CQPolitics.com announced the launch of a joint venture with C-SPAN, called CampaignNetwork.org. “The new site features video of C-SPANs election coverage and is home to the network’s voluminous library of debates in key races that are broadcast by television stations across the nation.”
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Daily Archives: September 1, 2006
New State Department Releases on the "Future of Iraq" Project
Press release: “The National Security Archive is today posting State Department documents from 2002 tracing the inception of the “Future of Iraq Project,” alongside the final, mammoth 13-volume study, previously obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. “The Future of Iraq Project” was one of the most comprehensive U.S. government planning efforts for raising that… Continue Reading
Report from the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy: Executive Excess 2006
“The new Executive Excess report surveys all publicly held U.S. corporations among the top 100 defense contractors that had at least 10 percent of revenues in defense. These 34 CEOs combined have pocketed almost a billion dollars since 9/11.” Executive Excess 2006 (60 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
World Bank Doing Business Database
“The Doing Business database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. The Doing Business indicators are comparable across 175 economies. They indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze specific regulations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity, and growth.” Continue Reading
DHS Final Rule Procedures for Handling Critical Infrastructure Information
“Summary: This final rule amends the February 2004 Interim Rule establishing uniform procedures to implement the Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002. These procedures govern the receipt, validation, handling, storage, marking, and use of critical infrastructure information voluntarily submitted to the Department of Homeland Security. The procedures are applicable to all Federal, State, local, and… Continue Reading
Pathfinder on How to React to Corporate Security Breach
From CSO Online, How your company handles a data breach can make the difference between survival and extinction. “Establishing a management incident response team (MIRT) is key to making a difference.” Continue Reading
Group Documents Free Travel Accepted by Members of Congress
Press release: “Members of Congress and their aides accepted more than $600,000 in free travel from pharmaceutical interests and their allies during a 5½-year period in which drug company profits climbed, in part due to federal legislation favorable to the industry, according to a new study by the Center for Public Integrity.” “The “Power Trips”… Continue Reading
Registry of Digital Masters
CLIR: “A joint project of the Digital Library Federation (DLF) and OCLC, the registry provides a trusted service for the communication, coordination, and discovery of information about digital masters, their production, and the availability of use copies. The registry includes both digitally reformatted and born-digital objects. Hosted by OCLC and developed on the basis of… Continue Reading
Student Financial Aid Records Target of FBI and Education Dept. Data Mining Project
Investigative work by students at the Medill School of Journalism has uncovered a joint FBI and Department of Education data mining program that reviewed the records of hundreds of students. The goal was purportedly to discern whether financial aid funding was used to advance terrorist efforts against the United States. Information about the student’s work… Continue Reading
NPR Interview with the Director of National Intelligence
September 1, 2006 – NPR Interview with the Director of National Intelligence, Ambassador John D. Negroponte. Continue Reading
