January 30, 2008 Quarterly Report and Semiannual Report to Congress: “Success in the continuing U.S. relief and reconstruction efforts in Iraq in 2008 will depend substantially on the Government of Iraq’s capacity to employ its own reconstruction resources in support of a national recovery plan. 2008 will be a Year of Transfer for the U.S.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
New Inspection Reports Reveal Deficiencies in the Construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq
“New documents released by House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Waxman identify critical and major deficiencies in the construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, raising questions about the decision of the State Department to certify in December that the Embassy compound was substantially complete. Documents and Links Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza… Continue Reading
2007 Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance Survey
2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey – Over Half of All Employers Combined Fire Workers for E-Mail & Internet Abuse, February 28, 2008 “From e-mail monitoring and Website blocking to phone tapping and GPS tracking, employers increasingly combine technology with policy to manage productivity and minimize litigation, security, and other risks. To motivate compliance with… Continue Reading
DOT OIG: Assessment of FAA's Risk-Based System for Overseeing Aircraft Manufacturers' Suppliers
DOT OIG Audit, Assessment of FAA’s Risk-Based System for Overseeing Aircraft Manufacturers’ Suppliers, February 26, 2008, Project ID: AV-2008-026. “The audit objective was to evaluate FAAs oversight of aircraft manufacturers quality assurance systems for domestic and foreign suppliers. Although aviation manufacturers are ultimately responsible for the quality of their products, FAAs Aircraft Certification Service personnel… Continue Reading
TSA's National Explosives Detection Canine Team
“TSA’s National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program prepares dogs and handlers to serve on the front lines of America’s War on Terror. These very effective, mobile teams can quickly locate and identify dangerous materials that may present a threat to transportation systems. Just as important, they can quickly rule out the presence of dangerous materials… Continue Reading
Measuring Identity Theft at Top Banks (Version 1.0)
Chris Hoofnagle, Measuring Identity Theft at Top Banks (Version 1.0) February 26, 2008. Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. Law and Technology Scholarship (Selected by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology). Paper 44. “There is no reliable way for consumers, regulators, and businesses to assess the relative incidence of identity fraud at major financial… Continue Reading
Data Breach Notification Laws, State By State
Data Breach Notification Laws, State By State, by Scott Berinato, “More than five years after California’s seminal data breach disclosure law, SB 1386, was enacted, not all states have followed suit. Eleven states still have not passed laws mandating that companies notify consumers when that company has lost the consumer’s personal data. One state, Oklahoma,… Continue Reading
Do subprime loans create subprime cities? Surging inequality and the rise in predatory lending
Economic Policy Institute: Do subprime loans create subprime cities? Surging inequality and the rise in predatory lending, February 28, 2008. “In the paper, published by EPI as part of its Agenda for Shared Prosperity, author Gregory D. Squires, a George Washington University sociologist, contends that increasing economic inequality and diminishing access to conventional financial services… Continue Reading
Statehealthfacts.org: new and updated data on Medicare
Kaiser Family Foundation release, 2/28/08: “Statehealthfacts.org recently added new and updated data on Medicare – CMS data on total Medicare enrollment as of January is available for all states and the nation. In addition, CMS data on the prescription drug coverage status of Medicare beneficiaries has been updated up to January. The updated drug coverage… Continue Reading
Barry Bonds Grand Jury Testimony Unsealed
As reported by Courthousenews.com: “The judge had urged both the prosecution and defense to unseal various documents in an earlier hearing and both sides have since agree to the unsealing of Bonds’ testimony (152 pages, PDF).” Continue Reading
EU Safer Internet Plus Programme
“The Safer Internet plus programme aims to promote safer use of the Internet and new online technologies, particularly for children, and to fight against illegal content and content unwanted by the end-user, as part of a coherent approach by the European Union.” Make the internet a safer place, February 2008: While the international context is… Continue Reading
CBO: Taxes and Health Insurance
Congressional Budget Office Presentation to The Tax Policy Center and, the American Tax Policy Institute, Taxes and Health Insurance, February 29, 2008 Continue Reading
