CNN: “Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil, is dead, officials said — almost 10 years after the attacks that killed about 3,000 people. The founder and leader of al Qaeda was killed by U.S. forces Monday in a mansion in Abbottabad, north of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, along with other family members, a senior U.S. official told CNN. In an address to the nation Sunday night, U.S. President Barack Obama called bin Laden’s death “the most significant achievement to date in our nation’s effort to defeat al Qaeda.”
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Daily Archives: May 1, 2011
CDT: "Take Back Your Privacy's" Top 5 Privacy Tips
Cyrus Nemati, CDT: “If you’ve been following our Take Back Your Privacy campaign, you’ve seen our weekly privacy tips. Each week, we offer readers a new way to protect their privacy online through plug-ins, browser tricks, programs, and general privacy best practices. While each tip has merit in its own right, there are a few… Continue Reading
The Am Law 100 2011
The Am Law 100 2011 – American Lawyer.com: “After watching profits per partner sink 4.3 percent in 2008 and revive only 0.3 percent in 2009, Am Law 100 firms finally posted a healthy increase–8.4 percent–in 2010. But much of that gain is attributable to firms aggressive cost-control measures, especially in the area of headcount, which… Continue Reading
NOAA – 600 tornadoes during the month of April 2011
NOAA April 2011 tornado information: “NWSs preliminary estimate is that there have been more than 600 tornadoes…during the month of April 2011…NOAA’s preliminary estimate is that there were 312 tornadoes during the entire outbreak from 8:00 a.m. EDT April 26 to 8:00 a.m. April 28, 2011…The largest previous number of tornadoes on record in one… Continue Reading
Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements
Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements: M-1l-20 – Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies from Jacob Lew, director of the Office of Management and Budget, April 28, 2011 “Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements: “On December 9,2010, President Obama signed into law the Telework Enhancement Act of… Continue Reading
Study: U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2010
U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2010 – April 2011, Zeth Lietzau, Jamie Helgren. This study was funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) by the Colorado State Library, Colorado Department of Education. “It’s well known that technology is changing at an increasingly rapid pace and that many public libraries… Continue Reading
DC Circuit overturns preliminary injunction barring NIH funding of human embryonic stem cells research
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, James Sherley v. Kathleen Sebelius, April 29, 2011: “GINSBURG, Circuit Judge – Two scientists brought this suit to enjoin the National Institutes of Health from funding research using human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) pursuant to the NIHs 2009 Guidelines. The district court granted their motion for a… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG: FBI's Ability to Address the National Security Cyber Intrusion Threat
DOJ OIG: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Ability to Address the National Security Cyber Intrusion Threat (Redacted Version), Audit Report 11-22, April 2011 “…Despite these efforts, the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) needs to continue to improve its capabilities to combat cyber attacks.” Continue Reading
Paper: Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy
Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy, Jerry Brito & Tate Watkins, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Apr 26, 2011. “Over the past two years there has been a steady drumbeat of alarmist rhetoric coming out of Washington about potential catastrophic cyber threats. For example, at a Senate Armed… Continue Reading
Study: Rural Broadband Subsidy Program Wastes Funds in Areas Already Served by Broadband
“A new economic analysis of federal government broadband stimulus projects awarded by the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) concludes that the program’s funding of duplicative broadband networks has resulted in an extremely high cost to reach a small number of unserved households. The study, Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of RUS Broadband Subsidies: Three Case… Continue Reading
All Federal Benefits Will Be Paid Electronically Effective March 1, 2013
“The U.S. Department of the Treasury will pay all federal benefit and non-tax payments electronically. Benefit recipients can choose to receive their payments by direct deposit to a bank or credit union account or to a Direct Express® Debit MasterCard® card account. Act now to get your money safely and quickly on time, every… Continue Reading
Investigation: Potentially 10 Million Credit Cards Exposed in Sony PlayStation Security Breach
EPIC: “Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder asking that the Department of Justice open an investigation into the Sony PlayStation security breach. Sony recently informed PlayStation Network customers that an “unauthorized user” had obtained the personal and financial information of 70 million gamers, including minors. Blumenthal wrote that whomever hacked into… Continue Reading
