Labor Sponsored Website Tracks Outsourcing of U.S. Jobs
Job Tracker – Working America: “To find out which jobs in your community have been exported or lost due to trade: Enter your ZIP code or Enter the industry and ZIP code or Select a company.”
National Library of Medicine Launches New Online Catalog
From the press release: “The NLM Catalog provides access to NLM bibliographic data for over 1.2 million journals, books, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources, and other materials via the NCBI Entrez retrieval system.” [thanks d.c.] NLM Catalog Help
Journalist Group Publishes Report on Post 9/11 Access to Gov’t Data
Homefront Confidential: How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to Information and the Public’s Right to Know, 5th edition, Prepared by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP). Contents page and the RCFP White Paper, full-text (PDF, 100 pages).
Senate Passes Amendment Requiring Gov’t Data Mining Report
“Federal agencies that collect personal and other information on American citizens would be required to report on those activities to Congress as part of a proposal coauthored by Senators Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) that has passed the U.S. Senate.” [Link] See H.R. 4567, Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for …
FTC Reviews Program to Reward Spam Whistleblowers
“The FTC today issued a assessing whether and how a system that rewards members of the public for tracking down spammers would or could help improve enforcement of the CAN-SPAM Act. That Act, which became effective on January 1, 2004, required the FTC to conduct a study and provide a report to Congress on a …
Web Search Engines Reveal Some Credit Card Data
Google Search Reveals Credit-Card Numbers: “In an effort to ascertain actual theft risk associated with ordering online, NewsFactor conducted an informal test of the Web… the test was conducted using basic search engines to determine how accessible personal-identity and credit-card information was to a more ordinary criminal mind.”
Conference Addresses Global Impact of Cybercrime
Council of Europe Cybercrime Conference: “Surveys prepared for the conference show that cybercrime is the fastest growing type of crime world-wide, with criminals adapting their methods to modern society, and creating networks that are harder for the police to crack.” Summary of the Organised crime situation report 2004 – Focus on the threat of cybercrime …
Transportation Procedures on Sensitive Security Information Cause Congressional Concern
Lawmakers question policy on transportation security information Lawmakers letter dated September 14, to the Government Accountability Office, on Sensitive Security Information (SSI). Related reference: CRS Report, – Sensitive Security Information and Transportation Security: Issues and Congressional Options, June 9, 2004.
GAO Highlights Critical Role of Leadership For Homeland Security Efforts
Intelligence Reform: Human Capital Considerations Critical to 9/11 Commission’s Proposed Reforms GAO-04-1084T, September 14, 2004. Highlights-PDF. “Recognizing that people are the critical element in transformation initiatives is key to a successful transformation of the intelligence community and related homeland security organizations.”
OMB Watch Releases Report on Administration’s Regulatory Record
Non-profit advocacy group OMB Watch today issued a report documenting the administration’s record on regulatory issues that include health, safety and the environment. [thanks to DC] “In this analysis, we looked at four agencies that are particularly important to the public interest: the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National …
Request for E-voting Paper Trail in Maryland Denied on Appeal
News about this order, Schade v. State Board of Elections, from Federal Computer Week and the Washington Post, with my previous postings, Effort in Maryland to Prevent E-Voting Fails and Maryland Case Challenging Lack of E-Voting Paper Trail To Be Heard this Week
Official Release of Amazon’s Search Engine
Amazon’s search engine, A9, released as a beta in October 2003, received its offical launch last night. See this FAQ for more information about features. Related news: A9.com To Make Searching The Internet More Effective and Amazon to Take Searches on Web to a New Depth The A9 Toolbar may be downloaded here Amazon aims …