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Monthly Archives: July 2013

EPIC Files Supreme Court Petition, Challenges Domestic Surveillance Program

“EPIC has filed a Petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court vacate an unlawful order by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that enables the collection of all domestic phone record by the NSA. The order, directed to Verizon, requires the production of all “call detail records” for calls made “wholly within the United… Continue Reading

TRAC: Criminal Activity Cited in Smaller Fraction of Deportation Filings

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “During the current fiscal year, only 14.7 percent of the new filings in Immigration Court sought to deport noncitizens based on alleged criminal activity rather than violations of immigration requirements. This is slightly lower than the 16.1 percent that prevailed during the last year of the Bush Administration. And it is… Continue Reading

Louisiana State Universities Directory of Government Websites

“To get started when you are on the site simply click on the red links [including Boards, Commissions, and Committees; Executive; Independent; Judicial; Legislative; Quasi-Official] to expand the directory, or use the tool box to the right to expand, collapse or search the directory.” [via Greg Guthrie and Stephanie Ganic Braunstein] Continue Reading

Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management

Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management – Harvard Business School – Maria Guadalupe, Hongyi Li, Julie Wulf. Working Paper 12-059. June 18, 2013. “Top management structures in large US firms have changed significantly since the mid-1980s. While the size of the executive team—the group of managers… Continue Reading

New GAO Reports – Defense Acquisition Workforce, Electronic Drug Labeling, Internet Pharmacies, Investment Advisers, TARP

Defense Acquisition Workforce – The Air Force Needs to Evaluate Changes in Funding for Civilians Engaged in Space Acquisition, GAO-13-638, Jul 8, 2013 Electronic Drug Labeling – No Consensus on the Advantages and Disadvantages of Its Exclusive Use, GAO-13-592, Jul 8, 2013 Internet Pharmacies – Federal Agencies and States Face Challenges Combating Rogue Sites, Particularly… Continue Reading

DRAFT Outline – Preliminary Framework to Reduce Cyber Risks to Critical Infrastructure

DRAFT Outline – Preliminary Framework to Reduce Cyber Risks to Critical Infrastructure, National Institute of Standards and Technology, July 1, 2013. “The national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure. President Obama issued an Executive Order on February 12, 2013, to strengthen that infrastructure against cybersecurity threats. In… Continue Reading

Controlling Federal Spending by Managing the Long Tail of Procurement

Controlling Federal Spending by Managing the Long Tail of Procurement: David C. Wyld “In this report, Professor Wyld provides the first quantitative analysis of tail spend in the federal government.  In short, tail spend is procurement outlays that are outside of an organization’s core spending and core supplier groups, covering many miscellaneous expenditure categories that… Continue Reading

Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Overview and Discussion of Proposed Revisions

CRS – Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Overview and Discussion of Proposed Revisions – Eric A. Fischer, Senior Specialist in Science and Technology. June 20, 2013. “For more than a decade, various experts have expressed increasing concerns about cybersecurity, in light of the growing frequency, impact, and sophistication of attacks on information systems in the… Continue Reading

Independent Counsels, Special Prosecutors, Special Counsels, and the Role of Congress

CRS – Independent Counsels, Special Prosecutors, Special Counsels, and the Role of Congress. Jack Maskell – Legislative Attorney, June 20, 2013 This report provides information on the procedure for the appointment of an “independent counsel,” a “special prosecutor,” or a “special counsel” to investigate and prosecute potential or possible violations of federal criminal law by… Continue Reading