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USA Today reported that the nation’s three major telecommunications carriers have provided the Pentagon with call records for “tens of millions of Americans.” The paper also published this related editorial: NSA has your phone records; ‘trust us’ isn’t good enough. Related government documents and news: President Bush Discusses NSA Surveillance Program, May 11, 2006: “We’re …
Press release: “An ideologically diverse committee of experts, led by former FBI Director and federal judge William S. Sessions and former Congressman Mickey Edwards (R-OK), today released Ten Principles for Preserving Courts’ Role in American Democracy. These principles, articulated by the Steering Committee of the Constitution Project’s Courts Initiative, recommend that legislative and executive branch …
Fact Sheet: The President’s Identity Theft Task Force: “This task force will marshal the resources of the Federal government to crack down on the criminals who traffic in stolen identities and protect American families from this devastating crime.” Executive Order: Strengthening Federal Efforts to Protect Against Identity Theft, May 10, 2006.
“The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has released its official investigations into the 7 July 2005 terrorist attacks. The Government has also released their response to the ISC report.” Intelligence and Security Committee Report into the London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005 [PDF, 52 pages] Government Response to the Intelligence and Security Committee Report …
“With Google Trends, you can compare the world’s interest in your favorite topics. Enter up to five topics and see how often they’ve been searched on Google over time. Google Trends also shows how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and in which geographic regions people have searched for them most…Google Trends …
As reported by Declan McCullagh, the text of new legislation to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms.
“The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4127) to protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and …
SEC press release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a civil injunctive action against Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated for failing to produce tens of thousands of e-mails during the Commission’s IPO and Research Analyst investigations from Dec. 11, 2000, through at least July 2005. The Commission alleges in its complaint that Morgan Stanley …
Press release, May 8, 2006: New EPA Collaborative Partnership with Farmers in Growing Economy, Cleaning Up the Environment April 25, 2006 – EPA’s National Strategy for Agriculture
World Bank: State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2006: “In the past year the carbon market has grown faster and broader than nearly any other emerging market, said Andrew Ertel, President of Evolution Markets LLC. The increase in volume and considerable price volatility are a sign of a healthy market. They indicate emissions reductions …
World Bank: “The Little Green Data Book (240 pages, PDF) represents a succinct collection of information from the World Development Indicators and its accompanying CD-ROM. It is a collaboration between the Development Economics Data Group and the Environment Department of the World Bank.”
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