Social Security Numbers: Internet Resellers Provide Few Full SSNs, but Congress Should Consider Enacting Standards for Truncating SSNs, Full-text report GAO-06-495, and Highlights, May 17, 2006. “According to experts we spoke to, there are few federal laws and no specific industry standards on whether to display the first five or last four digits of the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2006
GAO Reports on Continued Obstacles to Critical Infrastructure Info Sharing
Information Sharing: DHS Should Take Steps to Encourage More Widespread Use of Its Program to Protect and Share Critical Infrastructure Information, Full-text report GAO-06-383, and Highlights, April 17, 2006. “Key challenges include defining specific government needs for critical infrastructure information, determining how the information will be used, assuring the private sector that the information will… Continue Reading
The Hoover’s 100 – Most Searched-For Companies
“Welcome to the first edition of The Hoover’s 100, a monthly list of the most searched-for companies on Hoover’s. Derived by tracking the search requests of Hoover’s subscribers, The Hoover’s 100 provides insight about which companies are being watched most closely by corporate executives, as well as sales, marketing, and business development professionals, who represent… Continue Reading
Treaties in Force 2006
Treaties in Force: “This publication lists treaties and other international agreements of the United States on record in the Department of State as being in force as of January 1 of the specified year. It is arranged in three sections.” Treaties in Force 2006 – A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the… Continue Reading
EPA OIG Audit Identifies Need to Implement Mercury Monitoring Plan
Monitoring Needed to Assess Impact of EPA’s Clean Air Mercury Rule on Potential Hotspots, Report No. 2006-P-00025 [Report – PDF, 33 pages] [At a Glance – PDF], May 15, 2006. Continue Reading
Reliability and Integrity of Digital Evidence Often in Question
An interesting article in today’s National Law Journal (free) discusses issues associated with the integrity of digital evidence, including email, photos, and metadata. Continue Reading
U.S. Restores Diplomatic Relations With Libya
State Department Fact Sheet: Rescission of Libya’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, May 15, 2006. U.S. Diplomatic Relations With Libya, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Washington, DC, May 15, 2006 State Department Fact Sheet: Libya’s Decision to Eliminate WMD and MTCR-Class Missile Programs: An International Model, May 15, 2006 Continue Reading
Status Report on Microsoft Compliance With Final Judgments
Joint Status Report on Microsoft’s Compliance with the Final Judgments – May 15, 2006 (25 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Treasury IG Audit of Criminal Investigation Activities From FY 2000-2005
Statistical Portrayal of the Criminal Investigation Function’s Enforcement Activities From Fiscal Year 2000 Through Fiscal Year 2005 Report Date: 05/12/2006, (48 pages, PDF) “The CI function performance measures and business results showed improvements from Fiscal Year (FY) 2003. Specifically, the total number of subject investigations completed and prosecution referrals increased; the number of indictments, convictions,… Continue Reading
GAO Reports Need for Better Military Planning for Future Disasters
Hurricane Katrina: Better Plans and Exercises Needed to Guide the Military’s Response to Catastrophic Natural Disasters, Full-text of GAO-06-643, and Highlights, May 15, 2006. Continue Reading
Black Box Voting Report on Diebold Security Issues
5-11-06: Three-level security flaws found in Diebold touch-screens. Critical Security Alert: Diebold TSx and TS6 voting systems by Harri Hursti, for Black Box Voting, Inc. (12 pages, PDF) “Due to the nature of this report it is distributed in two different versions. Details of the attack are only in the restricted distribution version considered to… Continue Reading
Does Domestic Telephone Surveillance Violate Communications Act?
Following up on May 12, 2006 posting, Info On Pentagon Phone Surveillance Program Generates Legal and Political Ramifications, see today’s press release from Rep. Ed Markey, Letter to FCC Regarding the Legality of Telco Complicity in Phone Records Mining: Today Representative Markey sent a letter to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) requesting… Continue Reading
