Category «E-Mail»

Cisco Study on Remote Workers Reveals Need for Greater Diligence Toward Security

“Cisco® today announced key findings from its annual global study on remote workers’ security awareness and online behavior, indicating how they can inadvertently heighten risks for themselves and the companies they work for. The study’s findings are prompting Cisco security executives to offer recommendations to information technology (IT) professionals on how to protect their companies …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail, PC Security

Call for Special Counsel to Investigate Missing White House Emails

Follow up to previous postings on the controversy surrounding missing White House email, this press release: “Today, in light of the emerging details of the disappearance of millions of White House emails, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey asking that he appoint a special …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents, Legal Research

FBI Identifies Recurring Fraudulent E-mail Scam

Press release: “The FBI has recently developed information indicating cyber criminals are attempting to once again send fraudulent e-mails to unsuspecting recipients stating that someone has filed a complaint against them or their company with the Department of Justice or another organization such as the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, or the Better Business …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents

Minimizing the Effect of Malware on Your Computer: FTC Offers Information on Protecting, Reclaiming Your Computer

“Criminals are hard at work thinking up creative ways to get malware on your computer, warns the Federal Trade Commission. With appealing Web sites, desirable downloads, and compelling stories, these criminals try to lure consumers to links that will download malware, especially on computers that don’t use adequate security software. Then, they use the malware …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, E-Mail, PC Security

IRS Warns of New E-Mail and Telephone Scams Using the IRS Name; Advance Payment Scams Starting

Press release: “The Internal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers to beware of several current e-mail and telephone scams that use the IRS name as a lure. The IRS expects such scams to continue through the end of tax return filing season and beyond. The IRS cautioned taxpayers to be on the lookout for scams involving …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents

Sensitive Data Retrieved From Used Government Tapes

Press release: “Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), has sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office asking that it reopen its investigation of the privacy and national security risks posed by government agencies reselling used magnetic data tapes that may once have contained large amounts of sensitive personal and government information. Researchers working for Imation, an …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, PC Security, Privacy

Group Posts Analysis of News Coinciding With Missing White House Emails

Follow up to postings on the investigation into missing White House emails, news that CREW has completed an analysis [Word documents] of the national news events that took place on the dates for which there are missing White House email.” National News Analysis for Missing White House Office E-mail National News Analysis for Missing Office …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents

Chairman Waxman Schedules Hearing to Examine Preservation of White House E-mails

Follow up to previous postings on missing White House emails, from the House Oversight Committee: “On February 15, the Committee will hold a hearing to investigate White House compliance with the Presidential Records Act. Statements made at the January 17 White House press briefing contradict information provided to the Committee, which revealed that a 2005 …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents

White House Filing in CREW Lawsuit Verfies Deficiences in Email Archiving System

Follow up to previous postings on missing White House emails, today’s Press release from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW): “Yesterday’s midnight filing by the White House in CREW v. Executive Office of the President, a lawsuit challenging the failure of the White House to preserve and restore millions of missing emails, raises …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents, Legal Research

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency Report on Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007

Press release: “Becta [British Educational Communications and Technology Agency], the education technology agency, has published a key report on Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 and on document interoperability which analyses the suitability of both software packages for adoption by schools and colleges.” Microsoft Vista and Office 2007: full report, Published: 9 January 2008, Publication ID: …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Microsoft

Magistrate Judge Rules White House Must Answer Questions About Missing White House E-mails

Follow up to postings on missing White House E-mail, from the National Security Archive: “In an Order issued today, Magistrate Judge Facciola of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the White House to answer questions about over 5 million missing e-mails generated between 2003-2005. Noting that the need for information …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents, Legal Research