From FAS Congressional Watch, Members Say Pentagon “Transformation” Involves Unprecedented Exemptions from Oversight, letter from Reps. Waxman, Skelton, Obey and Spratt, May 13.
“As ranking members of committees charged with overseeing the Department of Defense (DOD), we are writing to raise serious objections to the Department’s legislative “transformation” proposal, also known as the Defense Transformation for the 21st Century Act of 2003 (pdf). The Pentagon submitted this 200-page proposal to Congress on April 11. This proposal would impede Congress’ oversight abilities in numerous ways.”
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Daily Archives: May 14, 2003
Blogs and Homeland Security
This interesting article from ComputerWorld, Blogs play a role in homeland security, talks about an enterprise blog software application that has been deployed by the Western States Information Network (WSIN), within the Oregon Criminal Justice Division, for law enforcement related efforts on terrorism and drugs. In addition, the article also mentions how bTrade Inc. is… Continue Reading
Resource on State Accessibility Laws
Overview of State Accessibility Laws, Policies, Standards and Other Resources Available On-line, updated April 2003, “provides an overview of the states that have published on-line their laws, policies, standards or guidelines, and other resources related to accessibility of websites, application development, IT procurement, and public hardware (i.e., the core areas).” The sponsor is the Information… Continue Reading
HIPAA Resource Website
From the HHS Office on Civil Rights, this comprehensive resource, Medical Privacy – National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information, includes documentation for consumers, general background information, HIPAA regulations & standards, compliance & enforcement, educational materials, and HIPAA-related links. Continue Reading
New Book by Info Pro
SearchDay has a review of a new book, Building & Running a Successful Research Business, by Mary Ellen Bates. Continue Reading
