News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released its list of top consumer complaints received by the agency in 2011. For the 12th year in a row, identity theft complaints topped the list. Of more than 1.8 million complaints filed in 2011, 279,156 or 15 percent, were identity theft complaints. Nearly 25 percent of the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Annual Government Contractor Industry Survey
News release: “The 17th annual Grant Thornton Government Contractor Industry Survey…offers an in-depth look at the industry as a whole and into the day-to-day business of government contracting. The survey reflects findings from over 100 companies. This years survey highlights include: Revenue from government contracts grew for 50% of survey participants, while 21% experienced no… Continue Reading
EEOC Issues Revised Publications on Employment of Veterans with Disabilities
News release: “The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued two revised publications addressing veterans with disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…The revised guides reflect changes to the law stemming from the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, which make it easier for veterans with a wide range of impairments including those… Continue Reading
Best Practices: Guide to Online Subscription Upselling
“Today, CDT is releasing its final best practices guidance for online subscription upsellingthe practice of offering add-on subscription services to consumers while theyre purchasing a separate product. This is an issue that CDT has worked on with industry and consumer advocates for the past couple of years, and we hope that the document we are… Continue Reading
New 'HTTPS Everywhere' Version Warns Users About Web Security Holes
News release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched the 2.0 version of HTTPS Everywhere for the Firefox browser today, including an important new update that warns users about web security holes. The “Decentralized SSL Observatory” is an optional feature that detects encryption weaknesses and notifies users when they are visiting a website with a security… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation; Cybersecurity, More Efficient and Effective Government
2012 Annual Report – Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue, GAO-12-342SP, Feb 28, 2012 Cybersecurity – Challenges in Securing the Modernized Electricity Grid, GAO-12-507T, Feb 28, 2012 Follow-up on 2011 Report – Status of Actions Taken to Reduce Duplication, Overlap, and Fragmentation, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue, GAO-12-453SP,… Continue Reading
Microsoft Paper Focuses on Evolved Security, Privacy and Reliability Strategies for Cloud and Big Data
News release: “Today at the RSA Conference 2012, Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, shared his vision for the road ahead as society and computing intersect in an increasingly interconnected world. In a new paper, Trustworthy Computing (TwC) Next, Charney encouraged industry and governments to develop more effective privacy principles focused on… Continue Reading
CRS – Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data
Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data, February 8, 2012 “The federal government owns roughly 635-640 million acres, 28% of the 2.27 billion acres of land in the United States. Four agencies administer 609 million acres of this land: the Forest Service (USFS) in the Department of Agriculture, and the National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of… Continue Reading
NATOs Cyber Capabilities: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
NATOs Cyber Capabilities: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Jason Healey and Leendert van Bochoven. “This issue brief is part of the Atlantic Councils Smarter Alliance Initiative in partnership with IBM. The Atlantic Council and IBM established the Smarter Alliance Initiative in response to the NATO Secretary Generals call for NATO members to adopt a smart defense… Continue Reading
Google – Our Mobile Planet: Global Smartphone Users
Our Mobile Planet: Global Smartphone Users, Google, February 2012 “Smartphone ownership has jumped globally – increasing 11% to 44% of the total population in Spain and by 7% to 38% of the total population in the US. Smartphone owners are always using their device – in France, 90% use their mobile devices to access the… Continue Reading
USGS Releases First Continuous Oil and Gas Assessment for Alaska North Slope
News release: “For the first time, the U.S. Geological Survey has estimated the potential of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources in source rocksin this case shaleof the Alaska North Slope. The estimates range from 0 up to 2 billion barrels of oil and from 0 up to 80 trillion cubic feet of gas.… Continue Reading
Settlement Liquidity and Monetary Policy Implementation – Lessons from the Financial Crisis
Settlement Liquidity and Monetary Policy ImplementationLessons from the Financial Crisis – Morten L. Bech, Antoine Martin, and James McAndrews, February 2012 “The U.S. dollar clearing and settlement system received little attention during the recent financial crisis, mainly because it performed reliably, processing record volumes and values of trades made in stressed financial markets. This article… Continue Reading
