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FTC press release: “The Commission today announced it is notifying approximately 110 individuals that two FTC laptop computers, one of which contained some of their personally identifiable information, were stolen from a locked vehicle. The FTC has no reason to believe the information on the laptops, as opposed to the laptops themselves, was the target …
Presidential Signing Statements, 2001-2006, George W. Bush, Annotated Text of the Signing Statements. See also The American Presidency Project, Presidential Signing Statements. Related postings on Presidential signing statements
Joint Statement [released June 22, 2006] of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman and Ranking Member on the Climate Change Conference Held on April 4, 2006 (PDF). “Joint Statement examines issues discussed and legislative policy ideas brought forth by participants at the Climate Change Conference.” Additional April 4 Climate Conference Information released on …
New York Times, Bank Data Sifted in Secret by U.S. to Block Terror: “Under a secret Bush administration program initiated weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, counterterrorism officials have gained access to financial records from a vast international database and examined banking transactions involving thousands of Americans and others in the United States, according to …
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? by Kim Zetter, Salon.com, June 22, 2006.
“The Department of State [launched] a new website feature Thursday, June 22 called, “Ask the Ambassador”. This ongoing Internet program will create an opportunity for the public to speak directly with U.S. ambassadors world-wide. The first on-line web discussion will be hosted by William R. Timken, Jr., the U.S. Ambassador to Germany. Questions concerning the …
Pew Global Attitudes Project, June 22, 2006 – The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other
Press release: “There is sufficient evidence from tree rings, boreholes, retreating glaciers, and other “proxies” of past surface temperatures to say with a high level of confidence that the last few decades of the 20th century were warmer than any comparable period in the last 400 years, according to a new report from the National …
Press release: “New report shows 17 states at high risk for election results compromised due to electronic voting machine problems.” “A new report released Thursday by Common Cause concludes that the push to use direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines was misguided, has resulted in serious security and reliability concerns, and should be reversed. The …
The 2006 Technology, Media and Telecommunications Security Survey (16 pages, PDF), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu: “Security has long been neglected in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) industry and the problem continues today. The frequency and sophistication of the attacks are growing, yet many surveyed companies tend to treat security as a relatively minor issue. So …
Congressional Record, June 19, 2006 – “By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Durbin): S. 3536. A bill to ensure oversight of intelligence on Iran, and for other purposes; to the Select Committee on Intelligence….Today, I am introducing legislation which would improve Congress’s oversight of the administration’s efforts on Iran–the Iran …
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