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From the Washington Post (reg. req’d), Secret Court Poses Challenges – Non-Government Litigants Lack Access, Ways to Influence Cases and Too Much Secrecy, as well as this report, Secrecy and National Security by Bruce Berkowitz, Hoover Digest, Summer 2004. [links via Secrecy News] Related references: Statement of Ms. Carol A. Haave (Deputy Undersecretary of Defense) …
From the Sunday, August 29 New York Times Book Review section, The 9/11 Report: A Dissent, by Richard A. Posner. Related references: The 9/11 Commission Report and 9/11 Commission Releases Two Staff Reports. A Joint Committee on Intelligence: Proposals and Options from the 9/11 Commission and Others, updated August 25, 2004. (22 pages, PDF)
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From the Compliance Reporter: “The European Commission will consider creating a pan-European electronic filing system similar to EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval filing system used in the U.S., according to an industry official familiar with the Commission’s plans.”
Plans Unveiled for Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Ten Things Elections Officials Can Do To Secure The Vote This November
As referenced in Secrecy News: Secrecy Versus Openness: New Proposed Arrangements for Balancing Competing Needs, updated August 26, 2004. The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework, updated August 5, 2004. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Term Limits and Assignment Limitations, August 12, 2004. Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies, August 6, …
Executive Order Strengthened Management of the Intelligence Community Executive Order National Counterterrorism Center Executive Order Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans Executive Order Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans Executive Order Establishing the President’s Board on Safeguarding Americans’ Civil Liberties Related news – Sources: Bush beefs up CIA chief’s …
Industry offers alternative to P2P bill. Related references: from Corante, the 5 page PDF version of the proposed Discouraging Online Networked Trafficking Inducement Act, (S. 2560), and from THOMAS, the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004, S. 2560, June 22, 2004.
SB 1841 — an act to add Section 436 to the Labor Code, relating to electronic monitoring of employees, awaits action by Governor Schwarzenegger. From the press release by bill sponsor Senator Debra Bowen: “SB 1841 requires employers to give employees a one-time written notice if they plan to read e-mail, track Internet use, or …
Press release: ‘Report Card’ Finds 60% Rise in Secrecy at a Rising Cost of $6.5 Billion Last Year, August 26, 2004. “Government data confirm what many have suspected: secrecy has increased dramatically in recent years under policies of the current administration. For every $1 the federal government spent last year releasing old secrets, it spent …
A brief article in the August 26 Wall Street Journal, page B6, raises important questions concerning the security of confidential corporate documents stored on the hard drives of digital copiers, and potentially accessible by hackers if the drives have separate network addresses. From the article: “If a human resources department uses a digital photocopier to …