WSJ Explores Potential Conflicts When Journalists Maintain Personal Blogs
A free feature from today’s WSJ: Should Newspapers Sponsor Blogs Written by Reporters?
Once Secret Reports From Special Trial Judges Available For First Time Since 1983
From the New York Times today, Secrecy Is Lifted in Some Tax Court Trials
Article Addresses Wirelsss Tracking Technologies and Privacy Issues
From the Christian Science Monitor, Can you be found anywhere, anytime? reviews how GPS, TV and wireless signals can be used to track your location.
GAO Report Highly Critical of DHS IT Systems
Information Security: Department of Homeland Security Needs to Fully Implement Its Security Program GAO-05-700, June 17, 2005. Highlights. “DHS has not fully implemented a comprehensive, departmentwide information security program to protect the information and information systems that support its operations and assets. It has developed and documented departmental policies and procedures that could provide a …
Guide to Factiva Resources on LexisNexis
A 16 page PDF Practice Area Research Guide to news, business, industry and market resources from Factiva which will be available on LexisNexis in 2005.
CERT Issues Cyber Security Alert On Trojan Email Attacks
Alert Overview: “The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has received reports of an email based technique for spreading trojan horse programs. A trojan horse is an attack method by which malicious or harmful code is contained inside apparently harmless files. Once opened, the malicious code can collect unauthorized information that can be exploited …
New Email Service Replaces Export Alert
“Notify U.S. is a free, web-based e-mail subscription service that offers U.S. entities (citizens, industries, organizations) an opportunity to review and comment on proposed foreign technical regulations that can affect their businesses and their access to international markets. This service and its associated web site is managed and operated by the National Center for Standards …
Current Administration Classifying Documents at Unprecedented Rate
New York Times editorial today, The Dangerous Comfort of Secrecy: “The Bush administration is classifying the documents to be kept from public scrutiny at the rate of 125 a minute. The move toward greater secrecy has nearly doubled the number of documents annually hidden from public view – to well more than 15 million last …
Industry Coalition Publishes Draft Report Defining Spyware
“The Anti-Spyware Coalition has released the first draft of the consensus document Spyware Definitions and Supporting Documents for a 30 day public comment period.” See also from Wired, Giving New Meaning to ‘Spyware’
Wiretapping In-Flight Passenger Internet and Wireless Communications
Wired reports today that the DOJ, FBI and DHS filed comments (23 pages, PDF) with the FCC seeking authority to require carriers to supply access to passenger in-flight communications “processed to and from broadband enabled communications devices onboard aircraft operating with United States airspace…,” that they further require to be recorded by the carriers, once …
NY Times Editorial Today on Patriot Act
“Unnecessary Powers: The Patriot Act already gives government too much power to spy on ordinary Americans, but things could get far worse. Congress is considering adding a broad new investigative power, known as the administrative subpoena, that would allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation to gain access to anyone’s financial, medical, employment and even library …
Website Posts Unredacted Copy of Report Chronicaling History of IRS Unit
The Memory Hole has made available an unredacted copy of a report previously recalled from federal depository libraries: 75 Years of IRS Criminal Investigation History, 102 pages, PDF. [thanks Suzanne]