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“As the Bound Congressional Record is the newest application available on GPO Access, currently only Volume 145 (1999; first session of the 106th Congress) is available. Additional volumes will be added in the near future.” [Link]
Membership of the 109th Congress: A Profile – CRS Report
As a follow-up to my posting yesterday, FTC Releases Annual Report on Consumer Complaints – ID Theft Tops List, this Washington Post article (reg. req’d) highlights that the D.C. metropolitan area led the country in the number of complaints to the FTC.
From the Sunshine Week project, links to several dozen Open government Web sites.
“Rand McNally Traffic helps you avoid the delays with real-time traffic information, speed maps, and data on your phone…Access unlimited real-time information (compiled from multiple sources) in 94 metro areas.” [Link]
Live Blogging the State of the Union and Bloggers get set for State of the Union. Related news: Are bloggers journalists? Do they deserve press protections?
“The Trademark Document Retrieval (TDR), offers the public an advanced electronic portal to PDF viewing, downloading and printing of an array of information and documents for more than 460,000 trademark applications totaling more than eight million document pages. As new applications are filed, they will be added to the database. It is expected that more …
From the MSN Weblog, MSN Search Launches, and take a look at the site’s promo, which includes references to Sweden, the Beatles and the White Stripes. Details about the site from Beta News, Search Engine Watch, and Search Engine Guide. From Business Week, see also Microsoft’s Mission: Search and Destroy
Law Barring Junk E-Mail Allows a Flood Instead. Another article joins the chorus complaining about the failure of the CAN-SPAM Act to stem the tide of junk email, and highlights how industry, government and advocacy groups continue to do battle against the threats. From the perspective of the spammers however, it is a lucrative business, …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released its annual report detailing consumer complaints about identity theft and listing the top 10 categories of fraud-related complaints filed with the FTC in 2004. For the fifth year in a row, identity theft topped the list of complaints, accounting for 39 percent of the 635,173 consumer fraud …
S.116, Privacy Act of 2005. Introduced in Senate on January 24, 2005, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) “The Privacy Act A comprehensive bill that would set a national standard for protecting personal information such as Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, and medical and financial data, including information collected both online and offline. Modeled on California’s …
“In a letter (PDF) to the Transportation Security Administration’s privacy officer, EPIC has asked why the Secure Flight Privacy/IT Working Group is not being operated in accordance with federal law intended to ensure transparency of government advisory committees. “EPIC has urged TSA, since the earliest days of its existence, to develop aviation security policies and …
