Related to previous postings on government telephone surveillance, see this recent commentary, ACLU v. National Security Agency: Why the “State Secrets Privilege” Shouldn’t Stop the Lawsuit Challenging Warrantless Telephone Surveillance of Americans, by John Dean. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2006
Congressional Mandate for NIH Public Access
Press release: House Appropriations Committee Directs NIH to Ensure Tax-Funded Medical Research is Freely Available in Agencys Online Archive Related references and sources: Proposal to Expand Free Electronic Access to All Research Funded By NIH Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req’d), House Committee Would Require Open Access to NIH-Backed Research : “A little-noticed provision in… Continue Reading
Pew Global Survey on U.S. Image, Views of Iraq and Iran
Press release: Pew Global Attitudes Survey 2006: Findings on U.S. Image, Views of Iraq and Iran The 15-Nation Pew Global Attitudes Survey, by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, conducted among nearly 17,000 people in the United States and 14 other nations from March 31-May 14, 2006 (62 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
DHS Releases Comprehensive Assessment of Emergency Operations Plans
Press release, June 16, 2006: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued findings today from a national assessment of the countrys catastrophic planning capabilities. Responding to directives from President Bush and the Congress, following Hurricane Katrina, the Nationwide Plan Review (PDF, 174 pages) looked at whether existing emergency operations plans for states and urban areas… Continue Reading
Theft of Laptops With Personal Data Increasingly Common
Yet another report today about the theft of a laptop from the home of a government employee, this time involving info on D.C. government personnel. The issue of why so many institutions have not implemented proper security measures, such as encryption on digital media removed from the office, remains baffling. Continue Reading
Corporate Internet Filtering Polices May Impede Work Product
Reports on monitoring of employee website usage are not uncommon, but today’s New York Times article highlights how blocking specific sites can impede work product. This can certainly be the case not only in the newsroom but in law firms and other corporate environments where competitive intelligence monitoring has become increasingly important. Continue Reading
Selected Links Available for SLA News Division Sponsored Programs 2006
News Division Program for the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference 2006, June 10 – 15, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland. Links to selected presentations and handouts Continue Reading
PBS Frontline Preview of VP's Role in War on Terror
Press release: “In The Dark Side, airing June 20, 2006, at 9 P.M. on PBS (check local listings), FRONTLINE tells the story of the vice president’s role as the chief architect of the war on terror and his battle with Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet for control of the “dark side.” Drawing on more… Continue Reading
FDA Drug Screening Approval Process Under Attack
Center for Medical Consumers: Dodgeball – The Pharmaceutical Companies’ Direct Marketing to Doctors and the Impact on Health Care Costs and Patient Safety, June 2006 (45 pages, PDF) LA Times (reg. req’d) – Liver Failures Linked to Antibiotic Ketek Renew Worries About FDA Drug Screening – “Four deaths have been tied to Ketek, approved in… Continue Reading
Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center
The Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center [4800 Mt. Hope Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21215, Phone: (410) 624-2090, Fax: (410) 764-7664]: “The Center will search the world over for information leading to the fates of loved ones missing since the Holocaust and World War II. Nearly every inquiry that is processed by the Center is forwarded… Continue Reading
Reliable But Not Readily Available Method to Destroy Hard Drive Data
Researchers Find Technique to Quickly Erase Hard Drives: “Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta), working with L-3 Communications Corp. (New York), said they have developed a technique for quickly erasing hard-disk drives…The researchers concluded that permanent magnets are the best solution.” [Slashdot] Continue Reading
Microsoft Security Response Center Blog
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