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Press release, June 9, 2006: “Governor George E. Pataki today signed three bills [Security Freeze Law, Disposal of Personal Records Law, Anti-Phishing Act of 2006] that will further protect New York’s consumers and their privacy. These bills will allow consumers to proactively defend themselves against identity thieves, require businesses to properly discard documents and records …
The Law Professor as Public Intellectual, by Cynthia Cotts, The American Lawyer, June 1, 2006 Blawgs on a Roll – Legal reporting is sometimes decried as boring and inaccurate. But a band of savvy law professors have changed all that, by Dahlia Lithwick, The American Lawyer, June 1, 2006 Related article, New York Times, October …
CIA FOIA Top 25 Search Phrases: “This collection reports the most frequent phrases used to search for documents on this site during the previous month, along with the number of times that search phrase was entered. It does not reflect phrases entered into third-party search engines used to find this site, but rather reflects phrases …
Hearing, Cyber Security Challenges at the Department of Energy, June 9, 2006. [note: links to member statements and witness testimony not yet available – after an open session, there was a closed session to discuss security issues related to a previously unreported data breach.] AP: DOE Computers Hacked; Info on 1,500 Taken
H.R. 5252 – “Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 – Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow an eligible person or group to obtain a national franchise to provide cable service in a franchise area in lieu of any other authority under federal, state, or local law. Requires: (1) the filing of …
“It is FDA’s policy to help prevent or alleviate shortages primarily of medically necessary drug products, since these can have significant public health consequences. A drug shortage may involve either an actual or a potential shortage of a drug product.” [Link to Current Drug Shortages website]
EPA OIG, Congressional Request Regarding EPA Grants to the National Rural Water Association, May 30, 2006 [Report – PDF, 61 pages] [At a Glance – PDF] EPA: New Guidance Helps Small Drinking Water Systems Identify Affordable-Treatment Options
Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus 2006 Watch List: “…the Caucus announced they will focus on China and Russia as high priority countries, due to the scope and depth of their piracy problems. The Caucus will also closely monitor the serious problems of copyright piracy in the following countries: Mexico, Canada, India and Malaysia.”
The Center for Media and Democracy have posted a guide, which will be updated, “…of the members of Congress currently under investigation by the congressional ethics committees or law enforcement authorities, based on credible media reports.”
CDT: “A federal appeals court today ruled 2-1 that telephone regulators and the FBI can control the design of Internet services in order to make government wiretapping easier. The decision (29 pages, PDF), which is damaging both to civil liberties and technology innovation, came in a case in which CDT joined with a coalition of …
Press release: “The public may now listen to arguments held before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals without having to attend in person, thanks to new technology instated June 7 that provides real-time audio coverage via web streaming. Similar technology has been put in place in 21 states including California, Florida, New York, and …
Can the Justice Department Prosecute Reporters Who Publish Leaked Classified Information Interpreting the Espionage Act, by Louis Klarevas Related postings: DOJ Testimony Reiterates AG Policy on Journalists and Leaks and AG States Prosecution of Journalists for Leaks is Legal