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Proponent of open government – McDermott: Feds closing the door to information
From the New York Times, September 13, 1960 (via the Dept. of State website as noted by BuzzFlash), the text of candidate John F. Kennedy’s Address to Southern Baptist Leaders (1960).
Press release: FTC Seeks Comment on Children’s Online Privacy Rule – “The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on its implementation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) through the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Rule. The FTC also is seeking additional comment on the COPPA Rules sliding scale approach to obtaining parental consent, …
Homeland Security: Overview of Department of Homeland Security Management Challenges, GAO-05-573T, April 20, 2005. Highlights. “..DHS’s transformation remains a high-risk area. DHS faces a number of management challenges to improve its ability to carry out its homeland security missions. Among these challenges are providing focus for management efforts; monitoring transformation and integration; improving strategic planning; …
UPI reported today that key members of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States repeatedly threatened to resign if the President did not guarantee the cooperation of intelligence agencies during the course of their enquires.
Information Security: Internal Revenue Service Needs to Remedy Serious Weaknesses over Taxpayer and Bank Secrecy Act Data, GAO-05-482, April 15, 2005. Highlights. “…39 newly identified information security control weaknesses impair IRS’s ability to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its sensitive financial and taxpayer data and FinCEN’s Bank Secrecy Act data. Related reference: Press …
As a follow-up to my March 16, 2005 posting, Controversy Surrounds Government Sponsored News, today the Senate Agrees on ID for Gov’t Video News
IRS Denies It’s Refusing to Release Papers…and in response, Federal Lawsuit Filed Today Against IRS Is Part of Broad Effort to Provide Information About Agency’s Audit Activities to the Public Background: Dangers Posed by IRS Secrecy Full Text of District Court Complaint (12 pages, PDF)
Has the sun set on FOIAs future?: “Kevin Goldberg, legal counsel for the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) said government efforts to prevent the public release of information is forcing many newspapers to go to court.” President Bush addressed the American Society of Newspaper Editors today. The full text of his remarks are available …
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (as required by Section 1001(3) of Public Law 107-56), March 2005, Office of the Inspector General. “Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act), Public Law 107-56, directs the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Department of Justice …
U.S. National Debt Clock – The Outstanding Public Debt as of 12 Apr 2005 at 02:28:37 AM GMT is: $7,797,789,055,078.33 Related references: from the April 10, 2005 New York Times, A Tax Increase That Bush Didn’t Mention, and from the IRS, Alternative Minimum Tax, Tax Tip 2004-51, March 15, 2004
