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AP reported this afternoon that the Chair of the 9/11 Commission, former governor of New Jersey Thomas H. Kean plans to request that President Bush, former President Clinton, Vice President Cheney and former Vice President Gore provide public testimony concerning their knowledge of intelligence data warning about the 9/11 attacks. Kean acknowledged that such testimony …
From the Federal Register, February 11, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 28), Presidential Documents, Page 6899: Executive Order 13328–Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction See also President Announces Members of WMD Commission See also this New York Review of Books article, Now They Tell Usby Michael Massing: “The …
Looking for more campaign facts, stats and talk? Try RealClearPolitics, a site that each day filters and links to selected political opinion columns (including the WSJ, Washington Times, New York Times and Boston Globe), editorials, candidate specific news articles, state and national polls, Congressional and Presidential approval ratings, commentary by the site’s authors, and links …
The Vivisimo eBay search tool provides users with search results clustered according to the following categories: “auction titles and descriptions, price ranges, time left, and number of bids on item.”
Press release, February 12: FCC Moves to Allow More Opportunities for Consumers Through Voice Services Over The Internet. Statement by FCC Chairman Powell FCC Voice-Over-Internet Protocol website FCC VoIP Factsheet
The Committee on House Administration has taken the lead in testing a digital mail system by Pitney Bowes. The closure of Senate office buildings on February 3 due to the discovery of ricin has significantly raised interest in security measures to minimize the risk of such future threats.
Assembly Bill 459, “an Act to repeal and recreate 409.521 of the statutes; relating to: inclusion of social security numbers and employer identification numbers in Uniform Commercial Code financing statements,” was by Governor Jim Doyle on February 6. From the press release: “When residents borrow money and secure the loan with personal property, the lender …
Under the Retirement Plans section of the IRS homepage, users will now find a link to a webpage on Employee Plan (EP) Abusive Tax Transactions, which states: “The IRS is engaged in extensive efforts to curb abusive tax shelter schemes and transactions. The Tax Exempt and Governmental Entities Division of the IRS, including the office …
“Citing the model of the Privacy Officer established by statute in the Department of Homeland Security, CDT is urging Congress to create similar positions at other federal agencies as a means of addressing privacy concerns associated with government information practices in the digital age.” See the Statement of James X. Dempsey, Executive Director, Center for …
A new Forrester Brief (reg. req’d) referenced in this New Zealand Business Review article states that the valuation of Google, in anticipation of its anticipated IPO this spring, has been estimated to be in the area of $15 billion, a significant overestimation according to Forrester CEO George F. Colony.
Network Associates Spam Survey Shows That Spam Significantly Affects Security, Performance, Profitability and Overall Productivity
The Memory Hole published Highlights from the (362 page) Finding Aid for the papers (comprising over half a million items) of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, scheduled for release to the public March 4 by the Library of Congress. From the Library of Congress press release dated May 13, 1997: “Plans for the transfer and …