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EPIC reports: “Google will cut the period that it retains user data from a maximum of 24 months to a maximum of 18 months, the company said in a letter (pdf) to the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party. Last month, the Working Party began to investigate (pdf) Google’s privacy practices and asked whether the …
Press release: “U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), a practicing physician, today released an oversight report on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency with a $10 billion annual budget and a crucial public health mission. Recent events have highlighted how critical CDCs mission is to the health of our nation. The …
Via NPR News Blog and PoliticalWarfare.org: “It took 18 months and some prodding from other agencies, but the State Department finally has a new strategy for communications and public diplomacy. The new plan is intended to help State Department diplomats around the world provide a unified message about U.S. policies and programs, something critics say …
Press release: “The leaders of the House Committee on Science and Technologys Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) [copy of the letter] to investigate the proposed creation of a new federal facility aimed at identifying terrorists. The Subcommittee is concerned that, without the proper safeguards in place, billions of …
Talking Books for the Blind, GAO-07-871R, June 12, 2007. “The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), a part of the Library of Congress, operates a free national talking (audio) book program for qualified blind, visually impaired, or physically disabled residents of the United States and its territories, as well as qualified …
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Press Release, June 12, 2007: “Water in the drinking water system for the Tarawa Terrace family housing area at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, affecting possibly 75,000 residents, was contaminated with tetrachloroethylene (PCE), a dry cleaning solvent, during the period November 1957 through February …
Press release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin a multi-year Tomato Safety Initiative to reduce the incidence of tomato-related foodborne illness in the United States…The Tomato Safety Initiative complements the Leafy Greens Initiative launched in 2006.”
“The anti-phishing research group at Indiana University, stop-phishing.com, is striving to understand, detect and prevent online fraud, and in particular, to reduce the economic viability of phishing attacks. We achieve this goal through a cross-disciplinary research agenda in which we consider all facets of the problem, ranging from psychological aspects and technology matters to legal …
OMB and the Council for Excellence in Government Host International Forum to Share Best Practices in Utilizing Performance Information (June 12, 2007)
From the State Department: The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism – Pakistan Endorses the U.S.-Russia-led Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (6/11/07) The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism is open to other partner nations who share the common goals of the initiative and are actively committed to combating nuclear terrorism on a determined …
Pew Research Center DataBank, June 12, 2007: “Nearly a third (31%) of American adults used the internet during the 2006 campaign to get political news and information and discuss the races through email; the number of Americans using the internet as their main source of political material doubled since the last mid-term election in 2002.”
“The Yearbook is SIPRI’s annual compendium of data and analysis of developments in security and conflicts, military spending and armaments and non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament. The SIPRI Yearbook 2007: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security was launched at a press conference on 11 June 2007.” Download the press release and chapter summaries booklet (28 pages)