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From the FTC: Do Not Call Registry Tops 30 Million Phone Numbers – California, Florida, and Texas Lead in State Registrations. During the five weeks since it opened on June 27, consumers have registered more than 30 million telephone numbers in the National Do Not Call Registry: nearly 24 million, or 80 percent of those …
From the Politics and Science website, presented by Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member, Committee on Government Reform, Minority Office: A new report, August 2003, Politics and Science, (40 pages, pdf) “finds numerous instances where the Administration has manipulated the scientific process and distorted or suppressed scientific findings. Beneficiaries include important supporters of the President, …
A follow-up to my July 16 posting, Oyez Project Releases Supreme Court Oral Arguments in MP3 Format: from the New York Times, via the International Herald Tribune, Listening in for free at the U.S. Supreme Court.
From the EFF press release this afternoon: A Massachusetts district court Judge Joseph L. Tauro today dealt the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) a serious setback by rejecting its Washington, D.C., subpoenas for the identities of Massachusetts students. For the moment, MIT and Boston College need not respond to the RIAA demands. For more …
This afternoon the Department of Justice FOIA site posted a new Annual Report Guidance for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Related Agencies. From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press release: The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a 1,693-word guidance to federal agencies on how to determine if records are “frequently requested,” by …
From Michigan State University, this free site, globalEdge, provides more than 2,000 business-related data resources on 200 countries, in areas that include “business climate, news, history, political structure, economic landscape, and relevant statistical data.” Users may view information by specific country or region, or via a keyword search. The site offers an extensive library of …
The Aviation Consumer Protection homepage has a link to an archive of Air Travel Consumer Reports, the most recent of which was published August 7, reflecting data from June 2003. Information is divided into report sections that address specific consumer issues, by carrier, that include: Flight Delays, Mishandled Baggage, and Consumer Complaints (Includes Disability Complaints). …
The Center for New York City Law website, “provides information about, and analysis of, the laws and legal processes that govern New York City.” NYC Administrative Decisions. Search the Center’s library of more than 9,000 full text administrative decisions decided by New York City agencies.
USAJOBS, the federal government’s offical job site, with a database of over 16,000 job listings, has added new features that include: a more robust search engine to locate information on available jobs a new, user-friendly interface forms to create and store multiple versions of your resume online the option to apply to your favorite jobs …
From the Practical Nomad: What’s wrong with CAPPS-II? (and what should be done about it?) by Edward Hasbrouck. This articles provides a wealth of links to primary and secondary documents on CAPPS I and II and the significant privacy issues inherent in the mining of personal travel data by the federal government.
A new Business Software Alliance (BSA) state-by-state study indicates a slight decline in software piracy in the United States, with overall national loses to be approximately $1.9 billion. The study provides data that includes: state piracy rate, state dollar retail losses, state employment losses, total wage and salary losses, total tax losses, as well as …
From a press release dated August 6, 2003: “The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed suit in federal court against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for refusing to implement the Federal Data Quality Act in regard to two major global warming reports. The law, signed by President Clinton, requires that data disseminated …
