FTC press release: “The primary reforms to the merger review process establish presumptions that the FTC will: (1) limit the number of employees required to provide information in response to a second request, provided the party complies with specified conditions; (2) reduce the time period for which a party must provide documents in response to the second request; (3) allow a party to preserve far fewer backup tapes and produce documents on those tapes only when responsive documents are not available through more accessible sources; and (4) significantly reduce the amount of information parties must submit regarding documents they consider to be privileged.”
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Daily Archives: February 16, 2006
More NASA Personnel Report on Limiting Public Access to Global Warming Docs.
Follow-up to a series of recent postings on the growing controversy concerning NASA’s policy to limit public access to accurate scientific documents on global warming. New York Times – Call for Openness at NASA Adds to Reports of Pressure: “Top political appointees in the NASA press office exerted strong pressure during the 2004 presidential campaign… Continue Reading
UN Report Calls on US to Close Guantanamo Bay Prison
“Five independent investigators of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights are calling on the United States to close immediately the detention centre in Guantánamo Bay and bring all detainees before an independent and competent tribunal or release them.” (The report, 54 pages, PDF). White House response to the report, Press Briefing by Scott McClellan,… Continue Reading
DOJ Creates Roadblocks To Spy Program Investigations
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, Investigation into Domestic Spying Program Blocked, today AP reports Justice Argues Against Ashcroft Testimony, and the New York Times reports Senate Panel Decides Against Eavesdropping Investigation, at Least for Now. From AP, this report tonight that addresses the complicated issues involved in the continuing struggle involving the administration, members of Congress… Continue Reading
Judge Orders Release of DOJ Docs. on NSA Domestic Surveillance
“In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit (PDF) filed by EPIC, a federal judge has ordered (PDF) the Department of Justice to process and release documents related to the Bush Administration’s warrantless surveillance program by March 8. It is the first court opinion addressing the controversial domestic spying operation. “President Bush has invited… Continue Reading
Report Reviews Responding to Academic Network Security Threats
Responding to Security Incidents on a Large Academic Network: by Jamie Riden 02/14/06 (9 pages, PDF). “This paper describes a series of security incidents on a large academic network, and the gradual evolution of measures to deal with emerging threats.” Continue Reading
DHS OIG Report on Information Security Management
DHS Has Not Implemented An Information Security Program for Its Intelligence Systems (Unclassified Summary) (PDF, 3 pages), 2/16/2006. Continue Reading
Accessibility Resources On the Internet
From Marcus P. Zillman, news of his latest Accessibility Resources White Paper Link Compilation. Continue Reading
VP’s Power to Classify and Declassify Information Under Scrutiny
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, Declassifying Gov. Docs. For Libby Defense, today Steven Aftergood provides a detailed analysis of the powers of the President and Vice President, respectively, in declassifying national security information. As Steven explains, Executive Order 13292, issued by President Bush, contains language that “dramatically elevates the Vice President’s classification authority to that of… Continue Reading
