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Daily Archives: October 11, 2006

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Election Day Survey for November 2, 2004

“This is a report by Election Data Services, Inc. of the Election Day Survey for November 2, 2004, administered by the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) as mandated by the 2002 Help America Vote Act of 2002. The Election Day Survey represents the largest and most comprehensive survey of voting and election administration practices ever conducted by a U.S. government organization. Questions on the Election Day Survey covered voting statistics on voter registration; total ballots cast by mode of voting; specific statistics on absentee and provisional voting; votes for federal offices; the number overvotes and undervotes cast for each federal office; and the number of precinct, polling places, and poll workers. Questions covered election administration of voting equipment, reported equipment failures, disability accesses to polling places, and sufficient number of poll workers.”

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  • Summary of the Election Day Survey (PDF)
  • Executive Summary
  • State Data Tables
  • Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners, 2004

    Press release: “Prior methamphetamine use among state and federal prisoners has increased since 1997, according to a new report by the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The use of methamphetamines in the month before an offense rose from 7 percent of state prisoners in 1997 to 11 percent in 2004. Methamphetamine use at… Continue Reading

    FTC Launches Blog in Advance of Upcoming Tech-Ade Hearings

    Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission is hosting a blog to provide information and a forum for feedback about its public hearings on “Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-ade,” to be held November 6-8, 2006, in Washington, DC. The public hearings will examine how evolving technology will shape and change the habits, opportunities and challenges… Continue Reading

    Congressional Directory 109th Congress – Latest Revision

    Congressional Directory 109th Congress – Latest Revision: “Presents short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district, and additional data, such as committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and room and telephone numbers.” Search the Current Directory Only — 109th Congress (2005-06) — September 2006 Online… Continue Reading

    UK Targeted in Computer Data Theft

    Press release: “The Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit is investigating data recovered from a computer in the United States that was found to contain personal information from hacked computers located in the United Kingdom. We believe the data has been stolen by the use of a computer virus and it is believed more than 2,300… Continue Reading