Category «Government Documents»

FTC Seeks Comments on COPPA

Press release: FTC Seeks Comment on Children’s Online Privacy Rule – “The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on its implementation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) through the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule. The FTC also is seeking additional comment on the COPPA Rule’s sliding scale approach to obtaining parental consent, …

Subjects: Government Documents, Privacy

DHS IT Infrastructure Requires Significant Improvement According to GAO

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; …

Subjects: Government Documents

GAO Identifies Personal Data Security Issues at IRS

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 …

Subjects: Government Documents, Privacy

President and Newspaper Editors Differ in Views on FOI

Has the sun set on FOIA’s 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 …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act

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 …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Patriot Act

A Reminder About the National Debt

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

Subjects: Government Documents