Press release: “In a new report, the Federal Trade Commission staff describes findings from its July 2007 workshop, Spam Summit: The Next Generation of Threats and Solutions and proposes follow-up action steps that stakeholders can adopt to mitigate the harmful effects of malicious spam and phishing. In addition to proposing action steps for stakeholders, the report provides an overview of the agencys decade-long role in protecting consumers from the threats of fraudulent spam and phishing. The report also announces results from staffs 2007 Harvesting and Filtering Study, which suggest that Internet service providers spam filters continue to serve an integral role in reducing the amount of spam that reaches consumers in-boxes.”
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Daily Archives: December 28, 2007
President Bush To Veto National Defense Authorization Act
Fact Sheet: National Defense Authorization Act Section 1083: A Danger to Iraq’s Progress: “President Bush intends to veto the National Defense Authorization Act for FY08 (NDAA) because particular provisions included in the bill risk imposing financially devastating hardship on Iraq that will unacceptably interfere with the political and economic progress everyone agrees is critically important… Continue Reading
Spare Lithium Batteries No Longer Allowed in Checked Baggage
TSA: “Effective January 1, 2008, spare lithium batteries – extra batteries not installed on devices – will no longer be allowed in checked baggage. Spare lithium batteries may be packed in carry-on baggage and lithium batteries installed in a device may be packed in either checked or carry-on, as long as the battery is installed… Continue Reading
Enhancements to Cornell LIIs United States Code Now Available
Thomas R. Bruce – Director, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, writing on Technoids: “First and newest: vastly improved views of US Code updates at all levels. Clicking the “updates” link at the right at any level of the Code gives you all of the classification-table updates for that chunk of the Code since the… Continue Reading
Proofpoint Reports Spam Email Trends for November 2007
Press release: “Proofpoint, Inc., the leading provider of unified email security and data loss prevention solutions, today reported spam trends for data collected during the month of November 2007, finding that, on average, spam continues to represent nearly 90% of the total email volume received by large enterprises. Attachment-based spam made a comeback with the… Continue Reading
MOA Between DoD and the Department of State on USG Private Security Contractors
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Between the Department of Defense and the Department of State on USG Private Security Contractors – (12/5/2007): “The purpose of this MOA is to clearly define the authority and responsibility for the accountability and operations of USG Private Security Contractors in Iraq…Pursuant to this MOA the Secretary of State and the… Continue Reading
