CAPPS II Proceeds Despite Opposition
U.S. to Push Airlines for Passenger Records – Travel Database to Rate Security Risk Factors See my previous posts on CAPPS II here.
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IRS To Phase-In Encrypted E-Filing for 2005
From the December 29, 2003, Federal Register, this IRS notice: Addition of New Transmitter Encryption Options and Pending – Discontinuance of Non-Encrypted Options for IRS e-file – SUMMARY: Internal Revenue Service will provide the ability for IRS e- file program participants to use approved encryption methods for the 2005 and later filing seasons, beginning with …
Air Force Enacts IG Exemptions from FOIA
From the January 6, 2004 Federal Register, Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Final rule: SUMMARY: The Department of the Air Force is revising a (j)(2) exemption to an existing exemption rule for the Privacy Act system of records notice F090 AF IG B, Inspector General Records. The (j)(2) exemption will increase the …
2004 Begins With Spam Overload
Inbox trauma: New junk-fighting tools falter Anti-spam applications abound, and the CAN SPAM Act promised to lighten the load on your email in-box, but initial reports for this year are far less than reassuring. See also CAN-SPAM means we can spam
9/11 Detainees Will Remain Unknown
Court upholds secrecy over 9/11 detainees
Statistical Resource on 100 Largest U.S. Cities
From the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, the Living Cities Databook Series “permits users to display and download data and rankings for the 100 largest cities in the U.S. on the full complement of indicators displayed in the printed databooks.” Categories include: Population, Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, Age, Households and Families, Education, …
Net Gains Status As Source for Campaign News
From the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, January 11, 2004: Cable and Internet Loom Large in Fragmented Political News Universe – Perceptions of Partisan Bias Seen as Growing, Especially by Democrats From the Summary of Findings: “The 2004 presidential campaign is continuing the long-term shift in how the public gets its …
UK’s Top 100 Corporate Websites
The Third Annual Report on The Home Pages of the UK’s Top 100 Companies’ Corporate Web Sites ($$) [Link]: “…around a third of Britain’s top companies have been consistently poor performers, over a number of years, and appear “not to get it” when it comes to their corporate Web sites.” The Reed Elsevier site ranking …
FTC Shuts Down Internet Auction ID Theft Scam
Internet Auction Con Artists Settle FTC Charges, Face Jail Time – Defendants Were Serial Identity Thieves: FTC v. James D. Thompson and Susan B. Germek (Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division), Case No. 0C3 2541; FTC File No. 032 3096
Expansion of Electronic Court Filing System
“The U.S. District Court in New Jersey yesterday joined the growing ranks of federal courts that require lawyers to file all civil case pleadings in electronic format, making it easier for the public and press to obtain copies of them…According to the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, the District of New Jersey becomes the 36th …
Thumbnail Size Preview Screenshots Now Available on Open Directory Project
The Open Thumbshots Project is a free resource used by a number of sites, now including the Open Directory Project (DMOZ), that uses the application to provide screen shot previews of over 3 million sites prior to visiting them. Example: Open Directory News – scroll down the screen to see the thumbnail screen shots.
GSA IG Audit Reveals Abuses in IT Procurement
GSA audit confirms misuse of funds: “Employees at General Services Administration offices in three regions of the country misused 8(a) sole-source contracting authority, authorized work outside the scope of contracts and spent more than $133 million in funding earmarked for information technology inappropriately, according to a report released [January 8] from GSA’s inspector general.” Audit …
