Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery With Daily Postings Since 2002
Security Assessment of the Diebold Optical Scan Voting Terminal: “We present an independent security evaluation of the AccuVote Optical Scan voting terminal (AV-OS). We identify a number of new vulnerabilities of this system which, if exploited maliciously, can invalidate the results of an election process utilizing the terminal. Furthermore, based on our findings an AV-OS …
Internet Voting Revisited: Security and Identity Theft Risks of the DoD’s Interim Voting Assistance System, by David Jefferson, Avi Rubin, Barbara Simons, and David Wagner. From Avi Rubin’s blog, a summary of the risks of the new system: “Tool One exposes soldiers to risks of identity theft. Sending personally identifiable information via unencrypted email is …
Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions, November 2, 2006 Pakistan-U.S. Relations, Updated October 26, 2006 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1998-2005, October 23, 2006 Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated October 18, 2006 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan, Updated October 11, 2006 Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the …
Commissioner’s Statement on the Employment Situation, 11/03/2006 Employment Situation, 11/03/2006 Productivity and Costs, 11/02/2006 Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment (Monthly), 11/01/2006 Related government documents: November 3, 2006 – Is That All There Is? The Bush Economic Record From the Perspective of Working Families, Prepared by the Minority Staff of the Joint Economic Committee November 3, …
Review of Hurricane Katrina Activities, City of Houston, TX, FEMA Disaster No. EM-3216-TX, Report No. GC-TX-06-58 (PDF, 6 pages) Review of Hurricane Katrina Activities, Congressional Inquiry, Contingency Payment of Contractors in St. Tammany Parish, LA, Report No. GC-LA-06-57 (PDF, 3 pages) Interim Review of Hurricane Katrina Activities, City of New Orleans, LA, FEMA Disaster No. …
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the US Department of the Treasury list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, October 31, 2006.
Audit Report, Follow-up Audit on Stockpile Surveillance Testing, October 2006.
Press release: “The Bush Administration has allowed the United States to become increasingly dependent on foreign purchases of U.S. Treasury securities to finance the federal budget deficit, and future U.S. national income will be depressed by payments to foreign holders of U.S. debt, according to a new study by Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee …
Press release: “The aim is to develop a major command that stands alongside Air Force Space Command and Air Combat Command as the provider of forces that the President, combatant commanders and the American people can rely on for preserving the freedom of access and commerce, in air, space and now cyberspace,” said Secretary of …
Democratic Leadership report: United States Army Military Readiness, September 2006 [Helen Capdevielle]
Elizabeth Williamson at the Washington Post clearly and concisely documents, through the use of before and after graphics, the impact of redacting text from a DHS report, and its subsequent revelation, years later, as a result of a FOIA request. Related postings on over classification of government documents
The UK Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, today issued a press release and a publication titled, A Surveillance Society (102 pages, PDF), a report commissioned for the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, currently underway. The report “looks at surveillance in 2006 and projects forward ten years to 2016. It describes a surveillance society …
