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“The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) today launched a unique new website providing extensive information about one of most important and politically sensitive subjects in America today — immigration control… The purpose of the site…is to provide the American people, Congress, immigration groups, reporters and others with the authoritative information they need to judge the …
House Report Report 109-382, March 2, 2006. Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Directing the Attorney General to Submit to the House of Representatives All Documents In the Possession of the Attorney General Related to Warrantless Electronic Surveillance of Telephone Conversations and Electronic Communications of Persons in the United States Conducted …
Press release, April 3, 2006: “The European Commission is today publishing a study which examines the scientific publication system in Europe. Scientific publication ensures that research results are made known, which is a pre-condition for further research and for turning this knowledge into innovative products and services. Scientific publication is also an important part of …
“The European Competition Network – the European Commission together with the national competition authorities in the EU has launched a website providing businesses, their advisors, and citizens with information about antitrust enforcement, annual reports and background documents about the Network. The ECN website will inter alia provide one-stop access to news releases from all …
http://pixsy.com/ A picture can be worth a thousand words, but an RSS feed is worth a million pictures. That’s the virtual promise of Pixsy, a visual search engine that scours syndication feeds (in the format of Really Simple Syndication) for up-to-date images and then makes them searchable. On Tuesday, the company will relaunch its engine …
Following up on my February 20, 2006 posting, Report on the Response to Hurricane Katrina, today GPO made available a PDF copy of the Final Report. Congressional Reports: H. Rpt. 109-377 A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. The Select …
The IRS held a public hearing today on proposed regs that will require taxpayers to specifically consent to the sale of their data as supplied to tax preparers. Proposed Regulation Proposed Consent and Warning Requirements Current Regulation Consumer Groups to Testify before the IRS on Plan to Weaken Taxpayer Privacy Rules Citing concerns about privacy …
Paid Tax Return Preparers: In a Limited Study, Chain Preparers Made Serious Errors, Full-text GAO-06-563T, April 4, 2006. Highlights. “In GAO visits to commercial preparers, paid preparers often prepared returns that were incorrect, with tax consequences that were sometimes significant.”
Personal Information: Agencies and Resellers Vary in Providing Privacy Protections, Full-text GAO-06-609T, April 4, 2006. Highlights. “In fiscal year 2005, the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and State and the Social Security Administration reported that they used personal information obtained from resellers for a variety of purposes, including performing criminal investigations, locating witnesses and fugitives, …
UK: Terrorism Act 2006 (47 pages, PDF): “An Act to make provision for and about offences relating to conduct carried out, or capable of being carried out, for purposes connected with terrorism; to amend enactments relating to terrorism; to amend the Intelligence Services Act 1994 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; and for …
FTC press release: “Federal regulators [March 31, 2006] released “Evolution of a Prototype Financial Privacy Notice,” a report by Kleimann Communication Group summarizing consumer research commissioned by the regulators as part of their ongoing efforts to develop improved financial privacy notices…The report concludes that consumers need a context for understanding information in financial privacy notices. …
New York Times interview with DHS Director Michael Chertoff,by Deborah Solomon, April 2, 2006: Chertoff states, “I don’t use e-mail. One reason is when you write an e-mail, you have to be mindful of the fact that nothing ever disappears. It can be deleted, but it is still in the system somewhere…They can get me. …