FBI OIG Report Cites Significant Decrease in Criminal Investigations
The External Effects of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Reprioritization Efforts (Redacted for Public Release), Audit Report 05-37, September 2005 (PDF)
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Phishing Now Illegal in California
Signed into law on September 30, S.B. No. 355: This bill would enact the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005. The bill would make it unlawful for any person, through the Internet or other electronic means, to solicit, request, or take any action to induce another person to provide identifying information by representing itself to be a …
OSHA Database of Documents Lost Workday Injury and Illness Rates
From the Memory Hole: OSHA’s Lost Workday Injury and Illness Database – Injury/Illness Rates for Tens of Thousands of Companies Identified by Name. Data covers 1996-2002.
Economic Effects of Katrina
CBO – The Macroeconomic and Budgetary Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: An Update, September 29, 2005 (33 papges, PDF)
Bush Nominates Harriet E. Miers for Supreme Court
White House press release: Harriet E. Miers, Nominee as Associate Justice to the United States Supreme Court The Hunt for the Record – As Activists Struggle to Define Nominee Miers, White House Allies Line Up to Defend Her
Open Content Alliance Launched With Support From Yahoo and Internet Archive
“The Open Content Alliance (OCA) represents the collaborative efforts of a group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, and governmental organizations from around the world that will help build a permanent archive of multilingual digitized text and multimedia content. Content in the OCA archive will be accessible soon through this website and through Yahoo!. The OCA will …
Google Wants to Provide Free WiFi to SF
Press release, August 16, 2006: “San Francisco, CA Following through on a pledge made in last year’s State of the City address, Mayor Gavin Newsom today launched a new initiative to provide universal, affordable wireless broadband access to all San Franciscans at no cost or minimal cost to the City and residents.” Google submitted …
The Growing Role of Blogs In Legal Research
Doing Legal, Political, and Historical Research on the Internet Using Blog Forums, Open Source Dictionaries, and More, by John Dean, October 2005.
GAO Determines Bush Administration Violated Propaganda Policy
Follow-up to my previous posting, Controversy Surrounds Government Sponsored News, new developments and related links: press release: GAO Blasts Illegal Propaganda Campaign at the U.S. Department of Education: “Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruled that the Bush Department of Education illegally used taxpayer dollars to fund a covert propaganda campaign, aimed at boosting the …
Detainee Photos and Video Must be Released According to Court
Press release: On September 29, 2005, CCR attorneys lauded the landmark decision issued today by federal district court Judge Alvin Hellerstein that ordered the Department of Defense to release hundreds of new photographs and videotapes of abuse in Iraq that the DOD has attempted to withhold from the public. The ruling was in the Freedom …
E-Health Records Focus of House Cmte. Hearing
Committee on Government Reform, September 29, 2005 hearing, The Last Frontier: Bringing the IT Revolution to Healthcare. “Doctors continue to write billions of handwritten prescriptions every year, a significant portion of which are illegible, or involve incorrect or incompatible drugs. According to one survey, only 15 percent of physicians are using electronic prescribing systems, and …
Communications Brakedown Blamed for Katrina Response
Wall Street Journal free feature today, Misinformation Slowed Federal Response to Katrina
