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PC World: Microsoft Makes RSS a Two-Way Street – Proposed ‘extensions’ to specification allow multidirectional synchronization. Microsoft: Frequently Asked Questions for Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE) Ray Ozzie’s Weblog: Really Simple Sharing
Ohio’s Diebold Debacle: New machines call election results into question, by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman. See also GAO Report: Continued Federal Efforts Needed to Improve Electronic Voting
Press release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for Democracy and Technology, and representatives of industry, academia, librarians and others today filed a joint request for a stay with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), arguing that the Commission has been “unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious” in demanding that broadband Internet access providers and interconnected Voice …
According to a log [Word document: Listing of media requests] detailing FOI requests made by media organizations to the Pentagon for the period covering 2000 through February 2005, the National Security Archive, an independent non-governmental research institute, far outpaced the number of requests made by news agencies, including AP, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington …
“DHS Today will highlight FY05 Accomplishments in this column over the next several weeks. This weeks focus is on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The top FY05 FEMA accomplishments included: Hurricane Katrina: The response to Hurricane Katrina was FEMAs largest response in its history. The aid given within six weeks of landfall included almost …
Nº 98/2005: 22 November 2005, Opinion of the Advocate General in cases C-317/04, C-318/04, Parliament/Council, Principles of Community law – press release – Advocate General Léger Proposed Annulment of the Commission and Council Decisions on Transfer to the American Authorities of Personal Information Concerning Air Passengers. Full-text opinion (in French) May 31, 2004, Passenger Data …
The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities (Updated)~ The Experts Consensus, Version 6.0 November 22, 2005
Who’s Afraid of Google? Everyone, by Kevin Kelleher. “It seems no one is safe: Google is doing Wi-Fi; Google is searching inside books; Google has a plan for ecommerce.” postings on Google Print/Book Search Google Wants to Provide Free WiFi to SF Google Plans Online-Payment Service
Press release: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) [November 2, 2005] launched a redesign of its external agency Web site. The refreshed site will make it easier for federal customer agencies, businesses, and citizens to get the information they need on GSAs products and services. Improvement include: “A newly redesigned homepage that will make it …
November 18, DOJ/OIG Top Management and Performance Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2005: Counterterrorism; Sharing of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information; Department and FBI Intelligence-Related Reorganizations; Information Technology Systems Planning and Implementation; Information Technology Security; Financial Management and Systems; Grant Management; Detention and Incarceration; Judicial Security; and Supply and Demand for Drugs.
Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel, by Murray Waas, special to National Journal. “Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime of Saddam …
Nielson/NetRatings press release: Online newspapers enjoy double-digit year growth, reaching one out of four internet users “NYTimes.com was the top U.S. online newspaper site, with 11.4 million unique visitors in October 2005. USAToday.com and WashingtonPost.com took the No. 2 and 3 spots..”