NDA for DHS Unclassified Docs.
A copy of DHS Form 11000-6, Non-Disclosure Agreement for Sensitive But Unclassified Information, dated August 2004, obtained by Secrecy News, and posted here.
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Map of County-by-County Election Return Data
From Prof. Robert Vanderbei, Princeton University, this interactive map detailing the election return results by country, in blue and red, using data from USA Today and the U.S. Census database. [thanks k.b.]
Yahoo Enhances Shopping Site
For those who are beginning holiday shopping, or others who are working on gadgets presentations (this one is for you b.f.), take a look at the new features available on Yahoo! Shopping.
E-Voting Security Expert Shares Experience As Election Judge
My experience as an Election Judge in Baltimore County on November 2, 2004 by Avi Rubin: “Voting machines that are vulnerable to wholesale rigging can still perform perfectly normally. It is possible that nobody exploited the vulnerabilities this time around, and it is also possible that there was fraud or serious error, but that they …
Online Clearinghouse for Accurate Resources on Breast Cancer
“breastcancer.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the most reliable, complete, and up-to-date information about breast cancer. Our mission is to help women and their loved ones make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast cancer, so they can make the best decisions for their lives.”
Electronic Access to Criminal Case Files
“Beginning November 1, 2004, all criminal case file documents available to the public at a courthouse also will be available remotely through the court’s electronic access system.” [Link]
Better Technology Needed in the Fight Against Spyware
FTC: Technology, not legislation, needed to fight spyware Orson Swindle, FTC Commission, and Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute, believe that “technology is a better anti-spyware tool than legislation and that it is up to industry to solve the problem, not government.” See the Spy Act (H.R. 2929) and the Internet Spyware …
Cmte. on Gov’t Info Recommends Use of Uniform Resource Name
“Making Web data permanent – Uniform Resource Names can help users find government data no matter where it’s moved online, a group says.” [Link] Primary resource: Recommendations on Open Interoperable Standards for Search Identifiers [This draft document will be retired on completion of a recommendation by the U.S. Federal Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI), …
Group Proposes Election System Reforms
National Committee for Voting Integrity Election Reform Recommendations (pdf) Related news: Computer Loses 4,500 Votes in North Carolina, Defective software ‘lost’ votes (Florida), and Group finds voting problems across South.
Free WiFi For Travelers
Planning a trip, and looking for free wireless access? See the BestWiFi Hotels 2004.
Stats on the Public Debt
From the Bureau of the Public Debt, the following data, as of November 3, 2004: Debt Held by the Public – $4,332,224,143,554.05 Intragovernmental Holdings – 3,097,310,844,198.64 Total – $7,429,534,987,752.69 Related resource: Financial Audit: Bureau of the Public Debt’s Fiscal Years 2004 and 2003 Schedules of Federal Debt GAO-05-116, November 5, 2004. Highlights: “At the end …
New Blog on Legal Periodicals
This evening, John Doyle, Washington & Lee Law Library, announced the launch of his Legal Periodicals blog, which supplements and expands upon his Most-Cited Legal Periodicals U.S. and selected non-U.S database.
