DHS OIG Audit of RFID Issues Associated With US-VISIT Program
Enhanced Security Controls Needed for US-VISIT’s System Using RFID Technology (Redacted) OIG-06-39 (PDF, 27 pages), released July 7, 2006.
GAO Reports on Need for More Effective Agency Facility Security
Homeland Security: Guidance and Standards Are Needed for Measuring the Effectiveness of Agencies’ Facility Protection Efforts, Full-text GAO-06-612, and Highlights, May 31, 2006 (released Junly 7, 2006). “The need to better protect federal facilities, coupled with federal budget constraints and the increased scrutiny of homeland security funding and programs, has prompted the need for U.S. …
Introduction to the Law of Information Privacy
Solove, Daniel J., A Brief History of Information Privacy Law. Book chapter in Proskauer on Privacy (2006). “This book chapter provides a brief history of information privacy law in the United States from colonial times to the present. It discusses the development of the common law torts, Fourth Amendment law, the constitutional right to information …
Legality of Tracking Terrorist Financing
Press release, July 7. 2006: “Members of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Sue W. Kelly (NY), will evaluate the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program at a hearing to be held Tuesday, July 11, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2128 Rayburn Building.” The Treasury Department’s Secret Monitoring of International Funds Transfers: …
CBO Monthly Budget Review
Monthly Budget Review, July 2006: “CBO estimates that the government recorded a deficit of $208 billion for the first three quarters of 2006.”
Expert Creates State Filtering Feature For Google Gov. Search
From Tara Calishain: “This page allows you to search Googles government search engine and narrow your results by a state. Try adding a city or county name to your query as well.” See also Peggy Garvin’s review of U.S. Government Search on LLRX.com.
FDA's Monitoring of Postmarketing Study Commitments
FDA’s Monitoring of Postmarketing Study Commitments (OEI-01-04-00390), released July 7, 2006 (45 pages, PDF).
FDIC State Profiles, Summer 2006
FDIC press release, July 6, 2006: “Job market conditions remained generally positive in most of the U.S. through the first quarter of 2006, with some pockets of weakness along the Louisiana Gulf Coast and the auto-dependent upper Midwest. FDIC-insured institutions also continue to record strong earnings, supported by low credit losses and growth in both …
Government Funds Law School Analysis of Sensitive Gov't Docs.
USAToday.com reported that “the federal government will pay a Texas law school $1 million to do research aimed at rolling back the amount of sensitive data available to the press and public through freedom-of-information requests. Beginning this month, St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio will analyze recent state laws that place previously …
Pew Survey on Muslims in Europe
Pew Global Attitudes Project Survey released July 6, 2006 – Muslims in Europe: Economic Worries Top Concerns About Religious and Cultural Identity – Few Signs of Backlash From Western Europeans. See also New Pew Survey Examines Widening Gulf Between Westerners and Muslims
Copyright Law, Second Edition
Federal Judicial Center: Copyright Law, Second Edition, 2006, 241 pages. “This monograph provides a concise overview of the law of copyright from its origins in the English common law through recent Supreme Court cases, designed to provide judges with a grounding in the essential concepts and statutory and case law in this specialized area. The …
DOE IG Report on Human Reliability and National Security at Livermore Labs
Department of Energy’s Office of the Inspector General Report IG-0732, The Human Reliability Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (20 pages, PDF), June 30, 2006.