Follow-up to August 1, 2006 posting, Findings of Upcoming Report on Administration Policies on WMD and NSA, see the Final Investigative Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff: The Constitution in Crisis: The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Coverups in the Iraq War, and Illegal Domestic Surveillance. (This Report is… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2006
SEC v. Martha Stewart and Peter Bacanovi
Litigation Release No. 19794 / August 7, 2006, SEC v. Martha Stewart and Peter Bacanovi, 03 Civ. 4070 (RJH) (S.D.N.Y.) Martha Stewart and Peter Bacanovic Agree to Settle SEC Insider Trading Charges “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has reached an agreement to settle insider trading charges against Martha Stewart and Peter… Continue Reading
StopBadware.org Begins Issuing Warnings to Google Users
StopBadware.org Blog: “We’re entering a new phase here at StopBadware.org. Googlewhich is one of our partnerswill present people with a warning before they visit websites that have been reported to StopBadware.org as sites that distribute badware. These warnings currently link to a general page on StopBadware.org, but as we finish researching sites, we’ll replace the… Continue Reading
GPO Takes Major Step Toward Creating Digital Information
GPO Takes Major Step Toward Creating Digital Information Management System Future Digital System (FDsys) Facts and Timeline The U.S. Government Printing Office encourages you to contribute information about your institution’s digitization projects containing U.S. Government publications to the Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects.” Continue Reading
Passage of the Cybercrime Convention
Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on the Passage of the Cybercrime Convention, August 6, 2006: “The Cybercrime Convention – the first of its kind – will be a key tool for the United States in fighting global, information-age crime. This treaty provides important tools in the battles against terrorism, attacks on computer networks,… Continue Reading
Census Bureau Releases Population Estimates
Press release: “The Census Bureau today released annual estimates of state and county populations by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin for 2000 to 2005…Table 1 (Excel) presents data for states. Table 2 (Excel) presents data for counties with total populations of 1 million or more.” Continue Reading
Special Report on Department of Defense's Cyber Crime Center
Special Report | Computer forensics: The new DNA Continue Reading
Proposed Study to Compare Roles of Investment Advisers, Broker-Dealers
SEC press release, August 1, 2006: “The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…issued a request for contract proposals to conduct the first stage of a major study comparing how the different regulatory systems that apply to broker-dealers and investment advisers affect investors. The full text of the RFP.” Continue Reading
EPA OIG Audit Measuring the Impact of the Food Quality Protection Act
Measuring the Impact of the Food Quality Protection Act: Challenges and Opportunities, [Report PDF – 37 pages] [At a Glance PDF] [Supplemental Report PDF – 14 pages] Continue Reading
U.S. Coast Guard Celebrates Its 216th Year
DHS: “August 4, 2006 The U.S. Coast Guard celebrates its 216th year of standing vigilant watch over Americas shores…In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Coast Guard helped save the lives of over 33,000 hurricane victims in the largest search and rescue mission in U.S. history.” Continue Reading
Senate Republican Conference Report – Securing America's Prosperity
Senate Republican Conference Message of the week, August 4, 2006 – “The nation is enjoying sustained job creation and robust economic expansion under Republican leadership, despite inflation concerns and high energy costs. The economy is making progress, with 19 consecutive quarters of economic (GDP) growth and 35 consecutive months of jobs gains producing more than… Continue Reading
Economic Effects of Recent Increases in Energy Prices
The Economic Effects of Recent Increases in Energy Prices, July 2006 Continue Reading
