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NY AG Proposes Range of Legislative Initiatives to Protect Consumers Against ID Theft

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Press release, April 1, 2005: Spitzer Calls for Regulation of Information Brokers and Increased Penalties for Computer Hacking. Note – links to the text of the proposed legislation, in PDF, are available via this press release, and highlights include the following: Providing identity theft victims better control over their personal identifying information, including: allowing for… Continue Reading

DHS IT Infrastructure Requires Significant Improvement According to GAO

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Homeland Security: Overview of Department of Homeland Security Management Challenges, GAO-05-573T, April 20, 2005. Highlights. “..DHS’s transformation remains a high-risk area. DHS faces a number of management challenges to improve its ability to carry out its homeland security missions. Among these challenges are providing focus for management efforts; monitoring transformation and integration; improving strategic planning;… Continue Reading

Supreme Court Justice Kennedy in the Headlines

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DeLay Outlines Strategy Against Federal Judges: “Representative Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, sharply criticized Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court on Tuesday and said the House Judiciary Committee would explore what the authors of the Constitution intended when they said federal judges hold their post on the basis of good behavior.” Related… Continue Reading

Election Reform Commission Begins Meetings

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“The Commission on Federal Election Reform is chaired by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III. The Commission of twenty-one members is both bipartisan and non-partisan. During the next six months, it will examine the state of the electoral process in the United States and offer recommendations on… Continue Reading

OMB Reports to Congress on Citizen Access to Government Information

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Report to Congress: Organizations Complementing Federal Agency Information Dissemination Programs, April 15, 2005 (23 pages, PDF): “This report discusses Government Printing Office’s (GPO) Federal Depository Libraries (FDLs), Federally funded CTCs, public libraries, and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) research rooms. The report describes on-line government information and services available to users of these programs,… Continue Reading

Courts Make Progress in Implementing E-Case Management Systems

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From the Federal Judiciary Newsroom today: “Implementation of the federal judiciary’s Case Management and Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system continues in appellate, district and bankruptcy courts across the country. The new system provides courts with the option to have case file documents in electronic form, and to accept filings over the Internet. Details. Continue Reading

New E-Gov Site Offers Guidelines for Healthier Eating

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Press release: “Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today unveiled MyPyramid, a new symbol and interactive food guidance system. ‘Steps to a Healthier You,’ MyPyramid’s central message, supports President Bush’s HealthierUS initiative which is designed to help Americans live longer, better and healthier lives. MyPyramid, which replaces the Food Guide Pyramid introduced in 1992, is part of… Continue Reading

Bureau of Land Management Shuts Down Website

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The U.S. Deptartment of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) website currently displays the following message on the homepage: “The BLM Web site is currently down for unanticipated maintenance. Thank you for your patience as we work to resolve our technical difficulties.” [Link] See this ComputerWorld article for more details. Continue Reading