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Disaster Preparedness: Preliminary Observations on the Evacuation of Vulnerable Populations due to Hurricanes and Other Diasasters, Full-text report GAO-06-790T, and Highlights, May 18, 2006.
Follow-up to May 15, 2006 posting, EFF Reports Government Files Secret Motion to Dismiss AT&T Surveillance Case: Press release, May 17, 2006: “A federal judge in San Francisco ruled today that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) can use critical evidence in its class-action lawsuit against AT&T. However, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker said the evidence …
Privacy: Key Challenges Facing Federal Agencies, Full text report GAO-06-777T, adn Highlights, May 17, 2006. “Advances in information technology make it easier than ever for the federal government to obtain and process personal information about citizens and residents in many ways and for many purposes. To ensure that the privacy rights of individuals are respected, …
Social Security Numbers: Internet Resellers Provide Few Full SSNs, but Congress Should Consider Enacting Standards for Truncating SSNs, Full-text report GAO-06-495, and Highlights, May 17, 2006. “According to experts we spoke to, there are few federal laws and no specific industry standards on whether to display the first five or last four digits of the …
Information Sharing: DHS Should Take Steps to Encourage More Widespread Use of Its Program to Protect and Share Critical Infrastructure Information, Full-text report GAO-06-383, and Highlights, April 17, 2006. “Key challenges include defining specific government needs for critical infrastructure information, determining how the information will be used, assuring the private sector that the information will …
“Welcome to the first edition of The Hoover’s 100, a monthly list of the most searched-for companies on Hoover’s. Derived by tracking the search requests of Hoover’s subscribers, The Hoover’s 100 provides insight about which companies are being watched most closely by corporate executives, as well as sales, marketing, and business development professionals, who represent …
Treaties in Force: “This publication lists treaties and other international agreements of the United States on record in the Department of State as being in force as of January 1 of the specified year. It is arranged in three sections.” Treaties in Force 2006 – A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the …
Monitoring Needed to Assess Impact of EPA’s Clean Air Mercury Rule on Potential Hotspots, Report No. 2006-P-00025 [Report – PDF, 33 pages] [At a Glance – PDF], May 15, 2006.
An interesting article in today’s National Law Journal (free) discusses issues associated with the integrity of digital evidence, including email, photos, and metadata.
State Department Fact Sheet: Rescission of Libya’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, May 15, 2006. U.S. Diplomatic Relations With Libya, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Washington, DC, May 15, 2006 State Department Fact Sheet: Libya’s Decision to Eliminate WMD and MTCR-Class Missile Programs: An International Model, May 15, 2006
Joint Status Report on Microsoft’s Compliance with the Final Judgments – May 15, 2006 (25 pages, PDF)
Statistical Portrayal of the Criminal Investigation Function’s Enforcement Activities From Fiscal Year 2000 Through Fiscal Year 2005 Report Date: 05/12/2006, (48 pages, PDF) “The CI function performance measures and business results showed improvements from Fiscal Year (FY) 2003. Specifically, the total number of subject investigations completed and prosecution referrals increased; the number of indictments, convictions, …
