Wired reports today that the DOJ, FBI and DHS filed comments (23 pages, PDF) with the FCC seeking authority to require carriers to supply access to passenger in-flight communications “processed to and from broadband enabled communications devices onboard aircraft operating with United States airspace…,” that they further require to be recorded by the carriers, once a threat determination has been made.
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Daily Archives: July 11, 2005
NY Times Editorial Today on Patriot Act
“Unnecessary Powers: The Patriot Act already gives government too much power to spy on ordinary Americans, but things could get far worse. Congress is considering adding a broad new investigative power, known as the administrative subpoena, that would allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation to gain access to anyone’s financial, medical, employment and even library… Continue Reading
Website Posts Unredacted Copy of Report Chronicaling History of IRS Unit
The Memory Hole has made available an unredacted copy of a report previously recalled from federal depository libraries: 75 Years of IRS Criminal Investigation History, 102 pages, PDF. [thanks Suzanne] Continue Reading
Rove, Prame, Cooper, Time…The Contentious Investigation Continues
From WSJ free content today, Cooper Email Identifies Rove As a Source Related references: from Editor and Publisher as follows: Press Batters McClellan on Rove/Plame Link and More Miller-Cooper Fallout: ‘L.A. Times’ Tells Reporters Not to Enter Unnamed Names in Computers and ‘Newsweek’ Says It Has First Word on What Karl Rove Told Matt Cooper… Continue Reading
GAO Reviews Agency IT Readiness for Public Health Emergencies
Information Technology: Federal Agencies Face Challenges in Implementing Initiatives to Improve Public Health Infrastructure GAO-05-308, June 10, 2005. Highlights. “…CDC and DHS face challenges in addressing specific weaknesses in IT planning and management that may hinder progress in developing and deploying public health IT initiatives. Until all these challenges are addressed, progress toward building a… Continue Reading
Selected SLA Annual Conference Presentation Materials Now Available Online
Selected PowerPoint presentations of sessions from the Business & Finance Division, Information Technology Division, Military Librarians Division, and Science-Technology Division, from the SLA 2005 Conference, Toronto, Ontario CANADA, June 5-8, 2005 are available free at via this Link. Continue Reading
E-Mail Preferred Way for Constituents to Communicate with Congress
Communicating with Congress: How Capitol Hill is Coping with the Surge in Citizen Advocacy; “The Internet and e-mail have made it easier and cheaper than ever before for citizens to communicate with their Members of Congress. In 2004, Congress received 200 million communications, four times more than in 1995 — the direct result of Internet-based… Continue Reading
Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
In a follow-up to my June 28, 2004 posting, Gov’t Cmte. Established to Develop Voluntary Voting System Guidelines, see the following: “Voluntary Voting System Guidelines were developed under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) Section 202 mandate that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) update the 2002 Voting System Standards to address increasingly… Continue Reading
Online Customer Service Still Deemed Lacking
Largest High Tech Firms Ranked on How They Treat Online Customers in Second Quarter 2005 Online Customer Repect Study Related reference: Survey: Corporate Web sites low on customer respect Continue Reading
