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Daily Archives: July 5, 2007
GSA Issues Procedure Rules for New Civilian Board of Contract Appeals
“This document contains the rules of procedure of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (Board), which will govern all proceedings before the Board. The Board was established within GSA by section 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to hear and decide contract disputes between Government contractors and Executive agencies (other… Continue Reading
CRS Report – Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Background, Legal Status, and Other Issues
Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Background, Legal Status, and Other Issues, updated June 21, 2007 (33 pages, PDF). [via Secrecy News] Related government documents and news: Hearing, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, May 10, 2007: from the transcript of testimony by Jeremy Scahill, reporter and author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful… Continue Reading
On the Trail of Military Intelligence History: A Guide to the Washington, DC, Area
“A new pamphlet from the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) History Office describes locations in and around Washington, D.C. that have significant associations with the history of U.S. military intelligence.” [via Secrecy News] On the Trail of Military Intelligence History: A Guide to the Washington, DC, Area, U.S. Army INSCOM History Office, 2007… Continue Reading
New GAO Report on Data Breaches and ID Theft
Personal Information: Data Breaches Are Frequent, but Evidence of Resulting Identity Theft Is Limited; However, the Full Extent Is Unknown. GAO-07-737, June 4, 2007. “While comprehensive data do not exist, available evidence suggests that breaches of sensitive personal information have occurred frequently and under widely varying circumstances. For example, more than 570 data breaches were… Continue Reading
American Lawyer Media Sold to Incisive Media
Follow up to March 22, 2007 posting, Sale of American Lawyer Media Considered by Owner Wasserstein, from a press release today: “Incisive Media will acquire ALM from U.S. Equity Partners, L.P. for a total value of approximately $630 million (approximately 315 million pounds Sterling) in cash. The acquisition is expected to close in the third… Continue Reading
Habeus Corpus Restoration Act of 2007
Follow up to June 24, 2007 posting, Skelton/Conyers Introduce Habeas Reform Legislation, see these additional related government documents: S.185 – A bill to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States. Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 1/4/2007) – Senate Report 110-90, June 26, 2007: “This legislation repeals those provisions of the Detainee… Continue Reading
Challenge to Google's Amicus Filing in Microsoft Joint Status Report
Follow up to June 20, 2007 posting, Microsoft Complies With Vista Browser Choice Option, see Microsoft’s Memorandum in Opposition to Google’s Motion for Leave to Participate as Amicus Curiae – July 3, 2007 Continue Reading
Companion Website to New Book: Introduction to Information Retrieval
Introduction to Information Retrieval – “This is the companion website for the following book: Christopher D. Manning, Prabhakar Raghavan and Hinrich Schütze, Introduction to Information Retrieval, Cambridge University Press, 2008.” Continue Reading
Report Mapping the Growth of Older America
The Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program – Mapping the Growth of Older America, by William H. Frey: “Aging baby boomers constitute this decade’s fastest growing age group, expanding nearly 50 percent in size from 2000 to 2010. This group-more highly educated, with more professional women, and more diverse than its predecessors-will add new stresses to… Continue Reading
Report – Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace
Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace, Seymour E. Goodman and Herbert S. Lin, Editors, Committee on Improving Cybersecurity Research in the United States, National Research Council, 272 pages, pre-publication copy, 2007. “Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace examines the vulnerabilities of the Internet and offers a strategy for future research aimed at countering… Continue Reading
