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House Report Report 109-382, March 2, 2006. Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Directing the Attorney General to Submit to the House of Representatives All Documents In the Possession of the Attorney General Related to Warrantless Electronic Surveillance of Telephone Conversations and Electronic Communications of Persons in the United States Conducted …
“The European Competition Network – the European Commission together with the national competition authorities in the EU has launched a website providing businesses, their advisors, and citizens with information about antitrust enforcement, annual reports and background documents about the Network. The ECN website will inter alia provide one-stop access to news releases from all …
The IRS held a public hearing today on proposed regs that will require taxpayers to specifically consent to the sale of their data as supplied to tax preparers. Proposed Regulation Proposed Consent and Warning Requirements Current Regulation Consumer Groups to Testify before the IRS on Plan to Weaken Taxpayer Privacy Rules Citing concerns about privacy …
Paid Tax Return Preparers: In a Limited Study, Chain Preparers Made Serious Errors, Full-text GAO-06-563T, April 4, 2006. Highlights. “In GAO visits to commercial preparers, paid preparers often prepared returns that were incorrect, with tax consequences that were sometimes significant.”
Personal Information: Agencies and Resellers Vary in Providing Privacy Protections, Full-text GAO-06-609T, April 4, 2006. Highlights. “In fiscal year 2005, the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and State and the Social Security Administration reported that they used personal information obtained from resellers for a variety of purposes, including performing criminal investigations, locating witnesses and fugitives, …
UK: Terrorism Act 2006 (47 pages, PDF): “An Act to make provision for and about offences relating to conduct carried out, or capable of being carried out, for purposes connected with terrorism; to amend enactments relating to terrorism; to amend the Intelligence Services Act 1994 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; and for …
FTC press release: “Federal regulators [March 31, 2006] released “Evolution of a Prototype Financial Privacy Notice,” a report by Kleimann Communication Group summarizing consumer research commissioned by the regulators as part of their ongoing efforts to develop improved financial privacy notices…The report concludes that consumers need a context for understanding information in financial privacy notices. …
New York Times interview with DHS Director Michael Chertoff,by Deborah Solomon, April 2, 2006: Chertoff states, “I don’t use e-mail. One reason is when you write an e-mail, you have to be mindful of the fact that nothing ever disappears. It can be deleted, but it is still in the system somewhere…They can get me. …
Press release: “An estimated 3.6 million households, or about 3 percent of all households in the nation, learned that they had been the victim of at least one type of identity theft during a six-month period in 2004, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Forty-eight percent had experienced an unauthorized use …
Press release, March 30, 2006: “The Department of Justice announced today the release of its newest resource for technology and information sharing: Sharing Justice Information: A Capability Assessment Toolkit. The Capability Assessment Toolkit consists of detailed standards and guidelines, which provide law enforcement and criminal justice practitioners a step-by-step process to assess their respective agencies …
Press release: “Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today issued the agency’s 2006 Annual Report at the American Bar Associations Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. The report, entitled “The FTC in 2006: Committed to Consumers and Competition,” (62 pages, PDF) is available now on the Commission’s Web site and includes …
Press release, MArch 30, 2006: “Transparency in federal courtrooms today scored a victory when legislation introduced by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, and Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, to allow federal trial and appellate judges to permit cameras in the courtroom passed the Senate Judiciary Committee…The bipartisan “Sunshine in the Courtroom” bill would allow …
