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Google Launches New Features to Collect, Share, and Discover New Books – ComputerWorld: “Users may now…”create and search their own library built on Google Book Search, so they can organize, annotate and do a full text search through the books they have chosen…share their expertise by allowing them to annotate their libraries with labels, write …
“As Congress and federal regulators consider proposals aimed at reducing the risk of identity theft, a national poll by the Consumer Reports National Research Center reveals that an overwhelming majority of Americans want lawmakers to restrict the use and availability of Social Security numbers by businesses and government agencies. According to the poll, 89 percent …
Press release: “The Department of Justice cautioned against imposing regulations that could hamper the development of the Internet and related services in response to a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice of Inquiry regarding broadband practices. In its filing the Department said that some regulatory proposals offered by various companies and organizations in the name of …
State Department Media Events Announcements 09/06/07 Department of Defense September 11th Events 09/06/07 Update on World Trade Center Tower Designs, Plans for the WTC Memorial and Construction Activity at the Site 08/30/07 Credentialing, Pool and Program Information for New York City’s September 11 Commemoration Ceremony 08/30/07 9/11 Family Organizations
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports, correspondence and testimony: Reports Department of Homeland Security: Progress Report on Implementation of Mission and Management Functions. GAO-07-454, August 17, 2007 Employer-Sponsored Benefits: Many Factors Affect the Treatment of Pension and Health Benefits in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. GAO-07-1101, September 6, 2007 Climate Change: Agencies Should …
NASCIO – Seek and Ye Shall Find? State CIOs Must Prepare Now for E-Discovery, September 2007: “In increasingly consolidated state technology environments, State CIOs may have heightened responsibility for the storage, preservation and retrieval of electronic information in response to e-discovery requests. Since government information is a knowledge asset, State CIOs must ensure the proper …
August 31, 2007: Draft Special Publication 800-28 Revision 2 Guidelines on Active Content and Mobile Code (60 pages, PDF) “SP 800-28 version 2 is now available for public comment. It provides an overview of active content and mobile code technologies in use today and offers insights for making informed IT security decisions on their application …
Background materials on the “Patent Reform Act of 2007”, Committee on the Judiciary Bill Text Dear Colleague Letters Letters of Support Reasons for Reform Summary of Hearings on Patent Reform University Response Committee Report Witness Testimony
Analysis of Loss of Control Over Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information and Follow-up Actions to Strengthen its Protection, August 28, 2007. Correspondence (23 pages, PDF) Summary: “On August, 28, 2007 we issued a memorandum on our analysis of the circumstances surrounding the July 27, 2006 theft of an OIG laptop from a government vehicle in Doral, …
Tim Stanley: US Federal District Court Opinions with Full Text Search: “We have put online the Federal District Court case opinions and orders that are available using the opinion report in the Federal Courts’ ECF. These are updated daily. We have categorized the opinions by state, court, type of lawsuit and judge and combinations of …
Court Permits CIA to Withhold Historic President’s Daily Briefs, But Denies Categorical Exemption for PDBs: “The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week held that the disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of two Presidential Daily Briefs written for President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s could reveal protected intelligence sources and methods. The …
“The Inspector General testified on September 5, 2007, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The Inspector General’s statement highlighted bridge safety and funding as Federal Highway Administration’s Oversight of Structurally Deficient Bridges. Date: September 5, 2007. Project ID: CC-2007-095. Summary: “The Inspector General testified on September 5, 2007, before the House Committee on …