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Source: “California lawsuit: Jim March, Bev Harris, and California citizens suit seeks to prohibit Diebold from engaging in unfair business practices, and seeks restitution. Case no. 04CS00176, Superior Court of the State of California, Sacramento County. Related postings on e-voting technology and security issues.
From GovExec.com: “The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will have to curtail its work on cybersecurity, terminate all its work with a law designed to improve the elections process and go to month-to-month funding for manufacturing programs because of its $22 million budget cut in fiscal 2004, according to the agency’s acting chief …
OSHA’s database that permits users to search for enforcement inspections by the name of the establishment currently posts the following notice to users: “In order to effectively manage the costs of providing public access to this data, OSHA has restricted search times to normal business hours.” (link from NICAR listserv)
From the February 18 press release issued by the Union of Concerned Scientists: “Today, more than 60 leading scientistsincluding Nobel laureates, leading medical experts, former federal agency directors and university chairs and presidentsissued a statement calling for regulatory and legislative action to restore scientific integrity to federal policymaking. According to the scientists, the Bush administration …
U.S. Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Website: “This website focuses on the agricultural products of modern biotechnology. At this time, the searchable database available on this site only covers genetically engineered crop plants intended for food or feed that have completed all recommended or required reviews for food, feed or planting use in the United States.” …
E-Rulemaking: Information Technology and the Regulatory Process, by Cary Coglianese, Harvard University – John F. Kennedy School of Government. From the abstract: “This paper…highlights the institutional challenges associated with using information technology in the federal regulatory process and suggests that in some cases existing rulemaking practices may need to be reconfigured in order to take …
Economic Report of the President, 2004. National Debt Tops $7 Trillion
Press release: DHS Launches Protected Critical Infrastructure Information Program to Enhance Homeland Security, Facilitate Information Sharing: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today the launch of the Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program. The PCII Program enables the private sector to voluntarily submit infrastructure information to the Federal government to assist the Nation in …
From the California Voter Foundation, the California Online Voter Guide, launched yesterday, “serves up nonpartisan information on California propositions, the Presidential election, congressional races, and state legislative contests.”
Airport Security: Challenges to Airport Passenger and Baggage Screening, by Cathleen A. Berrick, director, homeland security and justice, before the Subcommittee on Aviation, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-04-440T, February 12. Highlights From the Highlights: “TSA has not completely addressed seven of the eight issues identified by the Congress as key areas of interest …
From GovExec.com: “Federal agencies generally have active plans for information technology but do not do a good enough job of determining whether they have met their goals, according to a General Accounting Office (GAO) report released Wednesday.” Information Technology Management: Governmentwide Strategic Planning, Performance Measurement, and Investment Management Can Be Further Improved. GAO-04-49, January 12. …
Under the Retirement Plans section of the IRS homepage, users will now find a link to a webpage on Employee Plan (EP) Abusive Tax Transactions, which states: “The IRS is engaged in extensive efforts to curb abusive tax shelter schemes and transactions. The Tax Exempt and Governmental Entities Division of the IRS, including the office …
