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“The Homeland Security Working Group ensures that the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) [Executive Order establishing NSDI] supports the preparation for, prevention of, protection against, response to, and recovery from (1) threats to the nation’s population centers and critical infrastructures that are of terrorist, criminal, accidental, or natural origin and (2) related adverse events.” The …
From EUpolitix.com, this brief but fascinating Country by country guide to new EU member states as of May 1.
At a hearing on the “Use, Security, and Reliability of Electronic Voting Systems” held today by the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Johns Hopkins University computer science professor and computer security expert Avi Rubin testified that the e-voting systems currently in place for the November election are fundamentally flawed. A recent New York Times …
From Walt Mossberg, Making the Internet A Little Easier On Aging Eyes, and about Walt Mossberg, The Kingmaker, “Walt Mossberg makes or breaks products from his pundit perch at a little rag called The Wall Street Journal.”
TSA Launches New Passenger Rail Security Pilot Program: The TSA…launched a test program [for 30 days] to measure the feasibility of explosives screening for people and bags traveling on U.S. trains. Amtrak and Maryland Rail Commuter (MARC) passengers boarding at the New Carrollton train station will be screened for explosives starting May 4 as part …
From Marcus P. Zillman, news of his Financial Sources bibliography of links.
Anonymity in the 21st Century (13 pages, pdf), by Randy Barrett: “Before 9/11, the debate over anonymity was largely the purview of legal scholars and a few public-interest lawyers in Washington. As the white dust billowed over lower Manhattan and fires raged in the Pentagon, the dichotomy between individual civil rights and societal safety entered …
Portals: Under the surface – a review of seven enterprise portals: Diving into portals’ distinguishing characteristics How the portals scored Checklist for enterprise portals Portlet standard predicament The open-source alternative
According to the New York Times, a nine page CRS memo released on May 3 (anyone have a link?) states that when a federal government actuary was directed to withhold data from Congress on the actual cost of the new medicare program, this conduct “would appear to violate a specific and express prohibition of federal …
Google may be heading deep into Microsoft’s territory“…Google intends to extend information-searching in many directions: Mobile applications for wireless gadgets, more effective online shopping and social networking are all obvious applications of its technology.”
From the text of a May 3 letter sent by EPIC, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and the World Privacy Forum, to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer: “We write to urge your office to investigate Google’s “Gmail” service. We believe that Gmail violates California Penal Code § 631, which governs eavesdropping on confidential communications. In light …
A new study, titled “eGovernment Leadership: High Performance, Maximum Value,” is the fifth in an annual series which examines e-government services around the world, and is based on user attitudes collected from 5,000 regular web users in 12 countries as well as data on the quality of services in 22 countries. The full-text of the …