From the Compliance Reporter: “The European Commission will consider creating a pan-European electronic filing system similar to EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval filing system used in the U.S., according to an industry official familiar with the Commission’s plans.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2004
Plan for Woodrow Wilson Library to Open in 2006
Plans Unveiled for Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Continue Reading
Securing E-Voting – A Checklist from CA Voter Foundation
Ten Things Elections Officials Can Do To Secure The Vote This November Continue Reading
CRS Reports on Secrecy and Intelligence Policies
As referenced in Secrecy News: Secrecy Versus Openness: New Proposed Arrangements for Balancing Competing Needs, updated August 26, 2004. The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework, updated August 5, 2004. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Term Limits and Assignment Limitations, August 12, 2004. Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies, August 6,… Continue Reading
New Executive Orders Issued Today on Intelligence Community
Executive Order Strengthened Management of the Intelligence Community Executive Order National Counterterrorism Center Executive Order Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans Executive Order Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans Executive Order Establishing the President’s Board on Safeguarding Americans’ Civil Liberties Related news – Sources: Bush beefs up CIA chief’s… Continue Reading
Discouraging Online Networked Trafficking Inducement Act of 2004
Industry offers alternative to P2P bill. Related references: from Corante, the 5 page PDF version of the proposed Discouraging Online Networked Trafficking Inducement Act, (S. 2560), and from THOMAS, the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004, S. 2560, June 22, 2004. Continue Reading
CA Bill Requires Employee Notification of Email Monitoring
SB 1841 — an act to add Section 436 to the Labor Code, relating to electronic monitoring of employees, awaits action by Governor Schwarzenegger. From the press release by bill sponsor Senator Debra Bowen: “SB 1841 requires employers to give employees a one-time written notice if they plan to read e-mail, track Internet use, or… Continue Reading
Report Documents Secrecy and Government Documents
Press release: ‘Report Card’ Finds 60% Rise in Secrecy at a Rising Cost of $6.5 Billion Last Year, August 26, 2004. “Government data confirm what many have suspected: secrecy has increased dramatically in recent years under policies of the current administration. For every $1 the federal government spent last year releasing old secrets, it spent… Continue Reading
Can Your Office Copier Be Hacked to Access Confidential Documents?
A brief article in the August 26 Wall Street Journal, page B6, raises important questions concerning the security of confidential corporate documents stored on the hard drives of digital copiers, and potentially accessible by hackers if the drives have separate network addresses. From the article: “If a human resources department uses a digital photocopier to… Continue Reading
Library Association Efforts Focus on Ensuring Free Public Access to Gov’t Docs.
AALL Joins the Alliance for Taxpayer Access to Support Citizen Access to NIH Research, August 24, 2004. Joint Library Letter to Public Printer Bruce James in Support of GPO’s Proposed Collection of Last Resort, August 25, 2004. Continue Reading
New Gov’t Air Passenger Screening Program Announced
From the TSA press release today: “The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced it will move forward to test a new passenger-prescreening program called Secure Flight… Under Secure Flight, TSA will take over responsibility for checking airline passengers’ names against terrorist watch lists a function currently administered by each airline individually. The move will… Continue Reading
Independent Panel Delivers Detention Operations Report
Final Report of the Independent Panel to Review DoD Detention Operations, August 2004. (PDF, 126 pages). Related references: from the Washington Post and The New York Times. Continue Reading
