Press release, November 1, 2006: “The Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG), two of the leading public-interest advocacy groups working on behalf of a more diverse and competitive online environment, filed a complaint today with the Federal Trade Commission, calling on the commission to undertake an immediate, formal investigation of online advertising practices. As the groups make clear in their 50-page filing (PDF), the data collection and interactive marketing system that is shaping the entire U.S. electronic marketplace is being built to aggressively track Internet users wherever they go, creating data profiles used in ever-more sophisticated and personalized “one-to-one” targeting schemes.”
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Daily Archives: November 1, 2006
Kaiser Foundation Offers Pre-Queried Searches on Health Policy Issues
From kaiserEDU.org: “SmartLinks provides ‘pre-queried’ searches on health policy topics (Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Electronic Medical Records; Children’s Health Coverage; Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan; Direct-to-Consumer Advertising; Public Health Preparedness; Drug Safety and Regulation; Stem Cell Policy; Drug Reimportation; VA Health System) in several different internet search engines. You’ll get results from: PubMed, Kaisernetwork Daily… Continue Reading
E-voting Technology: State by State
ComputerWorld – E-voting state by state: What you need to know “Computerworld appreciates the assistance of Electionline.org, a project of the Pew Charitable Trust, in the compilation of this project. We also read closely and highly recommend the joint survey from The Century Institute, the Common Cause Education Fund and The Leadership Conference on Civil… Continue Reading
Rep. Jay Inslee Calls for IG Investigation of Political Appointees at Interior
“Rep. Jay Inslee…asked the inspector general at the Interior Department to find out if political appointees have changed recommendations on threatened species written by biologists at the federal agency.” [Inslee’s letter to the inspector general, October 30, 2006] Continue Reading
Fact Sheet: on Weaknesses in FDA's Food Safety System
Minority Staff of the House Government Reform Committee press release, November 1, 2006: “Rep. Waxman releases a fact sheet explaining that the growing incidence of contamination in fresh produce is a symptom of weaknesses in the federal food safety system.” Fact Sheet: Weaknesses in FDA’s Food Safety System, October 30, 2006 Continue Reading
Public Interest Group Now Tracking 15 Members of Congress Under Investigation
CongressPedia, Members of Congress under investigation: “This article is an index of the members of Congress currently under investigation by the congressional ethics committees (House and Senate) or law enforcement authorities, based on credible media reports.” Continue Reading
Presentation on Deconstructing Information Warfare
K. A. Taipale, “Deconstructing Information Warfare,” presented to the Committee on Policy Consequences and Legal/Ethical Implications of Offensive Information Warfare, The National Academies, Washington, DC (Oct. 30, 2006) [download presentation slides in PDF). Continue Reading
Special Inspector for Iraq Reconstruction Reports, October 2006
Status of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Program in Iraq (48 pages, PDF), October 29, 2006 : “The U.S. government continues to advance capacity-development programs in Iraq’s ministries and provinces. For the past four decades, Iraq was a statist economy with a highly centralized administration. Baghdad drove budgeting and service delivery through ministries that funded the… Continue Reading
New DHS OIG Reports on Classified Laptop Computer Security
Improved Administration Can Enhance U.S. Customs and Border Protection Classified Laptop Computer Security, Unclassified Summary, OIG-06-64 (PDF, 3 pages) November 1, 2006. Improved Administration Can Enchance Science and Technology Classified Laptop Computer Security, OIG-06-63, Unclassified Summary, (PDF, 3 pages) November 1, 2006. Continue Reading
Transportation Research Security Board Reports on Public Transportation Projects
Cooperative Research Programs Security Research Status Report: “TRB’s Cooperative Research Program produces a table summarizing more than 60 security and emergency preparedness projects representing over $9 million in the contract research programs for state departments of transportation and the public transportation industry. Updated monthly. Posted on November 1, 2006.” Transportation Security: A Summary of Transportation… Continue Reading
New CRS Report on North Korea's Nuclear Test
North Korea’s Nuclear Test: Motivations, Implications, and U.S. Options, October 24, 2006 (22 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
