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As long as access is at issue, what is Congress’ excuse?, an editorial by Craig Hines: “Congress should move toward regular release of much of its massive and impressive work product.” Related references: Open CRS Project Provides Searchable Access to Over 8,000 Reports From LLRX.com, CRS Reports – Updated, by Stephen Young.
From the August 4, 2005 Federal Register: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking, Preregistration of Certain Unpublished Copyright Claims, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Summary: The Copyright Office is supplementing its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on preregistration of copyright claims, issued July 22, 2005. That notice proposed procedures to preregister any unpublished work being prepared for …
“The new National Vulnerability Database (NVD) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will make it easier for system administrators and other security professionals to learn about vulnerabilities and how to remediate them. The NVD is a comprehensive database that integrates all publicly available U.S. government resources on vulnerabilities and provides links to …
According to an August 9, 2005 article in the New York Times, “More than a year before the Sept. 11 attacks, a small, highly classified military intelligence unit identified Mohammed Atta and three other future hijackers as likely members of a cell of Al Qaeda operating in the United States, according to a former defense …
Press release: “The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and PrivacyActivism submitted comments to the US Attorney General expressing concern about commercial data vendors and private employers’ use of federal criminal records files for employment purposes.” Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in Employment Screening – Comments Submitted for the Attorney General Report to Congress on Criminal Records and …
From the Federal Register, August 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 150), Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Secretary: this announcement of a Public Workshop on September 8 and 9. Summary: The Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office will host a public workshop, “Privacy and Technology: Government Use of Commercial Data for Homeland Security,” to …
FCC Adopts Policy Statement on Broadband Internet Access. News Release: Word Martin Press Statement: Word
As a follow-up to my July 11, 2005 posting, Wiretapping In-Flight Passenger Internet and Wireless Communications, see comments (17 pages, PDF) filed today with the FCC by CDT and EPIC stipulating their position that “the proposal raises constitutional concerns and could impose burdensome design mandates on emerging technology.”
Press release: “The National Security Archive, along with other secrecy experts, today filed a ‘friend of the court’ brief ( 42 pages, PDF) in a lawsuit challenging the FBI’s authority to issue national security letters (NSLs) without any judicial oversight and under a blanket gag order that prohibits the recipient from speaking with anyone about …
Steinbock, Daniel J., Data Matching, Data Mining, and Due Process, Georgia Law Review, Forthcoming. “This Article concerns governmental actions based upon computerized data matching (comparison of records) and data mining (profiling). Over 50 federal agencies are using or planning to use data matching and data mining, in a total of 199 programs, some of which …
As indicated in a new article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, (abstract is available free), the cost of implementing the National Health Information Network (NIHN) would be “$156 billion in capital investment over 5 years and $48 billion in annual operating costs.”
Top Etailers’ Compliance With CAN-SPAM’s Opt-Out Provisions: A Report by the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Marketing Practices (July 2005). Text of the Commission Report (7 pages, PDF) News Release
