GAO Reports on Delay of Truck Armor Installation for Iraq War Operations
Defense Logistics: Several Factors Limited the Production and Installation of Army Truck Armor During Current Wartime Operations, March 22, 2006 (69 pages, PDF)
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IRS Plan to Allow Sale of Taxpayer Data Causes Outcry
Press release, March 22, 2006: “Following press accounts that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is considering altering privacy protections that would allow tax preparers greater freedom to sell taxpayers’ personal financial information, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today wrote to IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson expressing concern over the agencys proposals.” Related references: [Federal Register: …
New Budget Slashes Funds for Clean Air and Water, Conservation Efforts
From the House Budget Committee Democratic staff – Environmental Funding Slashed in the President’s 2007 Budget: Budget in Brief #7 – March 23, 2006 (3 pages, PDF).
GAO Reports on HHS and CMS Info Security Vulnerabilities
Information Security: Department of Health and Human Services Needs to Fully Implement Its Program, Full Report, GAO-06-267 and Highlights, February 24, 2006. “HHS and CMS have significant weaknesses in controls designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of their sensitive information and information systems. HHS computer networks and systems have numerous electronic access control …
Americans Increasingly Go Online for News
Pew Internet and American Life: “By the end of 2005, 50 million Americans got news online on a typical day, a sizable increase since 2002. Much of that growth has been fueled by the rise in home broadband connections over the last four years. For a group of “high-powered” online users early adopters of …
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Analyze This: The Evolution of Competitive Intelligence Products for the Legal Profession, by Donna Cavallini Interpretation and Translation Resources for the Criminal Justice System, by Ken Strutin Campaign Finance and the Internet: A Commentary on the Online Freedom of Speech Act, by Beth Wellington Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide – Updated, by Donna …
Pentagon GC to Release New Rule on Evidence Obtained Via Torture
WSJ free feature: White House Will Reverse Policy, Ban Evidence Elicited by Torture
Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
Fact Sheet, Office of the Spokesman, U.S. Dept. of State, March 22, 2006: Foreign Direct Investment in the United States Fact Sheet, Office of the Spokesman, U.S. Dept. of State, March 13, 2006: How Foreign Direct Investment Benefits the United States Related postings on port operations
CIA Warns Bloggers About Obtaining Agency Approval
USNews.com: “The CIA’s Publications Review Board is sending out terse reminders to agency veterans reminding them of the rules requiring that any writings–even blogs–must first get agency approval.”
CATO Study Challenges Courts’ Role in Digital Rights Management
Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (PDF, 28 pages), by Timothy B. Lee “The courts have a proven track record of fashioning balanced remedies for the copyright challenges created by new technologies. But when Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in 1998, it cut the courts out of this …
CDT Report Identifies Large Corporate Adware Funders
Press release: “Large well-respected companies are helping to fund the virulent spread of unwanted and potentially harmful “adware” by paying for advertisements generated by those programs, a new report by CDT finds. In “Following the Money: How Advertising Dollars Encourage Nuisance and Harmful Adware and What Can be Done to Reverse the Trend,” (10 pages, …
Freedominfo.org Launches Redesigned Website
Press release: “Four years after its launch and more than 1 million hits later, freedominfo.org has a whole new look. But the dual mission of the site remainsa virtual network linking freedom of information (FOI) movements globally and an institutional memory for transparency and access to information rights throughout the world. Freedominfo.org today introduces a …
