Taxpayers Alerted to Escalation in Phishing Scams
U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration: Taxpayers Beware of Widespread Phishing Schemes Involving the IRS IRS: Phishing, Identity Theft and Scams
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Washington Post Spotlights GPO’s Digital Future
Confronting Digital Age Head-On GPO Aims to Secure All Government Documents Online:” For most of U.S. history, any government agency that needed to print many copies of a document went to the GPO. Now, about half of government documents go straight online, forcing the printing agency to find new ways to make itself relevant in …
State of the News Media 2006
Project for Excellence in Journalism: “The State of the News Media 2006 is the third in our annual effort to provide a comprehensive look each year at the state of American journalism. Our goal is to put in one place as much original and aggregated data as possible about each of the major journalism sectors …
Reporters Group Tracks Missing Dockets
Research on the Case Management/Electronic Case File system (PACER), conducted by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP), documented 469 missing criminal cases and 65 missing civil cases over the five-year period of Jan. 1, 2001 to Dec. 31, 2005. Also from the RCFP: This related editorial, In search of the secret docket …
FBI OIG Audit of Yet Another Online Case Management System
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Pre-Acquisition Planning for and Controls over the Sentinel Case Management System, Audit Report 06-14, March 2006 (PDF) “In March 2005, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) terminated a 3-year, $170 million effort to develop a modern case management system called the Virtual Case File (VCF) and announced a new project …
CIA Wins Award for Worst FOIA Compliance by a Gov’t Agency in 2005
Press release: CIA Wins 2006 “Rosemary Award” for Worst Freedom of Information Performance by a Federal Agency “The Central Intelligence Agency has won the second annual Rosemary Award, recognizing the worst performance by a federal agency in complying with the Freedom of Information Act. The Award is named after President Nixon’s secretary Rosemary Woods and …
Feingold to Introduce Resolution to Censure President
Press release: “U.S. Senator Russ Feingold has announced that he will introduce a resolution (text – in PDF) in the U.S. Senate on Monday to censure the President of the United States. Feingold’s resolution condemns the President’s actions in authorizing the illegal wiretapping program and then misleading the country about the existence and legality of …
Report Examines Rearchitecting OPAC and Delivery of Bibliographic Services
Rethinking How We Provide Bibliographic Services for the University of California, Final Report, December 2005 (80 pages, PDF). Executive Summary: “…The continuing proliferation of formats, tools, services, and technologies has upended how we arrange, retrieve, and present our holdings. Our users expect simplicity and immediate reward and Amazon, Google, and iTunes are the standards against …
Rights Group Files Motion Challenging Legality of Domestic Surveillance Program
Press release: “In New York on March 9, 2006, attorneys with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a significant motion for summary judgment in the challenge to the legality of the NSA Domestic Spying Program (CCR v. Bush), asserting that the Bush Administration has already admitted enough incriminating facts to prove the NSA Program …
Resources on Filing FOIA Requests and Interview With Open Records Expert
USNews.com: Finding out what Uncle Sam has on you: “The U.S. Freedom of Information Act is approaching its 40th birthday. Given that March 12 begins national Sunshine Weekan effort to cast light onto the growing recesses of government secrecyU.S. News is providing links so its readers can file requests for federal records under the FOIA …
CBO Cost Estimate for Phone Privacy Act
H.R. 4709, Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act of 2006, March 9, 2006 – Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 2, 2006.
Internet Free Speech Protection Act of 2006
H.R. 4900: Internet Free Speech Protection Act of 2006 – To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude certain communications made over the Internet from certain requirements of such Act, and for other purposes. See also House Cmte. Approves Exemption For Bloggers From FEC Regulations
