evacuation Assistance for Health Facilities Should be Addressed GAO-06-826, and Highlights, July 20, 2006. “Hurricane Katrina demonstrated difficulties involved in evacuating communities and raised questions about how hospitals and nursing homes plan for evacuations and how the federal government assists. Due to broad-based congressional interest, GAO assessed the evacuation of …
