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Press release: Dell To Launch Free Recycling Of Dell-Branded Products For Consumers Globally: “Beginning today, San Diego residents can call toll-free, 1-888-4-GOODWILL or 1-866-48 REUSE (73873), or visit www.reconnectpartnership.com or www.sdgoodwill.org, to locate the most convenient drop-off location at any of the 24 local Goodwill donation centers and retail stores.” Related postings on e-waste and …
Hearings were held June 27 and June 28, 2006 by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, on Making the Internet Safe for Kids: The Role of ISP’s and Social Networking Sites. Related government news and documents: Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today called on social networking sites …
Press release: “CDT’s report charts the important cases against spyware distributors and identifies the statutes applied, June 26, 2006.” A Report by the Center on Democracy and Technology: Spyware Enforcement (16 pages, PDF)
Presidential Signing Statements, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, June 27, 2006 Testimony and Member Statements Related postings: ABA To Investigate Whether Presidential Authority Has Been Exceeded Expansion of Presidential Powers Concerns Scholars and Congress Commentary on Presidential Powers Pre and Post 9/11 Gore Speech Targets Executive Powers and Domestic Surveillance
The DotGov Buzz, June 27, 2006 E-Gov Initatives: “The Office of Management and Budget has released updated draft guidance for agencies moving to the financial management Line of Business. The guidance offers competitive framework, template for migration project plan, change management best practices and a menu of services that financial-management shared-service providers can deliver. The …
Homeland Security Information Network Could Support Information Sharing More Effectively, OIG-06-38 (PDF, 47 pages), June 27, 2006.
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: Start of Hurricane Season Finds Courts Learning from Past Agencies make [Continuity of Operations] COOP, disaster recovery even higher priorities
Press release, The Third Branch: “A long-term study of what impact the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) is having on the federal courts has produced its first interim progress report, one that shows that the number of class action cases dramatically increased in three busy district courts since the early 1990s.” “This interim …
WSJ free feature: Laptop Lockdown – Companies Start Holding Employees Responsible for Security Of Portable Devices They Use for Work Postings on ID theft and cybercime
Challenges and FDIC Efforts Related to Predatory Lending (Audit Report Number 06-011), June 2006 (41 pages, PDF)
In connection with a hearing scheduled by the House Committee on Ways and Means for June 28, 2006, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Present Law And Analysis Relating To The Tax Treatment Of Health Savings Accounts And Other Health Expenses (JCX-27-06).
“Press release: The Brennan Center Task Force on Voting System Security, an initiative of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, today released a report and policy proposals concluding that all three of the nation’s most commonly purchased electronic voting systems are vulnerable to software attacks that could threaten the integrity of …
