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Daily Archives: January 26, 2006
Senators Call for Testimony on Domestic Spying From Past and Current Officials
Additional information related to Judiciary Chair Sends Questions to AG On Domestic Spying: Press release: “U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Russ Feingold sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter urging him to call on more current and former high level Bush Administration officials including former Attorney General John Ashcroft, Deputy Attorneys General… Continue Reading
CBO Projects $337B Deficit in 2006
The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2007 to 2016 , January 2006 (196 pages, PDF) Related documents: Historical Budget Data, 1962-2005 (14 pages, PDF) Glossary of Budgetary and Economic Terms (15 pages, PDF) Summary of today’s CBO report prepared by the House Budget Committee Democratic staff (12 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
ChoicePoint Settles With FTC Over Data Security Breach
FTC press release: “Consumer data broker ChoicePoint, Inc., which last year acknowledged that the personal financial records of more than 163,000 consumers in its database had been compromised, will pay $10 million in civil penalties and $5 million in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its security and record-handling procedures violated consumers’… Continue Reading
White Paper Focuses on Balancing Security Issues With Global Competitiveness
American Association of Universities: National Defense Education and Innovation Initiative (30 pages, PDF), Meeting America’s Economic and Security Issues in the 21st Century, January 2006. Related bibliography: Competitiveness, Innovation, S&E Workforce, and STEM Education – Major Reports, Books and Activities Related legislation: 4 Senators Introduce Bipartisan PACE Act To Boost U.S. Competitiveness in Science and… Continue Reading
CRS Report Reviews Proposed Changes to Congressional Gift and Travel Rules
CRS Report, Congressional Gifts and Travel: Legislative Proposals for the 109th Congress, January 17, 2006 (10 pages, PDF): “It has been a decade since the House and Senate examined their rules on the acceptance of gifts and travel expenses. Press accounts of alleged excesses in privately funded congressional travel and gifts, particularly from lobbyists, have… Continue Reading
Fear of Cybercrime Greater Than That of Physical Crime
IBM press release: “More Americans anticipate falling victim to a cyber attack rather than a physical crime, reports a recent IBM survey of U.S. adults. And, despite the convenience and flexibility that online transactions offer, 37 percent of Americans will not provide credit card information online…Based on the survey, 70 percent of online shoppers will… Continue Reading
FDIC IG Audit Report on Strengthening Privacy Program
FDIC Safeguards Over Personal Employee Information, January 2006, Report No. 06-005 (60 pages, PDF): “The FDIC has a corporate wide program for protecting personal employee information, has appointed a Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) with responsibility for privacy and data protection policy, and is making efforts to enhance its privacy program in response to legislative requirements… Continue Reading
President Declares Domestic Spying Program “Legal”
Press Conference of the President, January 26, 2006: “…Secondly, I said, before we do anything, I want to make sure it’s legal. And so we had our lawyers look at it — and as part of the debate, discussion with the American people as to the legality of the program. There’s no doubt in my… Continue Reading
IBM Intranet Recognized In Top Ten Survey
IBM press release: “IBM’s intranet — known inside the company as the “w3 On Demand Workplace,” — has been selected as one of “The Year’s 10 Best Intranets” by the Nielsen Norman Group, a user experience research firm that advises companies on human-centered product and service design. IBM is the only information technology company recognized… Continue Reading
FDIC Releases New Tool To Protect Consumers Against Online Scams
Press release: “The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today released an on-line multimedia education tool that consumers can use to learn how to better protect their computers and themselves from identity thieves. The presentation also features actions consumers can take if their personal information has been compromised. Identity theft continues to be one of the… Continue Reading
Google Resists Complying With DOJ Demand For Data to Shield Trade Secrets?
In a shift from previous responses to and commentary about DOJ’s subpoena for Google’s search data, this New York Times article, In Case About Google’s Secrets, Yours Are Safe, recasts the probe with a focus on protecting corporate trade secrets, not preserving user privacy. Related commentary on Google: Imagining the Google Future – Top experts… Continue Reading
