News release: “Many Americans assume that China’s internet users are unhappy about their government’s control of the internet, but a new survey finds most Chinese say they approve of internet regulation, especially by the government.” Most Chinese Say They Approve of Government Internet Control, by Deborah Fallows, Senior Research Fellow, Pew Internet & American Life… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
DHS Releases Privacy Technology Implementation Guide and Incident Handling Guidance
Privacy Technology Implementation Guide (PTIG), August 2007 (PDF, 36 pages): “The Privacy Office developed a new general guide for technology managers and developers to integrate privacy protections into operational IT systems. This new guide, the Privacy Technology Implementation Guide (PTIG) combines elements of privacy protection from disparate privacy compliance requirements, as well as a administrative… Continue Reading
WIPO: Cybersquatting Dispute Cases Continue to Rise
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) news release: “Against the background of an unprecedented number of cybersquatting cases in 2007, the evolving nature of the domain name registration system (DNS) is causing growing concern for trademark owners around the world. Last year, a record 2,156 complaints alleging cybersquatting – or the abusive registration of trademarks on… Continue Reading
CRS: Government Interventions in Financial Markets: Economic and Historic Analysis of Subprime Mortgage Options
CRS Report – Government Interventions in Financial Markets: Economic and Historic Analysis of Subprime Mortgage Options, March 25, 2008. N. Eric Weiss, Analyst in Financial Economics, Government and Finance Division. “This report summarizes and analyzes four previous government market interventions (Home Owners Loan Corporation in 1933, Continental Illinois in 1984, the savings and loan insurance… Continue Reading
CRS Report: Averting Financial Crisis
Averting Financial Crisis, Updated March 21, 2008, Mark Jickling, Specialist in Financial Economics, Government and Finance Division. “There is no precise definition of financial crisis, but a common view is that disruptions in financial markets rise to the level of a crisis when the flow of credit to households and businesses is constrained and the… Continue Reading
Treasury Secretary Proposes Overhaul of Financial Market Regulatory Process
WSJ – Sweeping Changes in Paulson Plan: “U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson plans Monday to call for sweeping structural changes in the way the government monitors financial markets, capping a broad review aimed at revamping a system of regulatory oversight built piecemeal since the Civil War. If even only some of the changes get made,… Continue Reading
Wikipedia Hits Milestone of Ten Million Articles Across 250 Languages
News release: “…the Wikimedia Foundation reached a significant new milestone: on Thursday, March 27, at 00:07 UTC the official article count for all Wikipedias combined reached 10 million. The ten millionth article, a short biography of 16th century English goldsmith and painter Nicholas Hilliard, was created in the Hungarian Wikipedia by user Pataki Márta. Wikipedia… Continue Reading
YouTube reveals video analytics tool for all users
News release: “…we’re releasing YouTube Insight, a free tool that enables anyone with a YouTube account to view detailed statistics about the videos that they upload to the site. (You can see this…announcement on the Google blog and on the YouTube blog…) This tool will help anyone who uploads videos to YouTube better understand and… Continue Reading
DOD OIG Audits: Controls Over Army Real Property Financial Reporting, DoD Purchases Made Through DOI
D-2008-072 Controls Over Army Real Property Financial Reporting, March 28, 2008 (Project No. D2006-D000FI-0249.000) D-2008-066 FY 2006 and FY 2007 DoD Purchases Made Through the Department of the Interior, March 19, 2008 (Project No. D2007-DOOOCF-0039.000) Continue Reading
EPA commits to reestablish physical libraries in EPA Regions 5, 6, and 7, as well as the Headquarters and Chemical libraries by September 30, 2008
EPA National Library Network News – Update on EPA’s Library Network – March 2008 “EPA submitted a National Library Network Report to Congress (PDF, 8 pages) on March 26 as requested in the Explanatory Statement accompanying the FY 2008 consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2764). In the Report, EPA commits to reestablish physical libraries in EPA… Continue Reading
AP Reports EPA Libraries Reopening
Follow up to previous postings on the EPA library closures, news today via AP: “The Environmental Protection Agency plans to reopen five closed libraries to the public by this fall, the agency said in a report Thursday. Three of the EPA’s 10 regional libraries and two libraries at the agency’s Washington headquarters were closed because… Continue Reading
Executive summary of the Blueprint for Financial Regulatory Reform
Treasurys Summary of Regulatory Proposal: Following is the executive summary of the Blueprint for Financial Regulatory Reform, a report from the Treasury Department on ways to improve oversight of the financial services sector: “The mission of the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) focuses on promoting economic growth and stability in the United States. Critical to… Continue Reading
