Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Oversight Hearing on the “Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Prohibition of Material Support Under Sections 805 of the USA PATRIOT Act and 6603 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.” Witness Statements: Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, United States Department of Justice; Gregory Katsas,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Document Disclosure Not Required by White House Energy Task Force
From FindLaw, In Re Cheney, May 10, 2005: “A federal appeals court rules that the Sierra Club and Judicial Watch “failed to establish any duty…owed to them by the federal government” to disclose any documents which may have shown what, if any, communications the White House Energy Task Force had with energy industry lobbyists and… Continue Reading
Commentary on Ramifications of REAL ID Act
REAL ID: “The United States is getting a national ID card. The REAL ID Act (text of the bill and the Congressional Research Services analysis of the bill) establishes uniform standards for state driver’s licenses, effectively creating a national ID card. It’s a bad idea, and is going to make us all less safe. It’s… Continue Reading
Sensenbrenner Advocates Watchdog for Judiciary
Speech delivered by US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Sensenbrenner at Stanford University, May 9, 2005: The Relationship Between the Legislative and Judicial Branches (text of the speech, 6 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Hearing on Identity Theft/Data Broker Services
Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on Identity Theft/Data Broker Services, Full Committee Hearing, May 10 2005 Testimony: Kurt Sanford, President & CEO, U.S. Corporate and Federal Government Markets, LexisNexis; Douglas C. Curling, President and Chief Operating Officer, ChoicePoint, Inc.; Jennifer Barrett, Chief Privacy Officer, Acxiom Corporation; Paul Kurtz, Executive Director, Cyber Security Industry Alliance; Marc Rotenberg,… Continue Reading
Continued Oversight of the USA PATRIOT Act
Continued Oversight of the USA PATRIOT Act, Senate Judiciary Committee, May 10, 2005 Testimony: Bob Barr, David Cole, Danile P. Collins, James X. Dempsey, Andrew C. McCarthy, Suzanne E. Spaulding Member Statements: Patrick Leahy – “Legitimate concerns have been raised about various powers granted by the PATRIOT Act, not so much for how they have… Continue Reading
Justification for War Questioned by 88 Reps
This May 1, 2005 UK Times article, Blair hit by new leak of secret war plan, is referenced in this May 5, 2005 letter of inquiry (8 pages, PDF) to President Bush, signed by 88 U.S. Representatives. The letter asks five specific questions in an effort to seek verification that the “United States and Great… Continue Reading
Will the New York Times Launch a Blog?
Editor and Publisher reports on the recommendations of an 19 member internal audit committee whose 16 pages report includes the following: “Consider creating a Times blog that promotes interaction with readers.” Also of note, the report states, “…we must strengthen and better define the boundary between news and opinion.” The report, “Preserving Our Reader’s Trust”… Continue Reading
Another in Series on Web Job Resources
WSJ’s free CareerJournal article, Cutting Through Clutter To Find Government Gigs Online is another in the very useful, continuing series titled Jobs Blog. Continue Reading
Commentary on Information Overload
Knowing When to Log Off – Wired campuses may be causing ‘information overload’. The insights and advice in this article apply equally to those of us not on campuses, but always online and “connected.” Continue Reading
GPO and LC Confront Challenges to Web Docs Preservation Efforts
From Federal Computer Week, this article reviews the challenges of digital preservation programs initiated by LC and GPO. The agencies are seeking technology solutions that harvest data on government documents to fulfill directives to digitize collections, archives and websites. Challenges to these initiatives include copyright issues, vast deep web document repositories, and the tremendous scope… Continue Reading
Recent Surveys Track and Report on Corporate Data Leaks
Two recent articles worth review that cite a number of recent surveys, along with accompanying statistics, detailing corporate security leaks. The more general article is from Internetnews.com and notes that Gartner Group research identifies 70% of security breaches as orginating from within organizations. This LabRat Magazine article provides additional references on data leaks as well… Continue Reading
