Category «Government Documents»

Massive Collection of Formerly Secret and Top Secret Transcripts of Henry Kissinger’s Meetings with World Leaders Published Online

Press release, May 26, 2006: “Today the National Security Archive announces the publication of the most comprehensive collection ever assembled of the memoranda of conversations (memcons) involving Henry Kissinger, one of the most acclaimed and controversial U.S. diplomats of the second half of the 20th century. Published on-line in the Digital National Security Archive (ProQuest) …

Subjects: Government Documents

White House Admonishes Agencies to Safeguard Citizen Data

Follow-up to the latest extensive incident of ID theft involving government records and citizen personal data, see this OMB Memoranda M-06-15, Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information, May 22, 2006. Related government documents and news: VA outlines data security upgrades Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affair hearing, VA Data Privacy Breach: Twenty-Six Million People Deserve Answers, May 25, …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

Two Court Decisions Render Different Outcomes For Journalists

EFF: “A California state appeals court ruled [Apple v. Does, 69 pages, PDF)] in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) petition on behalf of three online journalists Friday, holding that the online journalists have the same right to protect the confidentiality of their sources as offline reporters do.” Apple Dealt Setback In Suit Against …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Information Security Oversight Office Releases FY2005 Annual Report

NARA: The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) has released its Report to the President for 2005 (32 pages, PDF). The Report profiles data about the Government-wide security classification program, primarily during Fiscal Year 2005. In his transmittal letter to the President included in the Report, ISOO Director J. William Leonard notes: One of the most …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Legal Documents Related to Conclusion of Lay and Skilling Trial

DOJ: “Testimony in the jury trial of former Enron chief executives Jeffrey K. Skilling and Kenneth L. Lay concluded on Monday, May 8, 2006 after fifty-three days of trial proceedings. Closing arguments were presented to the jury May 15, 2006 through mid-morning of May 17, 2006, at which time the jury retired to begin its …

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

PR Videos Aired As News Throughout Country Without Attribution to Sources

The LA Times reported (reg. req’d) today that the controvery over the government propaganda campaign is also an issue for 77 news stations throughout the country, who have aired content that is now under investigation by the FCC.

Subjects: Government Documents, Marketing

U.S. Serial Set on LexisNexis

“An Insiders View of the U.S. Serial Set is a free whitepaper authored by Andrea Sevetson, former documents librarian at University of California, Berkley, and 1996-97 GODORT Chair who is now an Information Professional Consultant with LexisNexis.”

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

DOJ Investigation into Domestic Surveillance Program Blocked On Security Grounds

Justice Department Probe Foiled, by Shane Harris and Murray Waas, National Journal: “An internal Justice Department inquiry into whether department officials — including Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft — acted properly in approving and overseeing the Bush administration’s domestic eavesdropping program was stymied because investigators were denied security clearances to do …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Patriot Act

Questions Arise on Intersection of Novak and Rove’s Involvement With Plame Leak

Rove-Novak Call Was Concern To Leak Investigators, by Murray Waas, National Journal: “On September 29, 2003, three days after it became known that the CIA had asked the Justice Department to investigate who leaked the name of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame, columnist Robert Novak telephoned White House senior adviser Karl Rove to assure Rove …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

NIST’s National Vulnerability Database

NIST’s National Vulnerability Database: Search for Vulnerabilities – Enter vendor, software, or keyword. “NVD is a comprehensive cyber security vulnerability database that integrates all publicly available U.S. Government vulnerability resources and provides references to industry resources. It is based on and synchronized with the CVE vulnerability naming standard.”

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

Guide for Developing Performance Metrics for Information Security

“The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released for public comment the initial draft of its Guide for Developing Performance Metrics for Information Security, 49 pages, PDF (SP 800-80). The guide provides a methodology for linking agencies’ IT security program performance to agency performance, “tying information security controls, implementation, efficiency and effectiveness to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

House Passes Net Neutrality Bill

Follow-up to previous postings on net neutrality, today the House passed the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006 [H.R. 5417], on a 20-13 vote.

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

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