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Annual Canadian Report on the Privacy Act

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From the The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart: Privacy Commissioner’s 2004-2005 Annual Report on the Privacy Act – Commissioner calls for reform to the Privacy Act. October 6, 2005.

  • Press release: “In her 2004-2005 Annual Report on the Privacy Act, the Commissioner highlights some of the most significant issues her Office has faced in the past year. These include security and the voracious appetite for personal information and surveillance that has sprung up in the post-9/11 environment, and the sharing of information and outsourcing of data operations across borders. She also emphasizes the long overdue need to modernize the Privacy Act, a first generation privacy law which has not been substantially amended since its inception in 1983.”

    • Grant to Promote Intergovernmental Information Sharing

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    Press release: “On September 26, 2005, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) received official grant award notification from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the amount of $500,000, to promote the need for a common framework, or architecture, and standards for information sharing at… Continue Reading

    109th Congressional Pictorial Directory

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    From GPO, news about the release of the Congressional Pictorial Directory: 109th Congress “The 109th Congressional Pictorial Directory provides a color photograph of each member of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the 109th Congress. It also includes information about a Member of Congress’ length of service, political party affiliations, and Congressional district.… Continue Reading

    Canadian Legal Information Institute Advanced Search

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    From the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Canadian Legal Information Institute Advanced Search: users may restrict or extend the scope of their query to specific jurisdictions, legislation collection types, case law collection types (from within a total of 98 collections), in addition to using the advanced search template fields that restrict searches to specific… Continue Reading