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Follow-up to April 4, 2006 posting, IRS Hearing on Privacy Standards and Sale of Taxpayer Data, this related April 3 press release: “Forty-seven Attorneys General submitted a letter (9 pages, PDF) to the Internal Revenue Service objecting to proposed IRS rules that would make it easier for businesses to share and use personal information included …
A Performance Review of FEMA’s Disaster Management Activities in Response to Hurricane Katrina (PDF, 218 pages), 04/14/2006. “This report assesses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) performance as it conducted its disaster management responsibilities in response to Hurricane Katrina. We examined whether the laws, regulations, policies, procedures, plans, guidelines, and resources were adequate and operational, …
Blogging Libraries Wiki includes: Academic Libraries – Public Libraries – School Libraries – Special Libraries – Internal Blogs. [Note these sites, unlike beSpacific and LLRX, no longer exist – but I welcome suggestions!] But do try http://librarywikis.pbworks.com/w/page/17064483/Collaboration%20between%20Libraries
“..the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) conducted its second annual survey of the 55 state homeland security directors during December 2005 and January 2006. The results of this survey reflect the responses of 40 homeland security directors from the states, territories, and commonwealths comprising the United States….At all levels of government, …
Press release: “The Commission has authorized the staff to release publicly the 28th Annual Report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). This report…summarizes the Commission’s administration and enforcement of the FDCPA during 2005. It presents an overview of the types of consumer complaints received by the Commission, descriptions of the Commission’s …
“ISAR provides industry benchmarks for Web site development and is based on data collected from 9,748 Web site evaluations since 1997. The report evaluates average scores in more than 80 industries to create defined benchmarks in seven categories, including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting and ease of use.” The Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR), …
A Performance Review of FEMA’s Disaster Management Activities in Response to Hurricane Katrina (PDF, 218 pages), 04/14/2006. Related postings on Katrina
Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report Libby Says, by Murray Waas, National Journal: “Vice President Dick Cheney directed his then-chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, on July 12, 2003 to leak to the media portions of a then-highly classified CIA report that Cheney hoped would undermine the credibility of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, …
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, New Libby Filing Demands Release of Documents Related to Iraq Intel [“The defense intends to show the jury that the controversy over intelligence failures during the spring and summer of 2003 led certain officials within the White House, State Department and the CIA to point fingers at each other…’], today from …
ABA Journal: Understanding Search-Term Basics Ensures More Thorough E-Discovery Compliance
Timofeeva, Yulia A., “Establishing Legal Order in the Digital World: Local Laws and Internet Content Regulation”. Available at SSRN. “The need for establishing legal order in cyberspace is growing; the time has come when it is also possible in several different ways. One of the crucial issues in this respect is the worldwide reach of …
Policy Statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission Concerning Subpoenas to Members of the News Media, April 11, 2006
