New GAO Report Evaluating 18 Forms of Cybersecurity Technology
Information Security: Technologies to Secure Federal Systems. GAO-04-467, March 9. Highlights. See also GAO offers security guide.
Category «Congress»
Hearing on Copyright Act Section 115, Compulsary License
United States House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, Committee on the Judiciary, March 11, 2004 Hearing on “Section 115 of the Copyright Act: In Need of Update? Witness List; Testimony of: Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Marybeth Peters (LC), Carey Ramos (NMPA), Cary Sherman (RIAA), and Jonathan Potter (DiMA).
Bill to Limit Outsourcing Introduced in House
On March 4, Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the Defending American Jobs Act of 2004, with 50 bipartisan co-sponsors. “This legislation would bar companies from receiving federal grants, loans and loan guarantees if they lay off a greater percentage of workers in the United States than they lay off in other countries.” From eWeek, this …
Report on Unauthorized Access to Senate Judiciary Cmte. Computer Files
“Report on the Investigation into Improper Access to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Computer System (March 4, 2004). The Report Prepared By The U.S. Senate’s Sergeant At Arms On How Two Former GOP Senate Judiciary Committee Staffers Downloaded Thousands Of Democratic Files From The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Computer Network On Democratic Opposition To President Bush’s Judicial …
Calendars of the U.S. House of Representatives and History of Legislation
New from GPO Access on March 4, the addition of the Final House Calendar, 108th Congress, First Session to the searchable database that dates back to the 104th Congress.
House Approves Extension for 9/11 Commission
Today the House approved, by voice vote, a 60 day extension for the 9/11 Commission to complete its work. Obstacles remain however, including obtaining what the Commission has determined an essential component of the job they were tasked to fulfill – the full and detailed testimony of President Bush, VP Cheney and other key administration …
House Passes Copyright Royalty Act
On March 3, the House passed the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004 (H.R. 1417): From the Washington Post, via BizReport, the act “would authorize a judge appointed by the Librarian of Congress to hear royalty disputes, eliminating a system that webcasters say excludes them from the process of determining the amount of …
Children’s Listbroker Privacy Act
On March 3, Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) introduced the Children’s Listbroker Privacy Act to ban the oline distribution and sale of personal data on minors. “Commercial list brokers routinely advertise and sell detailed information on children, including names, addresses, ages, and other data, for use in marketing. This data is commonly …
Database Protection Bill Moves Forward in Congress
See Hands Off! That Fact Is Mine and Weaker database bill gets House committee vote. See other postings on H.R. 3261, the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (DCIMA). See also the Consumer Access to Information Act of 2004, HR 3872. From Wired, Hands Off! That Fact Is Mine
Democratic Cmte. Releases Report on Homeland Security Gaps and Remedies
Prepared by the Democratic Members of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, February 2004: “America at Risk: Closing the Security Gap acknowledges that although the United States is safer than it was before September 11, significant security gaps remain. This 135-page report released on the first anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security identifies …
Impact of E-Mail Security Issues on Gov’t, Corporations and Home Users
House Government Reform Hearing: You’ve Got Mail – But is it Secure? An Examination of Internet Vulnerabilities Affecting Businesses, Governments and Homes. October 16, 2003. Serial No. 108-95. GPO Stock No. 552-070-30848-2. Text; PDF (96 pages)
Senators Introduce Anti-Spyware Bill
From the press release issued yesterday by Senator Conrad Burns: “U.S. Senators Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), today introduced legislation (S. 2145) to prohibit spyware, adware, and other invasive software from being secretly installed on Americans’ computers. For the first time, the SPYBLOCK (Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer …
