Category «E-Records»

Guardian – US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet

James Ball, Julian Borger and Glenn Greenwald – NSA and GCHQ unlock encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records: “US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to protect the privacy of their personal data, online transactions and emails, according to top-secret documents revealed by former contractor Edward …

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Patriot Act, Privacy

New GAO Reports – DOD Financial Management, Standards For Internal Control In The Federal Government

DOD Financial Management – Ineffective Risk Management Could Impair Progress toward Audit-Ready Financial Statements, GAO-13-123, Aug 2, 2013 Standards For Internal Control In The Federal Government – 2013 Exposure Draft, GAO-13-830SP, Sep 3, 2013

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Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Guardian – NSA loophole allows warrantless search for US citizens’ emails and phone calls

Spy agency has secret backdoor permission to search databases for individual Americans’ communications – “The National Security Agency has a secret backdoor into its vast databases under a legal authority enabling it to search for US citizens’email and phone calls without a warrant, according to a top-secret document passed to the Guardian by Edward Snowden. The previously …

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, Copyright, E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Patriot Act, Privacy

Retaining and Preserving Federal Records in a Digital Environment

CRS – Retaining and Preserving Federal Records in a Digital Environment: Background and Issues for Congress – Wendy Ginsberg, Analyst in American National Government. July 26, 2013 “All federal departments and agencies create federal records “in connection with the transaction of public business.” The Federal Records Act, as amended (44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, …

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Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

How lawyers are mining the information mother lode for pricing, practice tips and predictions

How lawyers are mining the information mother lode for pricing, practice tips and predictions, by Joe Dysart. ABA Journal, May 1, 2013. “Law firms are using big data to identify which cases will be easy slam dunks and those that are air balls. They’re relying on the technology to get a read on what other …

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Subjects: E-Records, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Cloud Computing: Constitutional and Statutory Privacy Protections

CRS – Cloud Computing: Constitutional and Statutory Privacy Protections, Richard M. Thompson II, Legislative Attorney. March 22, 2013 “…cloud computing is a web-based service that allows users to access anything from e-mail to social media on a third-party computer. For instance, Gmail and Yahoo are cloud-based email services that allow users to access and store …

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Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Legal Research, Privacy

VA Review of Alleged Transmission of Sensitive VA Data Over Internet Connections

VA Office of Inspector General, Office of Audits and Evaluations – Review of Alleged Transmission of Sensitive VA Data Over Internet Connections, March 6, 2013 “We substantiated the allegation that VA was transmitting sensitive data, including PII and internal network routing information, over an unencrypted telecommunications carrier network. Office of Information and Technology (OIT) personnel …

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Subjects: E-Records, Government Documents, Privacy

New GAO Reports – Combating Autism Act, E-Health Records, Federal Real Property, Indian Affairs, Strategic Sourcing

Combating Autism Act – HHS Agencies Responded with New and Continuing Activities, Including Oversight, GAO-13-232, Feb 27, 2013 Electronic Health Records – Long History of Management Challenges Raises Concerns about VA’s and DOD’s New Approach to Sharing Health Information, GAO-13-413T, Feb 27, 2013 Federal Real Property – High-Risk Designation Remains due to Persistent Management Challenges, …

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

ACLU – New Document Sheds Light on Government’s Ability to Search iPhones

“Cell phone searches are a common law enforcement tool, but up until now, the public has largely been in the dark regarding how much sensitive information the government can get with this invasive surveillance technique. A document submitted to court in connection with a drug investigation, which we recently discovered, provides a rare inventory of …

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Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Privacy

Update on the Twitter Archive At the Library of Congress

News release: “In April, 2010, the Library of Congress and Twitter signed an agreement providing the Library the public tweets from the company’s inception through the date of the agreement, an archive of tweets from 2006 through April, 2010. Additionally, the Library and Twitter agreed that Twitter would provide all public tweets on an ongoing …

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Subjects: Blogs, E-Records, Knowledge Management, Libraries

CDT: Feds Boost Privacy Protections for Medical Records

CDT: “The privacy protections guarding the care and handling of your medical records just got stronger… a lot stronger. The new rules bolster prohibitions against use of a patient’s medical records without consent for marketing communications; extend federal privacy and security protections to contractors (and subcontractors) of doctors, hospitals and insurers; improved your right to …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Records, Government Documents, Legislation, Privacy
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