“In this Top Ten Opt Outs list, some opt outs can be done by phone, some have to be sent in a letter via postal mail, and some can be accomplished online. Some opt outs last forever, some have time limits, and others can be changed at will. If an opt out is on this… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2008
CIA Goes Green: New Campus Helps LEED the Way
Press release: “The CIAs newest campus in Northern Virginia represents the Agencys most ambitious effort to date to create a state-of-the-art work environment with a design that focuses on green principles. The design is so effective that the campus buildings have earned certification under the U.S. Green Building Councils prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental… Continue Reading
National Nuclear Security Administrations Second Line of Defense
“The mission of the National Nuclear Security Administrations Second Line of Defense (SLD) program is to strengthen the capability of foreign governments to deter, detect, and interdict illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials across international borders and through the global maritime shipping system. The goal is to reduce the probability of these materials… Continue Reading
Cyber Initiative to Expand Monitoring of Federal Agency Net Traffic
Bush Order Expands Network Monitoring – Intelligence Agencies to Track Intrusions, by Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post: “President Bush signed a directive this month that expands the intelligence community’s role in monitoring Internet traffic to protect against a rising number of attacks on federal agencies’ computer systems. The directive, whose content is classified, authorizes the intelligence… Continue Reading
New SIGIR Audit Reports
Recent audits from the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Report on Review of Outcome, Cost, and Oversight of Iraq Reconstruction Contract W914NS-04-D-0006, January 28, 2008 Efforts to Implement a Financial-Management Information System in Iraq, January 25, 2008 Commanders Emergency Response Program in Iraq Funds Many Large-Scale Projects, January 25, 2008… Continue Reading
New E-Gov Site on Top-Ranked States by Industry
Press release: “Top-Ranked States by Industry, a new U.S. Census Bureau Web page that highlights state-level findings from the 2002 Economic Census…The economic census is conducted every five years those ending in 2 and 7. More than 4 million businesses have received 2007 Economic Census questionnaires, which are to be returned by Feb. 12.… Continue Reading
Horizon Report 2008
“The 2008 Horizon Report is a collaboration between The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, An EDUCAUSE Program.” “The main sections of the report describe six emerging technologies or practices that will likely enter mainstream use in learning-focused organizations within three adoption horizons over the next one to five years. Also highlighted are… Continue Reading
Census and HUD Joint Release on New Residential Home Sales in December 2007
Press release: “Sales of new one-family houses in December 2007 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 604,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 4.7 percent (±12.1%) below the revised November rate of 634,000 and is 40.7 percent (±7.8%)… Continue Reading
2008 State of the Union Policy Initiatives
Keeping America Safe By Fostering The Freedom Agenda – U.S. Is Promoting Liberty As A Hopeful Alternative To Violent Extremism, January 28, 2008 Increasing Our Energy Security And Confronting Climate Change – The Administration Is Taking Steps To Reduce U.S. Dependence On Oil, And To Advance U.S. Leadership In Developing A Global Response To Climate… Continue Reading
District Court Bars the Sale of Consumers Telephone Records to Third Parties
Press release: “A federal judge has barred the illegal operation of an information broker who advertised and sold confidential consumer telephone records to third parties without the consumers knowledge or consent. In entering summary judgment for the Federal Trade Commission, Judge William F. Downes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming also… Continue Reading
FOIA Request Yields VA Data on American Casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
The Herald (United Kingdom): “The US has suffered more than 72,000 battlefield casualties since the start of the war on terror in 2001, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The query by the campaigning Veterans for Common Sense organisation shows that 4,372 American soldiers have died and another 67,671 have been wounded in action,… Continue Reading
EU Data Protection Day, January 28, 2008
“The aim of the Data Protection Day is to give European citizens the chance to understand what personal data is collected and processed about them and why, and what their rights are with respect to this processing. They should also be made aware of the risks inherent and associated with the illegal mishandling and unfair… Continue Reading
