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USDA – A Consumer’s Guide to Food Safety: Severe Storms and Hurricanes: “Did you know that a flood, fire, national disaster, or the loss of power from high winds, snow, or ice could jeopardize the safety of your food? Knowing how to determine if food is safe and how to keep food safe will help …
The following data was posted on September 10, 2006: Trends in violent victimizations, 1973-2005: “Since 1994, violent crime rates have declined, reaching the lowest level ever in 2005.” Trends in property crime victimizations, 1973-2005: “Property crime rates continue to decline.” Criminal Victimization, 2005 (NCJ-214644), by BJS statistician Shannan M. Catalano (PDF version and Spreadsheets – …
Project On Government Oversight – September 11, 2006: An annotated list of resources related to the policies and use of the Transportation Security Administration’s Sensitive Security Information secrecy category.
The Terrorism Index, by FOREIGN POLICY & The Center For American Progress: “Despite todays highly politicized national security environment, the index results show striking consensus across political party lines. A bipartisan majority (84 percent) of the index’s experts say the United States is not winning the war on terror. Eighty-six percent of the indexs experts …
AP: Thousands Walk to Pentagon to Mark 9/11
Press release: “A new market report entitled “Beyond Aviation: The Emerging Ground Transportation Security Market,” (free but reg. req’d) cites a dramatic imbalance between federal security spending on ground transportation as compared to aviation. According to one estimate, federal funding for aviation security has approached $20 billion since 2001 compared to $400 million for ground …
Follow-up to previous posting, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (S. 2590) unanimously passed the Senate on the evening of September 7. POGO reported “that Sens. Stevens (R-AK) and Byrd (D- WV) lifted their secret holds on the bill.” Update: September 13, 2006 House floor debate on the Act, via FAS
Prepared Remarks by Stuart Levey, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Before the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: “…we have made dramatic progress in combating terrorist abuse of charities. Prior to 9/11 and even afterwards, terrorists used charities as safe and easy ways to raise and move large sums of money. Al …
CDT press release: “Evaluating DRM: Building a Marketplace for the Convergent World” tackles the complicated subject of copyright protection technology, offering a clear set of metrics for consumers and product reviewers to consider when evaluating DRM-protected devices and services. The goal of the paper is to educate users about what questions to ask to determine …
“EPIC, Privacy International Publish 2005 Privacy and Human Rights Report: The 1,200 page report explores privacy developments around the globe and provides detailed information on emerging privacy topics.” [Link]
Fact Sheet: Protecting the Homeland Post September 11: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken significant action to improve the nations security since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. By improving security measures for the nations aviation system, implementing measures designed to protect our critical infrastructure, using biometrics to establish and verify identity, …
House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security Democrats –Real Security: A Plan to Fulfill the 9/11 Commission Recommendations (23 pages, PDF)