News release: “Today’s employment report indicates that the U.S. economy continues to work through substantial challenges from the housing adjustment, high energy and food prices, and financial market conditions. The Treasury Department sent out 7.7 million economic stimulus payments to American households this week, and the payments will continue through mid-July. These payments, combined with the business investment incentives also included in the stimulus package, will provide significant support to household and business spending in the middle of the year.” Assistant Secretary Phillip Swagel, May 2, 2008
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Daily Archives: May 2, 2008
Global Climate Change National Security Implications
Global Climate Change National Security Implications. Edited by Dr. Carolyn Pumphrey. 454 pages, PDF. Added May 1, 2008. “On March 29-31, 2007, the Strategic Studies Institute and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies conducted a colloquium on Global Climate Change: National Security Implications held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This volume is based on the… Continue Reading
NIST Computer Security Division 2007 Annual Report
“The NIST Computer Security Division…release of NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7442: Computer Security Division – 2007 Annual Report. This publication highlights the diverse research agenda that enabled the Computer Security Division to successfully respond to numerous challenges and opportunities in fulfilling its mission to provide standards and technology that protects information systems against threats to… Continue Reading
An Introductory Resource Guide to Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
“NIST announces the release of the public draft of Special Publication 800-66 Revision 1, An Introductory Resource Guide to Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule (Draft). This Special Publication (SP), which discusses security considerations and resources that may provide value when implementing the requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule, was… Continue Reading
Air Force Histories Show Cautious Presidents Overruling Air Force Plans for Early Use of Nuclear Weapons
National Security Archive, April 30, 2008 – “The U.S. Air Force expected to use nuclear weapons against China during the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1958, but President Eisenhower required the Air Force to plan initially to use conventional bombs against Chinese forces if the crisis escalated, according to a previously secret Air Force history obtained… Continue Reading
