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FBI says it has files on ACLU, Greenpeace, other rights groups Large Volume of F.B.I. Files Alarms U.S. Activist Groups: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation has collected at least 3,500 pages of internal documents in the last several years on a handful of civil rights and antiwar protest groups in what the groups charge is …
As a follow-up to my December 12, 2003 posting, E-ZPass Technology, Law Enforcement and Privacy, see this article, A Pass on Privacy, from the Sunday New York Times Magazine: “The computer system to which you have surrendered your payment information also records data about your movements and habits. It can be hacked into.” Read on.
The Security Pretext: An Examination of the Growth of Federal Police Agencies, CATO Briefing Paper, by Melanie Scarborough. Full Text of Briefing Papers no. 94, 16 pages, (PDF) See also: Cities opening more video surveillance eyes, by Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age, by Jeffrey …
New Bush Statement on Rove Conflicts with Executive Order: “Rep. Waxman explains that the President’s responsibility under E.O. 12958 to protect national security secrets requires the President to act before Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald completes his criminal investigation and to apply different standards and sanctions.” Letter to President Bush (5 pages, PDF) Related postings here …
Information Technology Management: Census Bureau Has Implemented Many Key Practices, but Additional Actions Are Needed GAO-05-661, June 16, 2005. Highlights. “The bureau has developed policies and procedures and initiated key practices in many of the areas that are important to successfully managing IT, including investment management, system development/management, enterprise architecture management, information security, and human …
Justia Offers Free Migration Solution for FindLaw’s Law Firm Web Site Clients
RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0, Compared: “People who generate syndication feeds have a choice of feed formats. As of mid-2005, the two most likely candidates will be RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0. The purpose of this page is to summarize, as clearly and simply as possible, the differences between the RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 …
Friday, July 15, 2005 — “A fact sheet (3 pages, PDF) released by Rep. Waxman explains that the nondisclosure agreement signed by Karl Rove prohibited Mr. Rove from confirming the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Wilson to reporters. Under the nondisclosure agreement and the applicable executive order, even “negligent” disclosures to reporters are grounds …
Another follow-up to groups voicing opposition to Google’s project to digitize major library collections, this time from the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), which is “the international trade association for not-for-profit publishers and those who work with them.” The group’s July 11, 2005 “response to Google Print for Libraries digitisation project” (3 …
President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) Report to the President on Computational Science: Ensuring America’s Competitiveness (June 2005) (117 pages, PDF). Related references: High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (PL 102-194) Next Generation Internet Act of 1998 (PL 105-305) PITAC Executive Orders
Los Angeles Times Ethics Guidelines (9 pages, PDF)
Information Management: Acquisition of the Electronics Records Archives Is Progressing GAO-05-802, July 15, 2005. Highlights. Information Security: Weaknesses Persist at Federal Agencies Despite Progress Made in Implementing Related Statutory Requirements GAO-05-552, July 15, 2005. Highlights: “Pervasive weaknesses in the 24 major agencies’ information security policies and practices threaten the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of federal …
