Following up on previous postings, Authority of Vast Collaborative Online Encyclopedia Questioned and Wikipedia Continues to Confront Controversy and Wikipedia Continues to Generate Headlines, related news today from the New York Times: Growing Wikipedia Revises Its ‘Anyone Can Edit’ Policy Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2006
Civil Rights Commission To Examine Affirmative Action in Law Schools
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=67378 Continue Reading
Detainee Related Documents Released – Formica Report
AP: Pentagon Details U.S. Abuse of Detainees – Pentagon Says U.S. Forces Used Unapproved Interrogation Practices on Iraq, Afghan Detainees DOJ: Documents released in litigation on June 15, 2006 Formica Report Jacoby Report Schmidt-Furlow Report Enclosures Record of Courts Martial, (NOV 19, 2003) Record of Courts Martial, (JAN 7, 2003) Record of Courts Martial, (JAN… Continue Reading
Law Enforcement Officials Report Rise in Rate and Sophistication of Cybercrime
News.com: “Cybercrooks are organizing better and moving to more sophisticated tactics to get their hands on confidential data and turn PCs of unwitting users into bots, representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations said in separate presentations here at the Computer Security Institute’s NetSec event this… Continue Reading
Quartet of ID Theft Bills Introduced in Congress This Week
S. 3506 – A bill to prohibit the unauthorized removal or use of personal information contained in a database owned, operated, or maintained by the Federal government. Sponsor: Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 6/13/2006) S. 3514 – A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the public display on the Internet… Continue Reading
FEMA Process Flaws Caused Waste and Abuse According to GAO Report
Expedited Assistance for Victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: FEMA’s Control Weaknesses Exposed the Government to Significant Fraud and Abuse, Full text GAO-06-655, and Highlights, June 16, 2006. “GAO identified significant flaws in the process for registering disaster victims that leave the federal government vulnerable to fraud and abuse of expedited assistance (EA) payments.” Continue Reading
Resolution on Global Terror Passes House
The House this morning passed HRES 861, Declaring that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary. The resolution passed by roll call vote #288, 256 yeas to 153 nays, with 5 voting present. [GalleryWatch.com] Continue Reading
Clinton Calls for Privacy Bill of Rights
Press release: “In a major policy address on the challenges of privacy in our increasingly data driven world, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a comprehensive privacy agenda: a Privacy Bill of Rights that secures the interests of consumers; stronger, better enforced protection for medical privacy and a new national security consensus setting out clear… Continue Reading
Oversight Hearing on the Superfund Program
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, Subcommittee on Superfund and Waste Management, Oversight Hearing on the Superfund Program, June 15, 2006. Links to opening statements and witness testimony LA Times (reg. req’d): Democrats Say Key Superfund Data Is Being Withheld From the Public. The EPA won’t release some data on 140 Superfund locations Continue Reading
Online Banking 2006: Surfing to the Bank
Pew Internet, Online Banking 2006: “Online banking is holding steady as a mainstream internet activity, growing along with internet use generally, though not accelerating as have some other forms of online activities. Fully 43% of internet users, or about 63 million American adults, bank online.” Online Banking 2006: Surfing to the Bank (3 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Report on Congressional Oversight of Intelligence
Congressional Oversight of Intelligence is Broken, June 13, 2006. “The Center for American Progress today releases a comprehensive study of congressional oversight of the U.S. Intelligence Community, “No Mere Oversight: Congressional Oversight of Intelligence is Broken,” (47 pages, PDF) that delineates where Congress is failing in its oversight duties and how past congressional methods, ways… Continue Reading
Continued Warnings About Use of Social Security Numbers and Rise of ID Theft
Follow-up to recent postings VA ID theft and the continuous reports on government and corporate enterprise data breaches, see this Gartner press release: Gartner Says Rash of Personal Data Thefts Shows Social Security Numbers Can No Longer Be Sole Proof of Identity for Enterprises. According to Gartner VP Avivah Litan, “Companies should not rely on… Continue Reading
