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OCC Advisory Letter on Electronic Record Keeping, June 21, 2004: “This advisory letter highlights issues regarding bank electronic record systems in light of the E-SIGN Act. 15 USC 7001, et seq. The letter provides a basic framework that bank management can use to assess and address key issues posed by electronic record keeping systems.” “…For …
Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes Industry Recommendations To Help Stop Spam: “The Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ASTA), whose participants include Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., EarthLink and America Online Inc., today unveiled the result of more than a year of close collaboration by presenting a host of detailed best practices and technical recommendations for the entire industry in …
Press release: Sensitive passenger data from at least eight airlines and airline reservation services were given to contractors working on a computerized screening program, according to new information provided in response to written questions posed to Admiral David Stone, who has been nominated to be the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). For reference, …
AP reports that an ex-AOL software engineer allegedly stole a list of 92 million customer screen names (online identification/user names) last year, which he then sold, and the information was subsequently used in various spam related mass emailings, in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act. See the related press release by AOL, which states, “AOL has …
Blogging With The Boss’s Blessing – “More companies are helping employees to speak freely — and bond with customers.”
From the EFF press release: “A broad group of organizations and companies representing diverse sectors of the U.S. economy has come together to form a new organization, the Personal Technology Freedom Coalition. With members ranging from the telephone industry to high-tech firms, libraries, universities and the public-interest sector, the Coalition is committed to repairing recent …
From FindLaw: Department of Justice memo to White House counsel, Aug 1, 2002, Re: Standards of Conduct for Interrogation, 50 pages, PDF) Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee letter to White House counsel, Aug. 1, 2002: Interrogation and Torture Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee memo to Defense Department general counsel William J. Haynes II, …
As an update to previous postings concerning access to CRS reports online, The Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland, provides a searchable archive currently comprising 400 CRS reports on 50 topics, from 1993 to present (the most current entry, Sensitive Security Information and Transportation Security: Issues and Congressional Options, 6/9/2004). The site also references …
Patterns of Global Terrorism 2003 “Note: Corrected Year in Review, Appendix A, and Appendix G were posted on June 22, 2004. Numbers in the text, specifically numbers of killed and wounded, will be revised to reflect to corrected Appendices.” Global Terrorism Report Incorrectly Documented Drop in Number of Attacks
This PCWorld.com article highlights some of the current and emerging applications and standards that can be implemented in an effort to respond to the deluge of spam, as discussed at the recent E-Mail Technology Conference. What caught my eye was this paraphrased statement from Dr. Vinton Cerf: “He gave the example of an exchange that …
“Airlines, airports battle over Wi-Fi spectrum oversight.” [Link] For reference, see the March 17, 2004 ITA Petition in Support of Airline Rights to Use Wi-Fi and Other Unlicensed Wireless Systems, and the FCC’s Wireless Broadband Access Task Force website.