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Daily Archives: December 17, 2003

Effective Dates for Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003

From the FTC website, this press release from December 16 announcing the effective dates for the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA), H.R. 2622, Public Law No: 108-159.

  • Federal Trade Commission (16 C.F.R. Part 602) and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 C.F.R. Part 222): Effective Dates for the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 – Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Text of Federal Register Notice; Joint Interim Final Rules: Text of Federal Register Notice
  • California May Take Action Against E-Voting Manufacturer

    E-voting machine manufacturer Diebold Inc. is in the news again, this time in connection with possible California state election law violations, according their Secretary of State, as determined by an auditors report that revealed the use of unapproved software in the last election. In related news, see this article Critics: Convicted felons worked for electronic… Continue Reading

    President Signs New Homeland Security Directives

    Homeland Security Presidential Directive/Hspd-8: “This directive establishes policies to strengthen the preparedness of the United States to prevent and respond to threatened or actual domestic terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies by requiring a national domestic all-hazards preparedness goal, establishing mechanisms for improved delivery of Federal preparedness assistance to State and local governments, and… Continue Reading

    ICANN Approves Global User Community Participation

    From a December 16 announcement by ICANN: “In an important step towards fulfilling the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN’s) objective to have informed, structured participation of the individual Internet user community (“At-Large”), six organizations in three geographic regions have received “At-Large Structure” certification. Certification recognizes that the following groups meet ICANN’s criteria… Continue Reading