Press release: “A new market report entitled “Beyond Aviation: The Emerging Ground Transportation Security Market,” (free but reg. req’d) cites a dramatic imbalance between federal security spending on ground transportation as compared to aviation. According to one estimate, federal funding for aviation security has approached $20 billion since 2001 compared to $400 million for ground transportation security. This despite continued threats against U.S. transit and the terrorist attacks on trains in London, Mumbai, and Madrid.” [Michael Ravnitzky]
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Daily Archives: September 8, 2006
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 Passes Senate
Follow-up to previous posting, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (S. 2590) unanimously passed the Senate on the evening of September 7. POGO reported “that Sens. Stevens (R-AK) and Byrd (D- WV) lifted their secret holds on the bill.” Update: September 13, 2006 House floor debate on the Act, via FAS Continue Reading
A Progress Report on U.S. Security Post-9/11
Prepared Remarks by Stuart Levey, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Before the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: “…we have made dramatic progress in combating terrorist abuse of charities. Prior to 9/11 and even afterwards, terrorists used charities as safe and easy ways to raise and move large sums of money. Al… Continue Reading
Proposed Framework For Evaluating Digital Rights Management
CDT press release: “Evaluating DRM: Building a Marketplace for the Convergent World” tackles the complicated subject of copyright protection technology, offering a clear set of metrics for consumers and product reviewers to consider when evaluating DRM-protected devices and services. The goal of the paper is to educate users about what questions to ask to determine… Continue Reading
EPIC, Privacy International Publish 2005 Privacy and Human Rights Report
“EPIC, Privacy International Publish 2005 Privacy and Human Rights Report: The 1,200 page report explores privacy developments around the globe and provides detailed information on emerging privacy topics.” [Link] Continue Reading
Fact Sheet: Protecting the Homeland Post September 11
Fact Sheet: Protecting the Homeland Post September 11: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken significant action to improve the nations security since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. By improving security measures for the nations aviation system, implementing measures designed to protect our critical infrastructure, using biometrics to establish and verify identity,… Continue Reading
Real Security: A Plan to Fulfill the 9/11 Commission Recommendations
House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security Democrats –Real Security: A Plan to Fulfill the 9/11 Commission Recommendations (23 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Long-term Impact of New Bankruptcy Law Largely Unclear
Long-term Impact of New Bankruptcy Law Largely Unclear: “The long-term impact of a new bankruptcy law remains uncertain but could require a 10 percent increase in staff for federal bankruptcy courts, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) has told Congress.” Continue Reading
HHS OIG Updated Corporate Integrity Agreements
Updated Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs), Certification of Compliance Agreements (CCAs) and Settlement Agreements with Integrity Provisions, September 8. 2008. Continue Reading
State Department to Discontinue Publication of Certain Categories of International Agreements
Summary of Final Rule: “The Department of State is updating the regulations implementing 1 U.S.C. 112a and 112b in order to reflect amendments to the statutes governing publication of U.S. international agreements and their transmittal to the Congress. It will not be publishing certain categories of international agreements in the compilation entitled “United States Treaties… Continue Reading
Postwar Findings about Iraq's WMD Programs and Links to Terrorism and How they Compare with Prewar Assessments
Senate Intelligence Committee: Postwar Findings about Iraq’s WMD Programs and Links to Terrorism and How they Compare with Prewar Assessments (151 pages, PDF), September 8, 2006. The Use by the Intelligence Community of Information Provided by the Iraqi National Congress, (211 pages, PDF), September 8, 2006 Continue Reading
English Version of German Civil Code Available Free Online
As posted by Marci Hoffman today, “The German Federal Ministry of Justice has commissioned a translation of the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (or BGB), the civil code of Germany. The translation can be downloaded free of charge here.” Note: as brought to my attention by a reader (thanks Dan), as of mid-October 2006, the site now has… Continue Reading
