As reported today by Govexec.com: “According to federal documents obtained by National Journal and Government Executive, among the services that ChoicePoint provides to the government [FBI and DoD] is access to a previously undisclosed, and vaguely described, “exclusive” data-searching system. This system in effect gives law enforcement and intelligence agents the ability to use the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2005
Free Searchable Database of Judge Samuel A. Alito’s Published Opinions
askSam provides researchers with free access to a database to search and analyze the published opinions of Supreme Court nominee, Judge Samuel A. Alito. Continue Reading
EPA Proposes To Limit Public Access to Pollution Release Inventory
Burden Reduction Proposed Rule (Phase II) Public Notice Announcing EPAs intention to initiate a rulemaking to modify the frequency of reporting under the TRI program Fact Sheet Describing Both of the Above Actions EPA Proposes Burden Reduction Rule for the Toxics Release Inventory EPA Letter to Congress Facts from OMB Watch on TRI Proposal Continue Reading
Analysis of Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2005
Via Public Knowledge, this Section by Section Analysis of the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2005 (, authored by DOJ. Continue Reading
Poll Shows Strong Public Support for Plame Investigation
From the WSJ/NBC News Poll (free, PDF): “Six in 10, including 43% of Republicans, say there should be a public investigation and hearings into exposure of operative Valerie Plame’s identity. Republican congressional leaders don’t plan to go along.” Continue Reading
Public-Private Anti-Phishing Group Publishes Report
From the Anti-Phishing Working Group and SRI International, the following report, commissioned by DHS, Online Identity Theft: Technology, Chokepoints and Countermeasures (58 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
FTC Halts Spyware Operation Using Music Downloads
FTC press release: “An operation that uses the lure of free lyric files, browser upgrades, and ring tones to download spyware and adware on consumers’ computers has been ordered to halt its illegal downloads by a U.S. District Court at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. The court also halted the deceptive downloads of… Continue Reading
Survey Says Majority of CEOs Find Blogs Useful for KM and Marketing
Burson-Marsteller press release: “The results of the fifth annual 2005 PRWeek/Burson-Marsteller CEO Survey reveal that while blogs are increasingly making headlines, only seven percent of CEOs are actually blogging and many are skeptical about starting a blog themselves. Despite the low numbers, 59 percent of CEOs said blogs are useful for internal communications, and 47… Continue Reading
GPO Finalizing RFI to Implement Gov Docs Digitization Project
Government Computer News: GPO readying draft RFP for digital storage system Continue Reading
DNI Creates New Open Source Center
Office of the Director of National Intelligence press release: “Based at the CIA, the Center will advance the Intelligence Community’s exploitation of openly available information to include the Internet, databases, press, radio, television, video, geospatial data, photos and commercial imagery. The Center’s functions will include collection, analysis and research, training and information technology management to… Continue Reading
IBM Launches Competitive Intelligence Tool to Monitor Digital Opinions
IBM press release: “IBM today introduced a new software solution that enables businesses to make sense of the explosion of information from emerging social networks on the Web to deliver new insight into brand reputation and customer, competitor and public opinion about their company. The proliferation of blogs, news feeds, consumer review sites, newsgroups and… Continue Reading
Government Launches Mine Emergency Operations (MEO) Database
U.S. Newswire: “The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced that a new mine emergency operations database listing mine rescue teams nationwide and mine emergency services and related contacts at the federal, state and local levels is available on the Web…Located at https://lakegovprod1.msha.gov/MEO/Default.aspx, the Mine Emergency Operations (MEO) database can… Continue Reading
