Industrial Security: DOD Cannot Provide Adequate Assurances That Its Oversight Ensures the Protection of Classified Information. GAO-04-332, March 3. Highlights. “DoD’s Defense Security Service (DSS) cannot provide adequate assurances to goverment that its oversight of contractor facilities reduces the risk of information compromise.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2004
Patent Office Rules Against Eolas in IE Patent Claim
Microsoft Wins One in IE Battle “In a preliminary ruling, the U.S. Patent and Trade Office Friday said the original HTML specs precede a patent for Web page plug-ins owned by Eolas Technologies, invalidating its patent claims against Microsoft. The decision has the potential to block a $521 million payout by the Redmond, Wash.-based software… Continue Reading
GPO Plans for a Paperless Future
“GPO officials appeared before the Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee this week [March 4] to request $25 million for digital publishing and distribution technology.” [Link] “Our vision is to move the GPO forward from a predominantly ink-on-paper distributor of printing requirements to a life-cycle manager of digital Government information, electronically collecting, organizing, processing, and protecting… Continue Reading
HIPAA Compliance Guide
HIPAA Security Rule: what it is & how to comply with it. Continue Reading
Medical Records Privacy Under Assault
Administration Sets Forth a Limited View on Privacy “In a sharp departure from its past insistence on the sanctity of medical records, the Bush administration has set forth a new, more limited view of privacy rights as it tries to force hospitals and clinics to turn over records of hundreds and perhaps thousands of abortions.”… Continue Reading
GAO’s Strategic Plan
Serving the Congress and the Nation: GAO’s Strategic Plan, 2004-2009. GAO-04-534SP, March 2004. Continue Reading
Bill to Limit Outsourcing Introduced in House
On March 4, Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the Defending American Jobs Act of 2004, with 50 bipartisan co-sponsors. “This legislation would bar companies from receiving federal grants, loans and loan guarantees if they lay off a greater percentage of workers in the United States than they lay off in other countries.” From eWeek, this… Continue Reading
Challenges Faced by News Providers
What Newspapers and Their Web Sites Must Do to Survive: “Longtime online news consultant Vin Crosbie says newspapers and their Web sites must change their approach to publishing news — online and off — if they want to successfully compete with the many Web sites and other new information sources vying for readers’ attention and… Continue Reading
Report on Unauthorized Access to Senate Judiciary Cmte. Computer Files
“Report on the Investigation into Improper Access to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Computer System (March 4, 2004). The Report Prepared By The U.S. Senate’s Sergeant At Arms On How Two Former GOP Senate Judiciary Committee Staffers Downloaded Thousands Of Democratic Files From The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Computer Network On Democratic Opposition To President Bush’s Judicial… Continue Reading
9/11 Commission to Hold Series of Public Hearings
CNN reports that the 9/11 Commission will proceed with eight days of public hearings beginning March 23. Testimony is expected from cabinet secretaries from the Clinton and Bush administrations. Continue Reading
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2003
Now available from the Census Bureau, the 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States: users may download the text, which is published in 31 sections, as well as appendices and associated content, all in pdf. Continue Reading
Calendars of the U.S. House of Representatives and History of Legislation
New from GPO Access on March 4, the addition of the Final House Calendar, 108th Congress, First Session to the searchable database that dates back to the 104th Congress. Continue Reading
