Press release: “Personal information of certain uniformed service members, family members and others was placed at risk for potential compromise while being processed by SAIC under several health care data contracts for military service customers, the company said today. SAIC remedied the security lapses upon learning of them and began working with the customers to… Continue Reading
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Report – Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace
Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace, Seymour E. Goodman and Herbert S. Lin, Editors, Committee on Improving Cybersecurity Research in the United States, National Research Council, 272 pages, pre-publication copy, 2007. “Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace examines the vulnerabilities of the Internet and offers a strategy for future research aimed at countering… Continue Reading
Debate On Public Access to Public Records Online Escalates
WSJ free feature: When Public Records Are Too Public – Open Records Are an Established Tradition, But Does Internet Access Call for a Change?: “Property deeds, marriage and divorce records, court files, motor-vehicle information and tax documents are increasingly being digitized, and contain a wealth of information that few of us would want online: Social… Continue Reading
Oversight Committee Investigation of Use of RNC E-Mail Accounts by White House Officials
Administration Oversight, White House Use of Private E-mail Accounts: “The Oversight Committee has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney 04 campaign for official White House communications. This interim staff report provides a summary of the evidence… Continue Reading
OMB Issues New Guidelines for Protecting the Confidentiality of Statistical Information
Press release: OMB Issues New Guidelines for Protecting the Confidentiality of Statistical Information (June 15, 2007) Implementation Guidance for Title V of the E-Government Act, Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA). AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President. ACTION: Notice of decision. Federal Register: June 15, 2007… Continue Reading
Office of Special Counsel Directs 18 Agencies to Preserve E-Mail for Investigation
Daniel Pulliam at Govexec.com reported, “Eighteen agencies have been asked by the Office of Special Counsel to preserve electronic information dating back to January 2001 as part of its governmentwide investigation into alleged violations of the law that limits political activity in federal agencies. The OSC task force investigating the claims has asked agencies, including… Continue Reading
GAO Examines VA and DOD Medical Info Sharing
Information Technology: VA and DOD Are Making Progress in Sharing Medical Information, but Are Far from Comprehensive Electronic Medical Records GAO-07-852T, May 8, 2007. “For almost a decade, VA and DOD have been pursuing ways to share health information and create comprehensive electronic medical records. However, they have faced considerable challenges in these efforts, leading… Continue Reading
Group Issues Report on Missing White House Emails and Violations of the Presidential Records Act
Follow-up to postings on the escalating interest in the U.S. Attorney firings, this press release: “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a report [April 12, 2007], WITHOUT A TRACE: The Missing White House Emails and the Violations of the Presidential Records Act, detailing the legal issues behind the story of the White… Continue Reading
Waxman Asks Government Agencies to Preserve E-mails from RNC Accounts
Following up on this April 10, 2007 posting, House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas AG Gonzales, and related links on the U.S. Attorney firings, today this press release from Rep. Waxman’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee: “Following briefings from the White House and Republican National Committee that revealed an extensive volume of e-mails regarding official government… Continue Reading
Corporate Data Loss Cost Calculator
Tech//404® Data Loss Cost Calculator: “Data loss resulting from network security breaches and identity theft has become a regular occurrence. While the number of affected records can vary widely in any given data loss scenario, a recent study by the Ponemon Institute found that the average number was roughly 99,000. For recent examples and media… Continue Reading
Appellate Courts Go Live on Case Management/Electronic Case Files
The Third Branch, March 2007: “Some day in the not-too-distant future, locating and reading a brief filed in a federal appellate case will become as easy as finding an appeals court opinion. And electronic appellate briefs will feature hyperlinks to lower court rulings, statutes, regulations, and other cited materials. Judges generally are excited about having… Continue Reading
Oversight Committee Directs RNC to Preserve White House Emails
“Citing evidence that senior White House officials are using RNC and other political email accounts to avoid leaving a record of official communications, Chairman Waxman directs the Republican National Committee and the Bush-Cheney 04 Campaign to preserve the emails of White House officials and to meet with Committee staff to explain how the accounts are… Continue Reading
