From the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, April 28, 2005: 2004 Wiretap Report (For the Period January 1 Through December 31, 2004) Press release: “A total of 1,710 applications for wiretaps of wire, oral or electronic communications were authorized by federal and state judges in 2004, an increase of 19 percent over 2003.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2005
The Public Papers of the Presidents, 1929-2001
“The Public Papers of the Presidents contain most of the President’s public messages, statements, speeches, and news conference remarks. Documents such as Proclamations, Executive Orders, and similar documents that are published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, as required by law, are usually not included for the presidencies of Herbert Hoover… Continue Reading
Advocacy Group Highlights Privacy For New Voter Data
“EPIC Associate Director Lillie Coney testified before the Election Assistance Commission on privacy safeguards for new voter registration databases. Ms. Coney, who also coordinates the National Committee for Voting Integrity, urged the Commission to examine the risks in the new centralized databases.” [Link] Continue Reading
FOIA Requests Yield Photos of Return of Fallen Troops to US
Press release from the National Security Archive: “Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005 – In response to Freedom of Information Act requests and a lawsuit, the Pentagon this week released hundreds of previously secret images of casualties returning to honor guard ceremonies from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and other conflicts, confirming that images of their… Continue Reading
DHS Focuses on Critical Infrastructure Security Issues
DHS Press Release: Fact Sheet: Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure–Chemical Security “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate is focused on securing the nations seventeen critical infrastructure and key resource sectors. Chemical facilities are one specific sector that is of significant focus for the Department.” Continue Reading
Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 Now Law
CDT Analysis of S. 167, Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 [PDF] April 26, 2005 S.167 Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 Continue Reading
Hearings on PATRIOT Act Continue
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Oversight Hearing on the Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA). Part II, April 28, 2005. Witness testimony: Kenneth L. Wainstein, Interim U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia; Robert S. Khuzami, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York. 4/28/2005 – Sensenbrenner Statement Regarding… Continue Reading
Do Data Aggregators Have a Duty to Protect Consumers?
Prepared Remarks of Jim Harper, Editor of Privacilla.org, to the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference Panel Entitled The Economics of Privacy: Market or Regulation? – April 15, 2005. Continue Reading
NY AG Sues Net Marketer For Installing Spyware on Millions of PCs
Press release: “Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today sued one of the nation’s leading internet marketing companies, alleging that the firm was the source of “spyware” and “adware” that has been secretly installed on millions of home computers. The suit against Los Angeles-based Intermix Media, Inc. is the most sweeping case to date involving programs that… Continue Reading
National Archivist Testifies on NARA’s E-Records Programs
Press Release, April 26, 2005, National Archivist Testified Before Congress on ’06 Budget Request: “In his testimony, the Archivist focused on four areas in particular that are of major importance to the National Archives and Records Administration: The Electronic Records Archives (ERA), the Nixon Library, the National Archives Experience, and the issue of document security. Continue Reading
Depository Librarians Face Escalating Challenges
From Federal Computer Week, this article reviews the challenges faced by federal depository librarians as they seek to ensure continued public access to a range of government documents in the face of budget cuts, the increasing migration of print publications to electronic format, and administrative directives which have resulted in mixed signals about future directions… Continue Reading
From ID Theft to Gadget Theft
Theft of high-end gadgets such as iPods have recently been the subject of articles in major papers, including this April 28 New York Times article and this Washington Post (reg. req’d) article, from April 16. These thefts have in turn spawned products and services to assist consumers in the recovery or replacement of their items,… Continue Reading
