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Kevin Poulsen, Wired Blog: “May 14th is the official deadline for cable modem companies, DSL providers, broadband over powerline, satellite internet companies and some universities to finish wiring up their networks with FBI-friendly surveillance gear, to comply with the FCC’s expanded interpretation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.” Related postings on the Communications …
Earthtimes reports that a recent “internal survey conducted by search engine giant Google has revealed that one in every 10 pages scanned by the company is infected with malicious software that can harm the users’ PC.” The Ghost In The Browser. Analysis of Web-based Malware, Niels Provos, Dean McNamee, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Ke Wang and Nagendra …
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will soon begin conducting multiple projects in the Port of Tacoma, Wash., to evaluate technology and concepts of operations for radiation detection that will scan cargo at various points in transfer from ship to rail. By establishing a Rail Test Center (RTC) at the port, DHS …
CIO Today: “In the annual shareholders’ meeting at Google headquarters on Thursday, CEO Eric Schmidt told reporters that the search titan has changed its tagline and its target. The new tagline will be “Search, Ads, and Apps.” It’s that last word in the trio that might concern Microsoft.”
Administrative Office of the United States Courts: “In fiscal year 2006, it cost up to $24,443.08 to keep a federal inmate incarcerated for 12 months, and $3,535.18 for a federal offender to be released under the supervision of a probation officer for the same period. The annual cost of imprisonment in a Bureau of Prisons …
Press release: “The League of Women Voters (LWV) is pleased to announce the release of Observing Your Government In Action: Protecting your Right to Know. This comprehensive resource guide, part of the Leagues Citizen Transparency Initiative, provides useful best practices and tips for observing government activities and promoting transparency.”
Center for Public Integrity: “Technology has created a chessboard of corporate and government interests in telecommunications and media. The players battle it out in Congress, at the Federal Communications Commission and in state houses. The Well Connected Project tracks this inside influence game.” “The Media Tracker will tell you who owns the media where you …
Useful Void: The Art of Forgetting in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing, by Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Working Paper Number: RWP07-022, Submitted: 04/24/2007 [via Harvard Crimson, Working paper calls for search engines to delete Internet activity records] Abstract: “As humans we have the capacity to remember and to forget. For millennia remembering was hard, and forgetting …
FAA’s FY 2008 Budget Request: Key Issues Facing the Agency, May 10, 2007, Project ID: CC-2007-054. “On May 10, 2007, the Inspector General testified on FAA’s FY 2008 budget request before the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies. The Inspector General testified that regardless of the funding mechanism ultimately decided …
“EMAC, the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, is a congressionally ratified organization that provides form and structure to interstate mutual aid. Through EMAC, a disaster impacted state can request and receive assistance from other member states quickly and efficiently, resolving two key issues upfront: liability and reimbursement.”
Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology press release: “The report provides an overview of functional foodsfoods that are enhanced to provide health benefits beyond basic nutritionand looks at the potential to develop these foods through the application of modern biotechnology. After detailing some of the recent scientific advances that could lead to a variety of …
CRS Report, FDA’s Authority to Ensure That Drugs Prescribed to Children Are Safe and Effective, May 1, 2007. “The Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA, P.L. 107-109) and the Pediatric Research Equity Act (PREA, P.L. 108-155) allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to offer financial and regulatory incentives to manufacturers for testing their products …