SoK: P2PWNED — Modeling and Evaluating the Resilience of Peer-to-Peer Botnets: Centralized botnets are easy targets for takedown efforts by computer security researchers and law enforcement. Thus, botnet controllers have sought new ways to harden the infrastructures of their botnets. In order to meet this objective, some botnet operators have (re)designed their botnets to use… Continue Reading
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FBI – Preliminary 2012 Crime Statistics: Violent Crime Up, Property Crime Dow
Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, January-December, 2012: “Preliminary figures indicate that, as a whole, law enforcement agencies throughout the nation reported an increase of 1.2 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention for 2012 when compared with figures reported for 2011. The violent crime category includes murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated… Continue Reading
United States Opening Statement Presentation: U.S. v. Apple Inc., et al
Antitrust Case Filings – United States v. Apple, Inc., Hachette Book Group, Inc., HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C., Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GmbH, Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC d/b/a Macmillan, the Penguin Group, a Division of Pearson PLC, Penguin Group (USA), Inc., and Simon & Schuster, Inc. United States Opening Statement Presentation: U.S. v. Apple Inc., et al, June… Continue Reading
FCC Proposed Rule – Reassessment of Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields Limits and Policies
Federal Communications Commission FCC 13-3, released March 29, 2013: “This document seeks comment on proposals developed in the course of the Federal Communications Commission’s (Commission’s) proceeding regarding compliance with our guidelines for human exposure to RF electromagnetic fields. The Commission’s further proposals reflect an effort to provide more efficient, practical, and consistent application of evaluation… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Board – H.8 Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the U.S.
Federal Reserve Board – Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks – H.8 – Growth rate of total bank credit, all commercial banks, seasonally adjusted. Customize chart Continue Reading
EPIC Comments as Google Bans Facial Recognition Glass Apps
EPIC: “Google announced that it will not approve any facial recognition apps for Google Glass, pending the development of privacy safeguards. “[W]e won’t add facial recognition features to our products without having strong privacy protections in place,” the company said in a blog post. In comments on facial recognition to the Federal Trade Commission last… Continue Reading
OMB issues New Guidance for Meeting Attendance
Via Scott A. Hodes, ASAP President – “Late last week the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued new guidance to all federal agencies that acknowledges the need for federal employees to attend mission-related conferences and provides some best practices for approving travel and conference expenses. This new guidance adopts many of the best practices suggested… Continue Reading
New Survey Details Impact of Sequester on Meals On Wheels Programs
News release: “New information detailing the devastating impact of the federally mandated budget cuts known as sequester was released today by the Meals On Wheels Association of America. Based on a survey of Meals on Wheels programscross the country, these findings reveal nearly 70% of Meals on Wheels survey respondents have reduced the number of… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – FAA Oversight of Procedures and Tech, IRS Verification Improvements
Transportation – FAA Oversight of Procedures and Technologies to Prevent and Mitigate the Effects of Dense, Continuous Smoke in the Cockpit, GAO-13-551R, Jun 4, 2013 Tax Refunds IRS Is Exploring Verification Improvements, but Needs to Better Manage Risks, GAO-13-515, Jun 4, 2013 Continue Reading
Latest U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Report
The Nation’s international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $40.3 billion in April from $37.1 billion (revised) in March, as imports increased more than exports. (June 4, 2013) Continue Reading
The Global Information Technology Report 2013
The Global Information Technology Report 2013 – Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World, Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, Soumitra Dutta, and Bruno Lanvin, Editors: “The Global Information Technology Report 2013 features the latest results of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), offering an overview of the current state of information and communication technologies (ICTs) readiness in the world.… Continue Reading
Paper – Why the Government Condemns and Condones Unlawful Disclosures of Information
The Leaky Leviathan: Why the Government Condemns and Condones Unlawful Disclosures of Information, David Pozen, Columbia Law School, May 25, 2013 Harvard Law Review, Forthcoming, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 13-341 “The United States government leaks like a sieve. Presidents denounce the constant flow of classified information to the media from unauthorized, anonymous sources.… Continue Reading
