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From Government Computer News: “Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia late this afternoon issued a preliminary injunction requiring the Interior Department to disconnect its IT systems from the Internet, with some exceptions.” Elouise Pepion Cobell v. Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior Civil Action No. 96-1285; …
IRS Again Delays Modernized Taxpayer Database: “The system, the Customer Account Data Engine (CADE), will be a modern database that will house tax information for more than 200 million individual and business taxpayers and replaces the antiquated, magnetic tape-based system that came into use four decades ago.”
House Panel Approves Deep E-Gov Funding Cuts – “The U.S. House Appropriations Committee is calling for only $1 million in 2004 funding for the Electronic Government Act (E-Gov), which invests in inter-agency projects with government-wide applications. The Bush Administration had requested $45 million for the program.” This act “uthorizes funding for improvement of the federal …
Federal Computer Week reported on “a crisis of confidence” in the Thrift Savings Plan” over “an overwhelming backlog of individual transactions” on the Thrift Savings Plan website. See also this press release from the Committee Government Reform on the July 24 hearing “on the customer service provided by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB), …
Federal Trade Commissioner Orson Swindle addressed the importance of safe computing practices at a press conference to re-launch GetNetWise, a public service Web site offering resources to make informed decisions about using the Internet. The media briefing is sponsored by the Internet Education Foundation. GetNetWise: Keeping Children Safe Online; Stopping Unwanted E-mail and Spam; Protecting …
From the US Climate Change Science Program: The US Climate Change Science Program. Vision for the Program and Highlights of the Scientific Strategic Plan. From the World Wildlife Foundation: “The ten year research proposal for the US Climate Change Science Program announced today by the Bush Administration appears to be another attempt to focus attention …
From Secrecy News: “Of particular interest to Secrecy News readers may be the final Appendix on Access Limitations Encountered by the Joint Inquiry. It describes a number of documents or topical areas to which congressional investigators were denied access. These included the President’s Daily Brief, reports on foreign liaison relationships, information on intelligence budget requests, …
“In this Order, we adopt measures to ensure that our implementation of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) complies with the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court. CIPA requires schools and libraries with computer Internet access to certify that they have Internet safety policies and technology protection measures, e.g., software filtering technology, to …
Report of the Inquiry Into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Inteligence, December 2002 (pdf, 858 pages). Statement from GPO: “In February 2002, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence agreed to conduct …
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a new website, Telemarketing Fraud Enforcement, which includes: the text of enforcement action announcements since October 1, 2002 a link to Summary of Enforcement Action Announcements from January-July 2003 a link to consumer information on numerous types of fraud (online and offline), with content available in text or …
From the Seattle Times: “U.S. Department of Labor officials have created two new Web sites aimed at helping small employers learn how to comply with federal law. The FirstStep Employment Law Advisor – available at http://www.dol.gov/elaws – helps employers determine which laws apply to their business and provides information on how to comply. The Employment …
Informational Briefing on the kids.us Domain: The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will host an informational briefing regarding the launch of the new kids.us domain, Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 3 p.m.
