From the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident, updated June 30, 2006. Breaches reported in June 2006 include the Nebraska Treasurer’s Office and the Minnesota Dept. of Revenue. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2006
Share Single Mouse and Keyboard Between Multiple Computers
“With Synergy, all the computers on your desktop form a single virtual screen. You use the mouse and keyboard of only one of the computers while you use all of the monitors on all of the computers. You tell synergy how many screens you have and their positions relative to one another. Synergy then detects… Continue Reading
Businesses Account for More Than 60% of FOIA Users
Coalition of Journalists for Open Government: “By far the heaviest use of the Freedom of Information Act comes from the nation’s businesses, seeking government records on contracts or for a host of other commercial uses, a new study (8 pages, PDF) by the Coalition of Journalists for Open Government shows. Often they work through information… Continue Reading
Article Contends President Directed VP to Clarify Case for War
Bush Directed Cheney To Counter War Critic, by Murray Waas, National Journal, July 3, 2006: “President Bush told the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case that he directed Vice President Dick Cheney to personally lead an effort to counter allegations made by former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV that his administration had misrepresented intelligence… Continue Reading
Google Continues Expansion With Home Grown Infrastructure Development
New York Times: A Search Engine That’s Becoming an Inventor Continue Reading
GAO Reports Address Government Document Classification
Managing Sensitive Information: Actions Needed to Ensure Recent Changes in DOE Oversight Do Not Weaken an Effective Classification System, Full-text GAO-06-785, and Highlights, June 30, 2006: “DOE’s Office of Classification’s systematic training, comprehensive guidance, and rigorous oversight programs had a largely successful history of ensuring that information was classified and declassified according to established criteria.… Continue Reading
National Retirement Risk Index
Press release: “The National Retirement Risk Index (NRRI) measures the percentage of working-age households who are at risk of being unable to maintain their pre-retirement standard of living in retirement [“almost 45% of U.S. households are at risk”]. It addresses one of the most compelling challenges facing the nation today ensuring retirement security for… Continue Reading
Consumer Protection Safety Commission Video Clips
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) video clips, along with press releases and transcripts. [Michael Ravnitzky] Continue Reading
SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure Website
“You can search for an investment adviser firm on this website and view that firms Form ADV. Investment advisers file Form ADV to register with the SEC and/or the states. Form ADV contains information about an investment adviser and its business operations. Form ADV also contains disclosure about certain disciplinary events involving the adviser and… Continue Reading
CA Gov. To Release Reports on DHS Collection of Protestor Data
LA Times (reg. req’d): “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office said Saturday he was ordering the release of dozens of intelligence reports prepared for the state Office of Homeland Security a step that comes as lawmakers from both parties are denouncing a practice in which state intelligence agents compiled information about political and antiwar protests and… Continue Reading
