Category «E-Government»

National Archives Website Now Offers Daily Document Feature

Press release: “For the first time, the National Archives website now includes a new Today’s Document feature, viewable online at www.archives.gov, highlighting a specific document, record or photo from the holdings of the National Archives relating to the current day, and/or current exhibitions and programs at the National Archives. This new feature – available on …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

EFF Sues Telecom Company for Allegedly Providing NSA With Massive Customer Database

Press release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T Tuesday, accusing the telecom giant of violating the law and the privacy of its customers by collaborating with the National Security Agency (NSA) in its massive and illegal program to wiretap and data-mine Americans’ communications…In the lawsuit, EFF alleges that AT&T, in …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Privacy

State Department Website Audio Stream For State of the Union in 10 Languages

Press release: “President George W. Bush will deliver the annual State of the Union Address to a Joint Session of Congress, Tuesday, January 31, 2006. The Department of State will provide live audio streams of the State of the Union Address at 9:00 pm EST (0200 GMT) in the following languages: English, Arabic, Farsi, Bahasa …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Special IG for Iraq Reconstruction Delivers Report to Congress

Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) January 30, 2006 Quarterly and Semiannual Report to Congress. “SIGIR audits are conducted to determine whether programs and operations funded by the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) are being managed efficiently, effectively and economically, and if they are achieving the desired outcomes.” Related government …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

FTC Releases Top 10 Consumer Fraud Complaint Categories

Identity Theft Again Leads the List: “The Federal Trade Commission…released its annual report (77 pages, PDF) detailing consumer complaints about fraud and identity theft in 2005. Complaints about identity theft topped the list, accounting for 255,000 of more than 686,000 complaints filed with the agency in 2005. The complaints, filed online or at a toll-free …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft

CRS Report Reviews Proposed Changes to Congressional Gift and Travel Rules

CRS Report, Congressional Gifts and Travel: Legislative Proposals for the 109th Congress, January 17, 2006 (10 pages, PDF): “It has been a decade since the House and Senate examined their rules on the acceptance of gifts and travel expenses. Press accounts of alleged excesses in privately funded congressional travel and gifts, particularly from lobbyists, have …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

FDIC IG Audit Report on Strengthening Privacy Program

FDIC Safeguards Over Personal Employee Information, January 2006, Report No. 06-005 (60 pages, PDF): “The FDIC has a corporate wide program for protecting personal employee information, has appointed a Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) with responsibility for privacy and data protection policy, and is making efforts to enhance its privacy program in response to legislative requirements …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

FDIC Releases New Tool To Protect Consumers Against Online Scams

Press release: “The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today released an on-line multimedia education tool that consumers can use to learn how to better protect their computers and themselves from identity thieves. The presentation also features actions consumers can take if their personal information has been compromised. Identity theft continues to be one of the …

Subjects: E-Government, ID Theft, PC Security