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Security Focus has an in-depth report on how a Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems and steals personal data, including social security numbers, emails, photos and Secret Service documents. [via David Reis]
From the DOJ Office of Information and Privacy, “the following Freedom of Information Act decisions were received by the Office of Information and Privacy during the months of October through December 2004.”
“EPIC, joined by a coalition of consumer and privacy groups, filed comments today with the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission urging the agencies not to create a loophole for prerecorded established business relationship telemarketing. If the loophole is adopted, businesses could send prerecorded messages to their customers, even if they are on the …
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, Free askSam Searchable Version (ResearchBuzz) From the press release: “The text from the several hundred page act has been imported into a searchable, hypertext-linked askSam database. The individual sections of the legislation are divided into separate documents in the database. This allows you to easily locate sections …
Federal Register, January 7, 2004, FCC Final Rule, Broadband Power Line Systems – SUMMARY: “This document adopts new requirements and measurement guidelines for a new type of carrier current system that provides access to broadband services using electric utility companies’ power lines. This new technology offers the potential for the establishment of a significant new …
“EPIC has called for hearings in Congress and before the Federal Trade Commission on the need for new privacy protections for American consumers. In a December 16, 2004 complaint to Federal Trade Commission, EPIC urged the Commission to determine whether Choicepoint, a large information broker, complies with federal privacy law and also whether it will …
Report Prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress under an Interagency Agreement with the NASA Office of Inspector General, September 2004: “Laws and Regulations Governing the Protection of Sensitive But Unclassified Information.” (32 pages, PDF, via Secrecy News) “This report sets forth the statutes, regulations, and Executive Branch directives that define and govern …
Researcher Michael Ravnitzky obtained an archive of over 500,00 documents from the Air Force Historical Research Agency, “cover(ing) almost every aspect of US military history from the 1920s to the early 1980s…This is the first time that this massive list has been seen by the public.” His FOIA request yielded this unprecedented collection of documents …
From the ACLU, this press release, New ACLU Report Highlights Gonzales Role in Detainee Abuse, and the accompanying 20 page report, The Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Record of Attorney General Nominee Alberto Gonzales. Related reference, December 31, 2004: DOJ Issues New Standard on Torture.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2004, Sixth Annual List, RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) I highly recommend reviewing this list of 30 websites that includes the Household Products Database, the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog and the University of Michigan Documents Center.
On December 30, 2004, GPO issued an RFP to “procure Web Harvesting Services.” From the Statement of Work: “The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) requires the services of a vendor that can provide a number of different products and/or services related to the discovery, harvesting, and assessment of documents and publications from Web sites using …
Memorandum for James B. Comey, Deputy Attorney General, Regarding Legal Standards Applicable Under 18 U.S.C. § § 2340-2340A (17 pages, PDF) “Torture is abhorrent both to American law and values and to international norms. This universal repudiation of torture is reflected in our criminal law…and the longstanding policy of the United States, repeatedly and recently …
