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Follow up on postings related to the White House visitor logs, this news release: “U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction in CREW, et al. v. Cheney et al., requiring Vice President Cheney, the Office of the Vice President, the Executive Office of the President, that archivist and the National Archives and …
Being Wired or Being Tired: 10 Ways to Cope with Information Overload: “Sarah Houghton-Jan explores different strategies for managing and coping with various types of informational overload.” Ariadne, Issue 56 July 2008.
USA.gov: “The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) issued e-mail archiving applications guidance July 31 for certain e-mails that are considered records under the Federal Records Act. The bulletin informs agencies that e-mail archiving technologies may not necessarily meet all of the Federal Records Act requirements.”
Surveillance made easy, NewScientist.com news service, Laura Margottini: “This data allows investigators to identify suspects, examine their contacts, establish relationships between conspirators and place them in a specific location at a certain time.” So said the UK Home Office last week as it announced plans to give law-enforcement agencies, local councils and other public bodies …
Official Google Enterprise Blog: “In July, our Postini datacenters saw the biggest volume of email virus attacks so far in 2008, with a peak of nearly 10 million messages on July 24. One of the more prominent attacks in the month involved a spoofed UPS package-tracking link that was intended to lure recipients into clicking …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report on a Roundtable Discussion on Phishing Education that it hosted in April. Approximately 60 experts from business, government, the technology sector, the consumer advocacy community, and academia met at the FTC to discuss strategies for outreach to consumers about avoiding phishing. Phishers use deceptive …
Bill Summary – H.R. 5811: The Electronic Message Preservation Act. Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform “Investigations by the Oversight Committee have revealed significant deficiencies in the preservation of e-mail by the White House and federal agencies. H.R. 5811, the Electronic Message Preservation Act, introduced on April 15, 2008, by …
Committee on Oversight: “Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay, and Rep. Paul W. Hodes released a new GAO report that finds that senior federal officials are failing to comply with requirements to preserve e-mail records. On Wednesday, the House is expected to consider legislation (H.R. 5811) to modernize the Federal Records Act and …
Follow up – related postings on missing White House emails, today’s news: News release: “Today, D.C. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued an opinion in CREW v. Office of Administration, finding that the Office of Administration (OA) is not an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In May 2007, CREW sued OA …
New York Times: “Some of the biggest technology firms, including Microsoft, Intel, Google and I.B.M., are banding together to fight information overload. Last week they formed a nonprofit group to study the problem, publicize it and devise ways to help workers theirs and others cope with the digital deluge.”
Proofpoints Outbound Email and Data Loss Prevention in Todays Enterprise, 2008 report – [“the survey was fielded in the US, UK, France, Germany and Australia to explore global concerns.] “Email remains the most important medium for communications both inside and outside the enterprise. But the convenience and ubiquity of email as a business communications tool …
Abstinence Education: Assessing the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally Funded Programs, GAO-08-664T, April 23, 2008 Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: Congress and Agencies Should Take Additional Steps to Reduce Substantial Shortfalls in Duty Collection, GAO-08-391, March 26, 2008 Federal Records: Agencies Face Challenges in Managing E-Mail, GAO-08-699T, April 23, 2008: “Federal agencies are increasingly using electronic …
