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Electronic Government: Progress and Challenges in Implementing the Office of Personnel Management’s Initiatives, by Linda D. Koontz, director, information management, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-03-1169T, September 23. Highlights.
Lee R. West, Senior United States District Judge, Western District of Oklahoma, found in favor of U.S. Security, et al., in determining that the Federal Trade Commission did not “have the authority to promulgate a national do not call registry.” The text of the order, issued September 23, is available here, courtesy of EPIC, in …
Homeland Security: Information Sharing Responsibilities, Challenges, and Key Management Issues, by Robert F. Dacey, before a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development and the Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Border Security, House Select Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-03-1165T, September 17. Highlights.
From the White House news release, dated September 16: “Attorney General John Ashcroft, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, Secretary of State Colin Powell, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet today announced the establishment of the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) to consolidate terrorist watchlists and provide 24/7 operational support for …
User satisfaction with federal e-government efforts, measured in a recent survey of 22 websites, indicates that many users rate them competitively with the best of the commercial sites. The survey, American Customer Satisfaction Index, E-Government Satisfaction Index, available free in pdf, but requiring registration to download, is a joint effort of the University of Michigan …
Social Security Numbers: Improved SSN Verification and Exchange of States’ Driver Records Would Enhance Identity Verification. GAO-03-920, September 15. Highlights.
Freedom of Information Act: Agency Views on Changes Resulting from New Administration Policy. GAO-03-981, September 3. Highlights. FOIA Rules Not Seen Affecting Information
On April 30, 2003 the Department of the Treasury issued final regs on Implementing Customer Identity Verification Requirements under Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act. This Fact Sheet provides details about the Customer Identification Program (CIP), effective October 1, 2003, which will require that financial institutions: Collect identifying information about customers opening an account …
The new National Highway Specifications (NHS) website provides a searchable database consisting of “currently approved standard highway construction specifications and supplemental specifications from state highway agencies and highway-related organizations throughout the United States.” It is joint venture with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. See the NHS Help File for more details.
Electronic Government: Challenges to the Adoption of Smart Card Technology, by Joel Willemssen, managing director, information technology, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-03-1108T, September 9. Highlights.
This new website, launched today by the California Dept. of Justice, coordinator for the participating states attorneys general listed on the left side of the homepage, allows consumers to post anonymous, online complaints concerning Microsoft’s “unlawful monopoly conduct.”
The Washington Post published an edited version of the transcript from an online forum on CAPPS II and civil liberties, held today with Barry Steinhardt, Director of the ACLU’s Technology and Liberty Program.
