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CRS Report via FAS: Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends (20 pages, PDF), updated March 9, 2006. “International terrorism has long been recognized as a serious foreign and domestic security threat. This issue brief examines international terrorist actions and threats and the U.S. policy response. As the 9/11 Commission report released on July 19, …
Press release: “BRB Publications recently expanded its free Resource Center and added its complete list of online accessible occupational licensing boards. The list, which is updated weekly, contains 4,819 name-searchable job titles. There is no fee, no registration nor a 20 second wait required. Go to http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp and click on State Occupational Licensing Boards under …
According to the Official Google Blog, Google’s newly released Finance service is in beta, with additional content and features to be added in future. Currently, users are offered data in the following categories: Market Summary, Today’s Headlines, Company Facts and Financials, Related company data, a Company Summary, Management info, blog posts and links to topical …
Following up on previous postings concerning the FBI’s use of National Security Letters to obtain library patron records, the New York Times reports today, Librarian Is Still John Doe, Despite Patriot Act Revision
S. 2453 – A bill to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs; to the Committee on the Judiciary. [Congressional Record: March 16, 2006 (Senate)][Page S2316-S2376] “Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I seek recognition today to introduce a bill to regulate electronic surveillance programs designed to gather intelligence for national security purposes.” Related postings …
What Do You Do with a Million Books? by Gregory Crane, Tufts University
A Review of the FBI’s Handling of the Brandon Mayfield Case(Unclassified and Redacted), Special Report, March 2006; HTML (Full Report Coming Soon); List of PDF Files.
Google launches its challenge to financial news websites in US: “Google Finance is trumpeting features that will allow users to monitor their portfolio and get access to chief executives’ pay details without wading through annual reports.”
Press release: “Sprint Nextel Corp. announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against a private investigation firm that employs deceptive practices to illegitimately obtain customer call detail records, and then sells the confidential information to online data brokers. In its complaint against San Marco & Associates of St. Petersburg, Fla., Sprint Nextel states that …
Final Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Future Strategic Strike Skills (89 pages, PDF), March 2006. This report is unclassified.
Defense Critical Technologies, (151 pages, PDF), March 2006. This report is a product of the Defense Science Board (U.S.) and the Defence Scientific Advisory Council (UK). This report is unclassified.
Wikipedia has published an extensive comparison of over two dozen web browsers. Included is information on each respective browser’s general history, features, operating system support, web technology support, languages in which the brower is available, and technical vulnerabilities. Readers note that all data is subject to verification, as this is a collaborative, open source publication.
