New York Governor Pataki signed the Information Security Breach and Notification Act on August 22. It “requires any state agency or business which owns or licenses a computerized database which includes vulnerable personal information shall disclose any breach of security of such system to any resident of New York state whose unencrypted personal information may have been acquired by an unauthorized person; provides enforcement provisions.”
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Daily Archives: August 29, 2005
USPTO Announces New Trademark Official Gazette Search Line In TESS
Press release: “The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is pleased to announce that the on-line Trademark Electronic Search System, TESS, now features a new Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) ‘search line.’ By entering the publication date of a particular TMOG into the new search line, users can generate a list of all marks published… Continue Reading
FDA Embraces RSS Feeds
The FDA has a website that provides links to all of the agency’s RSS feeds, which currently include: press releases, recalls, food safety news and medical device information and news. Continue Reading
GAO Review Finds Deficencies in Gov’t Data Mining Privacy Compliance Procedures
Data Mining: Agencies Have Taken Key Steps to Protect Privacy in Selected Efforts, but Significant Compliance Issues Remain, GAO-05-866, August 15, 2005. Highlights. “The federal government’s increased use of data mining since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has raised public and congressional concerns…The five data mining efforts we reviewed are used by federal… Continue Reading
Reagan Library Releases Additional Documents From Roberts Archive
Press release: “Today the Ronald Reagan Library is releasing an additional 175 pages from its re-review of the John Roberts’ records restricted from release on August 15, 2005. Of the pages being released today, 148 pages are being released in part and 27 pages are being released in their entirety. This material was originally withheld… Continue Reading
