News release: “A group of the nation’s largest media and marketing trade associations…released self-regulatory principles to protect consumer privacy in ad-supported interactive media that will require advertisers and Web sites to clearly inform consumers about data collection practices and enable them to exercise control over that information…This cross-industry self-regulatory task force represents the first time that representatives of the entire advertising ecosystem have come together to develop principles for the use and collection of data in this important area to the economy.”
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Daily Archives: July 6, 2009
Report: Great Outdoors America
News release: “A wide-ranging review of how Americans engage with and value the nations land and water resources and its outdoor recreation assets calls for a comprehensive overhaul of programs and policies to safeguard these resources for future generations and to meet the needs of a growing population. The report by the private, bipartisan Outdoor… Continue Reading
United States-Russia Military to Military Relations
White House Fact Sheet: United States-Russia Military to Military Relations. See also: Press Conference by President Obama and President Medvedev of Russia Fact Sheet – The Joint Understanding for the START Follow-on Treaty Fact Sheet: U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Continue Reading
Codex Sinaiticus website now features complete version of earliest known copy of New Testament
“Codex Sinaiticus is one of the world’s outstanding manuscripts. Together with Codex Vaticanus, it is one of the earliest extant Bibles, containing the oldest complete New Testament. This treasured codex is indispensable for understanding the earliest text of the Greek Bible, the transmission of its text, the establishment of the Christian canon, and the history… Continue Reading
NIH Publishes New Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research
“The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is hereby publishing final National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research (Guidelines). On March 9, 2009, President Barack H. Obama issued Executive Order 13505: Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells. The Executive Order states that the Secretary of Health and Human Services,… Continue Reading
Google Maps Launches Enhanced Features for Real Estate Search
Google LatLong Blog: “The web is becoming increasingly indispensable to people looking for a new home to buy…from today, if you enter a query like on Google Maps, you’ll see that we make it easy for you to see all your results on a map with a one-box that will take you to real estate… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – DOD Defense Posture, IRS Penalties, Urban Area Security Initiative
Force Structure: Actions Needed to Improve DOD’s Ability to Manage, Assess, and Report on Global Defense Posture Initiatives, GAO-09-706R, July 02, 2009 Tax Administration: IRS Should Evaluate Penalties and Develop a Plan to Focus Its Efforts, GAO-09-567, June 05, 2009 Urban Area Security Initiative: FEMA Lacks Measures to Assess How Regional Collaboration Efforts Build Preparedness… Continue Reading
Predicting Social Security numbers from public data
Predicting Social Security numbers from public data, Alessandro Acquisti1 and Ralph Gross, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, May 5, 2009 (received for review January 18, 2009) “Information about an individual’s place and date of birth can be exploited to predict his or her Social Security number (SSN). Using only publicly available information, we observed a… Continue Reading
