“EPIC joined a letter signed by a coalition of privacy and civil liberty organizations to urge the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to open the markup process of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) to the public. CISPA suspends privacy safeguards so that companies can disclose vast amounts of customer and client information to the government, including the National Security Agency, for “cybersecurity purposes.” Some in Congress believe that the proposal should be adopted in a secret committee meeting. EPIC favors government transparency and is currently pursuing a lawsuit against the NSA stemming from a FOIA request for National Security Presidential Directive 54, which grants the NSA broad authority over computer networks in the United States. For more information, see EPIC: EPIC v. NSA – Cybersecurity Authority.”
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Daily Archives: April 5, 2013
New GAO Reports: Border Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection, SEC's Internal Controls
Border Security – Partnership Agreements and Enhanced Oversight Could Strengthen Coordination of Efforts on Indian Reservations, GAO-13-352, Apr 5, 2013 Critical Infrastructure Protection – DHS Efforts to Assess Chemical Security Risk and Gather Feedback on Facility Outreach Can Be Strengthened, GAO-13-353, Apr 5, 2013 Management Report – Improvements Needed in SEC’s Internal Controls and Accounting… Continue Reading
BLS – Employment Situation Summary, March 2013
News release: “Nonfarm payroll employment edged up in March (+88,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment grew in professional and business services and in health care but declined in retail trade. Household Survey Data – Both the number of unemployed persons, at… Continue Reading
NOAA – New technology will enable scientists to forecast patterns of whale traffic in the Pacific
News release: “The waters off the coast of California are heavily trafficked, not only by ships, but also by those other seagoing behemoths, the great whales. Blue, fin, humpback and gray whales all migrate up and down the West Coast. When whales and ships come into contact, however, the results can be fatal. Ship strikes… Continue Reading
