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“The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4127) to protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and …
SEC press release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a civil injunctive action against Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated for failing to produce tens of thousands of e-mails during the Commission’s IPO and Research Analyst investigations from Dec. 11, 2000, through at least July 2005. The Commission alleges in its complaint that Morgan Stanley …
Press release, May 8, 2006: New EPA Collaborative Partnership with Farmers in Growing Economy, Cleaning Up the Environment April 25, 2006 – EPA’s National Strategy for Agriculture
World Bank: State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2006: “In the past year the carbon market has grown faster and broader than nearly any other emerging market, said Andrew Ertel, President of Evolution Markets LLC. The increase in volume and considerable price volatility are a sign of a healthy market. They indicate emissions reductions …
World Bank: “The Little Green Data Book (240 pages, PDF) represents a succinct collection of information from the World Development Indicators and its accompanying CD-ROM. It is a collaboration between the Development Economics Data Group and the Environment Department of the World Bank.”
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FTC press release: “A title company that promised consumers it maintained “physical, electronic and procedural safeguards” to protect their confidential financial information, but tossed consumer home loan applications in an open dumpster, agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its inadequate storage and disposal procedures for sensitive consumer information violated federal laws. The settlement …
Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: April 2006 Performance Report (OEI-02-04-00363), (92 pages, PDF).
Press release: “Today, Google Inc. announced new technologies to enhance and improve the search experience. Three new products Google Co-op, Google Desktop 4, and Google Notebook advance the state of the art in search by helping users worldwide find and share more relevant information. The products all incorporate new capabilities that leverage user …
“The draft Wadeable Streams Assessment: A Collaborative Survey of the Nation’s Streams (WSA) is a first-ever statistically-valid study of the biological condition of small streams throughout the U.S. It establishes a national baseline we can use to compare to results from future studies. This information will help us evaluate the successes of our national efforts …
From askSam: “Free Searchable Version – Search and analyze the text of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Intelligence Factbook. This document is an overview of the organization, history, and mission of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States.”
Mass Digitization: Implications for Information Policy , May 9, 2006 (NCLIS).
