FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that access to the Whois databases is “critical to the agencys consumer protection laws, to other law enforcement agencies around the world, and to consumers.” Whois databases are online information directories that contain contact information about website operators. Access to the databases is in question because one of ICANN’s advisory bodies recommended limiting access to Whois data to technical purposes only.”
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Daily Archives: June 26, 2006
Report on Decline in FDA Enforcement Activity
Committee on Government Reform Minority Office: “A new report by Rep. Henry A. Waxman examines how the Bush Administration has carried out FDA’s historic enforcement responsibilities. The report is the result of a 15-month investigation that included a review of thousands of pages of internal agency enforcement records. It finds that there has been a… Continue Reading
Data Security Act of 2006
Press release: “Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) and Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), members of the Senate Banking Committee, today introduced legislation to help protect individuals and businesses from the rampant crimes of identity theft and account fraud…The new bill requires that all entities such as financial institutions, universities, retailers and federal agencies safeguard sensitive information,… Continue Reading
OMB Memo on Protection of Sensitive Agency Information
M-06-16, Protection of Sensitive Agency Information, June 23, 2006 (10 pages, PDF) AP: Recent Government Security Breaches Postings on ID Theft Continue Reading
Court Records Available via NARA's Order Online
Press release: “Beginning June 26, 2006 customers will be able to order copies of Court Records from a NARA Federal Records Center using Order Online!, the National Archives’ online ordering web site. Order Online! provides an easy and convenient method for customers to request reproductions of certain records and pay for these orders with most… Continue Reading
2006 International Environment Conference
“The following resources [Climate Change Panel and Country Papers] were presented in CD format to participants at the Baker & McKenzie two-day 2006 International Environment Conference, held in June in Chicago.” Continue Reading
BJS Report Documents Citizen Complaints About Police Use of Force
Bureau of Justice Statistics press release: “Large state and local law enforcement agencies with 59 percent of the nation’s sworn officers received 26,556 citizen complaints about the police use of force during 2002, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The rate was 6.6 complaints per 100 full-time sworn officers. Eighty-four percent… Continue Reading
Congressional Trips Paid by Private Donors Top $50M
Center for Public Integrity special report: “Over a 5½-year period ending in 2005, members of Congress and their aides took at least 23,000 trips valued at almost $50 million financed by private sponsors, many of them corporations, trade associations and nonprofit groups with business on Capitol Hill.” Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com
Public Defense Systems, by Ken Strutin Pathfinder on the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry, by Sarah Spear The Government Domain: Google’s New U.S. Government Search, by Peggy Garvin Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys: How to Select a Website Designer, by Frederick L. Faulkner IV E-Discovery Update – by Fios Inc.: Controlling the Accidental Release of Digital… Continue Reading
