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Press release, April 20, 2006: “The Center for Public Integrity has launched a new “In Your State” tool. Accessible by link from the Center’s home page, the In Your State feature provides easy access to all Center research and analysis on a particular state… users can view the actual disclosure filings of the given state’s …
From the White House: President Nominates General Michael Hayden as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Fact Sheet: General Michael V. Hayden: the Right Leader for the CIA. And from the press: New York Times: White House Begins Push for C.I.A. Pick AP: Nominee for CIA Chief Hayden Faces a Fight New York Times: …
Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Consideration of Key Principles Needed in Addressing Implementation for Smaller Public Companies, Full Report GAO-06-361, and Highlights, April 13, 2006. “…for smaller public companies (defined in this report as $700 million or less in market capitalization), the cost of compliance has been disproportionately higher (as a percentage of revenues) than for large public …
Building and Implmenting a Successful Information Security Policy, by John J. Pak, May 8, 2006 (25 pages, PDF). See also Current IT: Issues Survey Report, 2006 – Security and Identity Management edges out Funding IT as the top strategic challenge, while Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity reemerges. by Barbara I. Dewey, Peter B. DeBlois, and the EDUCAUSE …
Information Security Series: Security Practices Clean Air Markets Division Business System [Report – PDF, 14 pages] [At a Glance – PDF], May 4, 2006.
Population Displacement and Post Katrina Politics: The New Orleans Primary, by John. R. Logan, Director, American Communities Project, Brown University, April 28, 2006 (22 pages, PDF)
Press release, May 3, 2006: “The Federal Trade Commission has filed federal court complaints charging five Web-based operations that have obtained and sold consumers confidential telephone records to third parties with violating federal law. The agency is seeking a permanent halt to the sale of the phone records, and has asked the courts to order …
Govexec.com: Agencies’ e-gov grades slump President’s Management Agenda score card, 2nd qtr 2006
Law Library of Congress Report, Immigration Law Sanctions and Enforcement in Selected Foreign Countries (Brazil, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, Sweden and Switzerland), April 2006 (40 pages, PDF)
Press release, May 4, 2006: “NASA does not have the resources necessary to maintain a vigorous science program, complete the International Space Station, and return humans to the moon, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies’ National Research Council.” An Assessment of Balance in NASA’s Science Programs (prepublication version available)
Press release, May 4. 2006: The Federal Trade Commission today launched an enhanced oil and gas Web site designed to provide consumers with clear information on the issues surrounding the price of gasoline and what they can do to get the most out of every gallon they buy…[the site] has newly developed tips for consumers …
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, FCC Orders VoIP and Broadband IP Compliance With Law Enforcement Surveillance – today Reuters reports that in a case [American Council of Education v. FCC, 05-1404] before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the FCC’s surveillance order was met with skepticism by Judge Harry Edwards, who called …
