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U.S. Army Inspector General Agency Report of Investigation (ROI), 21 June 2004 (29 pages, PDF): “…an investigation to determine the facts and circumstances surrounding the alleged release of personal data related to a security enhancement study for the Army…” See also, Army: JetBlue Data Use Was Legal and related postings here.
From internetnews.com, this article details an update to software of interest to the legal community which facilitates the removal of sensitive information generated during the collaborative preparation of client related documents.
From the Campaign for Verifiable Voting, August 21, 2004: “…the case of Linda Schade et. al. vs. Linda Lamone et al. will be heard by Judge Manck in Anne Arundel Circuit Court in downtown Annapolis on Wednesday, August 25th through Friday, August 28th. Progressing further than any other electronic voting suit in the nation, this …
The Call Is Cheap. The Wiretap Is Extra. Related reference from the FCC, August 4, 2004: FCC Adopts Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Declaratory Ruling Regarding Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. See also the text of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA).
More Is Not Necessarily Better “Few people realize that 95 percent of all Web searches in the United States are handled by two companies, Google and Yahoo, either directly or through other sites that use their technology…The influence of search companies in determining what users worldwide can see and do online is breathtaking.”
E-Vote Machine Certification Criticized See also electionline.org, “produced by the Election Reform Information Project, is the nations only non-partisan, non-advocacy website providing up-to-the-minute news and analysis on election reform,” and previous beSpacific posts on e-voting.
“URLinfo is a tool for handling web pages: finding information about it, translating it, finding related pages, etc.”
Press release, August 21, 2004: 9/11 Commission Releases Two Staff Monographs: “The Commission has released the following staff reports to the Commission, available in PDF format.” Monograph on Terrorist Financing (155 pages) Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel (241 pages) See also these relates articles from AP and Reuters respectively: Sept. 11 Commission Formally Disbands …
Medicaid Program Integrity: State and Federal Efforts to Prevent and Detect Improper Payments GAO-04-707, July 16, 2004, Highlights. “States also reported using information technology to integrate databases containing provider, beneficiary, and claims information and conduct more efficient utilization reviews.”
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From the Washington Post (re’g req’d), U.S. Uses Secret Evidence In Secrecy Fight With ACLU, and the related ACLU press release. See also Record Number of FOIA Requests Received by Federal Gov’t in 2003.
Fact Sheet: Privacy and Your Health Information Fact Sheet: Your Health Information Privacy Rights For reference, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996