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This press release announces the launch, by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, of a new government website with resources to assist schools in their response to emergencies that include terrorist incidents.
BEGINWA.org is a portal, still under development, that promises to provide comprehensive access to local government information (cities and counties) and e-services to assist businesses operating in the state. In future, the site will also provide online forms for payment transactions and permitting.
Today the Supreme Court ruled in two cases involving Megan’s law, one from Connecticut and one from Alaska. In Smith et al v. Doe et al, No. 01-729, (PDF – appeal in Doe I v. Otte, 259 F.3d 979, C.A. 9, Alaska, 2001) the court upheld the right of states to use the web to …
The Congress Online Project released a report resulting from two years of research, Congress Online 2003: Turning the Corner on the Information Age (html). The entire text of the report is also available in PDF. The report evaluates 610 congressional member, standing committee and leadership websites, identifies effective techniques and tools for design, usability and …
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on February 28 that Attorney General Ashcroft has threatened to prosecute California law enforcement officials who continue to access three government databases, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the National Crime Information Center and the Interstate Identification Index, to track illegal gun owners.
The U.S. Department of Education launched a new resource it is sponsoring to facilitate efforts involving disabilities and rehabilitation services via technology applications and other programs. The Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) website provides links to a range of services, and will coordinate government-wide activities that support the goals of the President’s 2001 New …
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), an agency created post 9/11, is accepting comments on its proposed plan to create a new data mining program, the Aviation Security-Screening Records database. EPIC submitted comments to TSA stating that the system “would infringe on the Constitutional right of association and travel.”
The Federal Trade Commission is sponsoring two free workshops, Technologies for Protecting Personal Information: The Consumer Experience (May 14, 2003), and Technologies for Protecting Personal Information: The Business Experience (June 4, 2003), according to this February 21 press release. See also the text of the Federal Register notice on these workshops, for which written comments …
Please be advised that the new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) security standards is a very long PDF document (289 pages). It is the text of the “final Rule adopting HIPAA standards for the security of electronic protected health information to be implemented by health plans, health care clearinghouses, and certain health care …
Interested in a photo guide of members of the 108th Congress? You are in luck, as GPO recently released the Congressional Pictorial Directory (S. Prt. 108-2). The PDF guide features black and white photos of the Senate and House Leadership, Senate Officers and Officials, House Officers and Officials, Capitol Officials, Members (by States), Delegates and …
On Feburary 13, Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) introduced a bill that would lead to the establishment of a Homeland Intelligence Agency, “to replace FBI units that failed to uncover the September 11 terrorists and still cannot find suspected al Qaeda operatives in the United States.” A fact sheet on the bill is here, and the …
This Business Week article details the choices available for e-filing, as well as associated costs and challenges involved in this process. See also these related articles: Free tax E-filing may not be so easy and IRS regroups on business filing.
