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News release: “U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a new rule that significantly strengthens protections afforded to consumers by, among other things, establishing a hard time limit after which U.S. airlines must allow passengers to deplane from domestic flights. The new rule prohibits U.S. airlines operating domestic flights from permitting an aircraft to remain …
News release: “The 2010-11 editions of the Occupational Outlook Handbook and the Career Guide to Industries were released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Handbook and the Career Guide can be accessed online at www.bls.gov/oco and www.bls.gov/oco/cg, respectively. The print version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook is expected to be available in the …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its most comprehensive study of the nations lakes to date. The draft study, which rated the condition of 56 percent of the lakes in the United States as good and the remainder as fair or poor, marked the first time EPA and its partners used a nationally …
Biosurveillance: Developing a Collaboration Strategy Is Essential to Fostering Interagency Data and Resource Sharing, GAO-10-171, December 18, 2009 Department of Veterans Affairs’ Implementation of Information Security Education Assistance Program, GAO-10-170R, December 18, 2009 DOD Civilian Personnel: Intelligence Personnel System Incorporates Safeguards, but Opportunities Exist for Improvement, GAO-10-134, December 17, 2009 Overseas Contingency Operations: Funding and …
The eYouGuide, Europe’s first online tool giving consumers practical advice on their “digital rights” under EU law is now available in 10 languages. “The eYouGuide was launched in Strasbourg on 5 May 2009 (see IP/09/702). The guide provides information on a number of issues related to online activities, such as shopping online, networking, uploading and …
DRAFT The Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP): SCAP Version 1.1, December 15, 2009: “NIST announces the public comment release of Special Publication (SP) 800-126 Revision 1, The Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP): SCAP Version 1.1. The Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a suite of specifications that …
DRAFT Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules (Revised Draft): “The Revised Draft FIPS 140-3 is the second public draft of NISTs proposed revision of FIPS 140-2. The Revised Draft was developed using the comments received on the first public draft, which was posted for public review and comment on July 13, 2007, and the FIPS 140-3 …
News release: “Newspaper publishers experienced a single-year decline in total revenue of 8.3 percent from $47.9 billion in 2007 to $43.9 billion in 2008. This followed a more modest decline of 2.7 percent in 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. A major contributor to the overall loss in revenues for the industry was …
New York City Community Air Survey: Results Winter 2008-2009, Prepublication version, December 15, 200 “Across the country and in New York City, air quality has improved in recent decades, due to measures implemented to meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) clean air regulations. Emissions controls are now required for motor vehicles, factories and electric power …
News release: “Chinas population is projected to peak at slightly less than 1.4 billion in 2026, both earlier and at a lower level than previously projected. Meanwhile, Indias population is projected to surpass Chinas population in 2025, according to new data being released by the U.S. Census Bureau. These figures come from the population estimates …
Texting More Than Doubles in the Last Year: “How r u? The way we communicate is rapidly evolving, as evidenced by the fact that the number of text messages sent on cell phones has more than doubled from 48 billion in December 2007 to 110 billion in December 2008, according to the U.S. Census Bureaus …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has issued a report to Congress examining how the agency has used the expanded law enforcement authority Congress provided in the U.S. SAFE WEB Act to protect American consumers since the Act was signed into law on December 22, 2006. The SAFE WEB Act authorizes the FTC to share …
