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Text of Letter from Democratic House Judiciary Committee Members to Committee Chairmen Regarding the Downing Street Minutes (6/30/05) See also related links available in this posting: Downing Street Memo Continues to Provoke Responses from Hill and Media
“In remarks to the Wireless Communications Association (WCA) on June 30, 2005, Assistant Secretary Michael Gallagher announced U.S. principles on the Internet’s Domain Name and Addressing System.” [Link] U.S. Principles on the Internets Domain Name and Addressing System: “The United States Government intends to preserve the security and stability of the Internet’s Domain Name and …
Fact Sheet: Bush Administration Implements WMD Commission Recommendations, June 29, 2005. “Today, President Bush Announced Actions To Implement Recommendations In The WMD Commission’s Report To Make America Safer And To Ensure The Intelligence Community Is Prepared To Address The Threats Of The 21st Century. The Administration endorsed 70 of the 74 recommendations of the WMD …
Deloitte & Touche published their annual Global Security Study, 2005 (44 pages, PDF) which surveys the state of IT security in the finanical services industry. Related references: Personal Finance: How you can (and can’t) avoid identity theft More States Giving Consumers Power to Freeze Credit Files; Security Freeze Gives Consumers Powerful Protection Against ID Theft
Identity Theft: Some Outreach Efforts to Promote Awareness of New Consumer Rights Are Under Way, GAO-05-710, June 30, 2005. Highlights. “This report provides information on (1) outreach efforts to inform consumers, businesses and law enforcement entities about sec. 609(e) [of the FACT Act]; (2) the views of relevant groups on the provision’s expected impact; and …
“CDT Executive Director Jim Dempsey today warned a House subcommittee [Testimony: 12 pages, PDF]that government efforts to create a new air traveler screening system — called Secure Flight — have yet to adequately address critical issues concerning the system’s effectiveness and ability to protect the privacy and due process rights of Americans. CDT said that …
Now available from GPO Access: Serial No. 109-10, Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act (80 pages, PDF). Serial No. 109-12, USA Patriot Act: A Review for the Purpose of Reauthorization (168 pages, PDF).
Press release: “…the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005, legislation…would help consumers better protect the privacy of their personal information in the face of recurrent data security breaches across the country…” Note that the press release includes: key features and a summary of the Specter-Leahy legislation, Senator Leahy’s statements on the introduction of …
The Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, The National Academies, issued a new report on June 20, Building an Electronic Records Archive at the National Archives and Records Administration: Recommendations for a Long-term Strategy, that “examines several important long-term issues in archiving electronic records.”
Prepared Remarks to the FEC June 28, 2005, by kos:“…It isn’t my position that the government should never regulate any Internet communications. It is my position that the Internet is so different than television, radio, and print media, that the current campaign finance regime doesn’t fit and different techniques must be employed..” Bloggers Go Mainstream …
Market Intelligence The Power of Three, by Donna Cavallini Review of Annotated Refugee Convention: Fifty Years of North American Jurisprudence, by Elisa Mason Using EISIL to Research Private International Law, by Louise Tsang Revolutionizing Client Relations with CaseMap’s New ReportBooks, by Dennis Kennedy Garbage In, Garbage Out: Working Around Document Profiling to Improve Work …
NewsForge has a detailed and very interesting posting on how a group of Italian attorneys have formed a consortium to facilitate the distribution of, and training programs about how to efficiently use open source applications for a range of document management applications as well as e-filing of court documents.