FTC Issues Report on Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children

Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission gave a mixed review of the movie, music, and video-game industries’ self-regulatory programs and their marketing of violent entertainment products to children in its latest report to Congress. This fifth follow-up report, the most comprehensive study since 2000, found that all three industries generally comply with their own voluntary …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Election Commission Makes Legislative Recommendations

April 12, 2007 press release, Federal Election Commission Makes Legislative Recommendations: “The Federal Election Commission (FEC) met in open session today and unanimously approved five legislative recommendations to be forwarded to the President and Congress. Commission Chairman Robert Lenhard described the recommendations as “measured, common-sense changes that would bolster the Commission’s ability to efficiently and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Seventh Report Card on Computer Security at Federal Departments and Agencies

Press release: “Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), ranking member of the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, gave the federal government an overall grade of C-minus when it comes to safekeeping information on government computer systems.” Seventh Report Card on Computer Security at Federal Departments and Agencies – Overall Grade: C-, April 12, 2007

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Waxman Asks Government Agencies to Preserve E-mails from RNC Accounts

Following up on this April 10, 2007 posting, House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas AG Gonzales, and related links on the U.S. Attorney firings, today this press release from Rep. Waxman’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee: “Following briefings from the White House and Republican National Committee that revealed an extensive volume of e-mails regarding official government …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Legal Research