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FTC press release: “In the largest known compromise of financial data to date, CardSystems Solutions, Inc. and its successor, Solidus Networks, Inc., doing business as Pay By Touch Solutions, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that CardSystems’ failure to take appropriate security measures to protect the sensitive information of tens of millions of …
U.S. Government Bookstore – the official online bookstore for U.S. Government publications for purchase from the U.S. Government Printing Office. [via Peggy Garvin]
Guide to Port Databases Online (compiled by Nathan Estey, posted by Michael Ravnitzky) World Port Index – compiled by the U.S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. It doesn’t indicate who owns each port but U.S. Representative may indicate foreign ownership. list of port websites by country: (only a small percentage of ports have web sites) Look …
Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) “The United States has traditionally welcomed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and provided foreign investors fair, equitable and nondiscriminatory treatment with few limited exceptions designed to protect national security. The Exon-Florio provision is implemented within the context of this open investment policy. The intent of Exon-Florio is …
Press release: “A Canadian defendant and his business are permanently banned from selling business directories and listings in those directories to U.S. consumers. To settle the Federal Trade Commission charges they were fraudulently telemarketing directories and listings, the defendant and his mother, another director of the business, will also forfeit all rights to uncashed checks …
New York Times: Dow Jones Plans to Merge Online and Print Divisions
This DSpace Wiki hosts an alphabetical listing of college and university sponsored searchable, open source repositories, from around the world. Content includes a wide range of topics: biomedical and health sciences, theses, business and economics, library science, history, education, art, architecture, and engineering. Take a look. This is a terrific resource. [Metafilter]
EURES – The European Job Mobility Portal: The easy way to find information on jobs and learning opportunities in Europe. Related resources: The Tao of Law Librarianship: Do-It-Yourself Professional Development, Part II, by Connie Crosby Job Swaps and Library Exchanges, by Katie Thomas New York Times, A World of Affordable Choices – includes websites for …
From OMB Watch: “The explosion in the use by federal agencies of Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) designations to withhold information since the 9/11 terrorist attacks has resulted in uneven policies across agencies and unnecessary restrictions on public access to information, according to a recent American Bar Association report. Such problems have manifested themselves in Connecticut, …
CRS Report: USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006 (S. 2271) – “S. 22711 amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the five federal statutes providing national security letter (NSL) authority to federal intelligence investigators in the following manner: (1) it grants recipients of a Section 215 order the express right to …
EU press release, 21 February 2006 (21 pages, PDF) See also EU action plan on combatting terrorism, 13 February 2006 (38 pages, PDF)
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, Proposed Sale of Port Operations Raises Serious Concerns on the Hill, related news and government documents, as the controvery escalates: AP: Arab Co., White House Had Secret Agreement New York Times: Big Problem, Dubai Deal or Not – “I’m not worried about who is running the New York port,” one senior …
