Press release: “More than 59 million people (37.3 percent of all active Internet users) visited newspaper Web sites on average during the second quarter of 2007, a record number that represents a 7.7 percent increase over the same period a year ago, according to custom analysis provided by Nielsen//NetRatings for the Newspaper Association of America.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
European eGovernment Awards 2007 – 53 Finalists Selected
EU: “The 53 cases have now been selected as finalists for the third European eGovernment Awards, organised by the European Commission. The final five winners will be announced during the Awards ceremony on 20 September at the Ministerial eGovernment Conference 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal. The list of all 53 cases can be found at the… Continue Reading
EPA Launches New Border Program Website
Press release: “Today the Environmental Protection Agency launched a new Web site providing the public with current environmental news and information on the U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 program. The site includes: news and event information, publications and progress reports, and links to other organizations working in the border region.” Continue Reading
Treasury Releases Business Taxation and Global Competitiveness Background Paper
“The Treasury Department released today a background paper (54 pages, PDF) concerning some of the many issues to be discussed Thursday, July 26 at the Treasury Conference on Business Taxation and Global Competitiveness.” Continue Reading
DHS Security Office: ADVISE Report
ADVISE Report, Review of the Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight and Semantic Enhancement (ADVISE) Program including recommendations, July 11, 2007 (PDF, 25 pages) Continue Reading
House Judiciary Committee to Consider Contempt Proceedings for Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten
Press release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) announced that the Committee will meet Wednesday, July 25, at 10:15 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building to vote on contempt citations for former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, following their refusal to comply with… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Cybercrime, Federal Farm Programs, FHA, Influenza Pandemic
Cybercrime: Public and Private Entities Face Challenges in Addressing Cyber Threats, GAO-07-705, June 22, 2007: “Cybercrime has significant economic impacts and threatens U.S. national security interests. Various studies and experts estimate the direct economic impact from cybercrime to be in the billions of dollars annually. The annual loss due to computer crime was estimated to… Continue Reading
International Compact with Iraq, Fact Sheet and Documents
Press release: “The International Compact with Iraq (ICI) is an initiative of the Government of Iraq, in partnership with the United Nations, and supported by the World Bank. This initiative seeks a new partnership with the International Community. It establishes a framework of commitments that will enable Iraq to realize its National Vision of a… Continue Reading
Microsoft Announces Enhanced Privacy Protections for Customers
Press release: “Expanding on its ongoing work to help protect customer privacy, Microsoft Corp. today announced an enhanced set of privacy principles for Live Search and online advertising data collection, use and protection. The principles outline new, enhanced steps to help protect the privacy of Microsoft® Windows Live users, including making search query data anonymous… Continue Reading
World Privacy Forum: State Security Freeze Laws and General Information
World Privacy Forum: State Security Freeze Laws and General Information, July 22, 2007: “A credit freeze (sometimes called a security freeze) lets you stop the disclosure of your credit report by a credit bureau. If you live in a state with a security freeze law, then you may be able to place a security freeze… Continue Reading
World Privacy Forum's Top Ten Opt Outs
World Privacy Forum’s Top Ten Opt Outs, July 22, 2007: “This list is a distillation of ideas for opting out that the World Privacy Forum has developed over the years from responding to those questions. The list below does not contain all opt outs that are available. Rather, it contains the opt outs that we… Continue Reading
Phillipines' Human Security Act of 2007 Now in Effect
“Human Security Act of 2007 – [This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2137 and House Bill No. 4839 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 8, 2007 and February 19, 2007, respectively.] SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is declared a policy of the… Continue Reading
