Proposed FISA Legislation Supports Status Quo According to Recent Commentary

Follow-up to recents postings on FISA that include House Intelligence Hearing on Modernizing FISA and Draft Agreement With White House on Domestic Surveillance Oversight, see this new article on the subject by Edward Lazarus: Why The “Compromise” Foreign Surveillance Wiretap Legislation Pending in Congress Is No Compromise: The Bill, and Senator Specter’s Strange Reversal on …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Patriot Act

Agencies Propose Rules on Identity Theft Red Flags and Notices of Address Discrepancy

FTC press release: “The federal financial institution regulatory agencies and the Federal Trade Commission are soliciting comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning identity theft “red flags” and address discrepancies. The NPRM, which has been reviewed and approved by each of the listed agencies, implements sections 114 and 315 of the Fair and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

Public Recognizes Debt as a Fast Growing Problem in U.S.

Press release: “Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Public Opinion Strategies will release a report today, co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress, that reveals broad public concern about the growing problem of household debt in America. The national survey results…show that Americans have considerable consensus about how to address this issue…Ultimately, respondents hold individuals responsible …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

House Intelligence Hearing on Modernizing FISA

House Intelligence to Hold Open Hearing on Modernizing FISA, July 19, 2006. Statement of Jim Dempsey, Policy Director, Center for Democracy and Technology, July 19, 2006 (13 pages, PDF) ABA President’s Testimony to House Intelligence Committee Hearing on Domestic Surveillance, July 19, 2006 Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy Executive Director Kim …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Legislation, Patriot Act, Privacy

More Corporations Plan to Implement Blogs According to New Report

Press release: “JupiterResearch, a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, reveals that 35 percent of large companies plan to institute corporate Weblogs this year. Combined with the existing deployed base of 34 percent, nearly 70 percent of all site operators will have implemented corporate blogs by the …

Subjects: Blogs, Marketing