“In celebration of Sunshine Week, EPIC published the EPIC FOIA Gallery: 2012. The gallery highlights key documents obtained by EPIC in the past year, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s watch list guidelines, records of the Department of Homeland Security’s social media monitoring program, Google’s first Privacy Compliance Report, records detailing the government’s FAST scanning program, records of the FBI’s surveillance of Wikileaks supporters, and DHS records detailing the use of body scanners at the U.S. border. EPIC regularly files Freedom of Information Act requests and pursues lawsuits to force disclosure of critical documents that impact privacy. EPIC also publishes the authoritative FOIA litigation manual. For more, see EPIC Open Government and EPIC Bookstore: FOIA.
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Daily Archives: March 12, 2012
Federal Reserve releases paper describing methodology used in 2012 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review stress test
News release: “The Federal Reserve on Monday released a paper describing the methodology used in the stress test in the 2012 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) as well as the templates for disclosure of the summary results, which will be issued at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 15. The CCAR is a rigorous… Continue Reading
FTC Issues Report on the Experiences of Victims Recovering from Identity Theft
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report, Using FACTA Remedies: An FTC Staff Report on a Survey of Experience of Identity Theft Victims, summarizing the results of a survey of identity theft victims who were asked to describe their experiences dealing with consumer reporting agencies and, more generally, exercising their rights under… Continue Reading
Implications of Great Lakes Free of Ice
News release: “As the mild winter of 2012 yields to an early spring, the Great Lakes are relatively free of ice. However, as longtime residents of the region know, ice cover on the lakes can vary dramatically from one winter to the next. Researchers at the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL) have been… Continue Reading
Pew – Social networking sites and politics
Social networking sites and politics, by Lee Rainie, Aaron Smith, Mar 12, 2012 “Chatter in peoples social networks about political issues prompts a share of disagreements among friends and the sites yield surprising revelations about peoples views; 18% of users have shunned friends who have different ideas and 16% have found friends whose beliefs match… Continue Reading
Small Firms, Employment, and Federal Policy
New Small Firms Account for a Disproportionate Share of Net Job Growth, March 2012 “Although the most recent recession ended more than two years ago, the recovery has been slow and the economy remains in a severe slump. From December 2007 (when the recession began) to February 2010 (when the number of people on business… Continue Reading
CBO – Small Firms, Employment, and Federal Policy
New Small Firms Account for a Disproportionate Share of Net Job Growth, March 2012: “Small firms, widely believed to promote job growth, both create and eliminate jobs at higher rates than large firms do. Although small firms account for a disproportionate share of net job growth, that greater growth is driven primarily by new small… Continue Reading
Classified National Security Information Program for State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector Entities Implementing Directive
DHS – Classified National Security Information Program for State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector Entities [STLPS] – Implementing Directive, February 2012 “Under the authority of the Order, and through this implementing directive, a governance and oversight structure are put in place that will serve to instill and promote the uniform application of security standards within… Continue Reading
Understanding the Jobs Gap and What it Says About Americas Evolving Workforce
“In past months, The Hamilton Project has examined the toll the Great Recession has taken on various segments of the population through its employment analysislooking at the plight of men, women, the young and the old. These groups have all been impacted in different ways, with young workers having been particularly hard hit and leaving… Continue Reading
