Financial Market Organizations Have Taken Steps to Protect against Electronic Attacks, but Could Take Additional Actions, GAO-05-679R, June 29, 2005. “We found that all seven of the selected financial market organizations are taking steps to prevent their operations from being disrupted by electronic attacks. Each of the organizations had implemented the five major elements of… Continue Reading
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Accenture Survey Finds Growing Support for Electronic Health Records
Press release: “A majority of U.S. consumers believe that electronic medical records can provide valuable benefits, especially during medical emergencies, and can improve overall medical care, according to the results of a survey released today by Accenture.” Continue Reading
GAO Reports on E-Records Archives and Agency Info Security
Information Management: Acquisition of the Electronics Records Archives Is Progressing GAO-05-802, July 15, 2005. Highlights. Information Security: Weaknesses Persist at Federal Agencies Despite Progress Made in Implementing Related Statutory Requirements GAO-05-552, July 15, 2005. Highlights: “Pervasive weaknesses in the 24 major agencies’ information security policies and practices threaten the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of federal… Continue Reading
Current Administration Classifying Documents at Unprecedented Rate
New York Times editorial today, The Dangerous Comfort of Secrecy: “The Bush administration is classifying the documents to be kept from public scrutiny at the rate of 125 a minute. The move toward greater secrecy has nearly doubled the number of documents annually hidden from public view – to well more than 15 million last… Continue Reading
NY County Clerk’s Office Launches First Subscriber Service in Nation
Government Technology reports that Suffolk County, New York is blazing an e-government trail with the launch of a subscriber based Virtual County Clerk’s Office. The service will allows subscribers to “perform title searches for residential and commercial property, do background searches for employment and credit worthiness, or procure other land property documents…” and receive e-mail… Continue Reading
2005 Global Security Study and Related Resources on ID Theft
Deloitte & Touche published their annual Global Security Study, 2005 (44 pages, PDF) which surveys the state of IT security in the finanical services industry. Related references: Personal Finance: How you can (and can’t) avoid identity theft More States Giving Consumers Power to Freeze Credit Files; Security Freeze Gives Consumers Powerful Protection Against ID Theft Continue Reading
Hearing on Air Passenger Screening System and Watch Lists
“CDT Executive Director Jim Dempsey today warned a House subcommittee [Testimony: 12 pages, PDF]that government efforts to create a new air traveler screening system — called Secure Flight — have yet to adequately address critical issues concerning the system’s effectiveness and ability to protect the privacy and due process rights of Americans. CDT said that… Continue Reading
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Italian Lawyers Group Embraces Open Source Software for Document Management
NewsForge has a detailed and very interesting posting on how a group of Italian attorneys have formed a consortium to facilitate the distribution of, and training programs about how to efficiently use open source applications for a range of document management applications as well as e-filing of court documents. Continue Reading
Will ISPs Be Required to Retain Customer Data for Gov’t Review?
According to an article today by Declan McCullagh, the DOJ is reviewing the implementation of “data retention rules that could permit police to obtain records of e-mail, browsing or chat-room activity months after ISPs ordinarily would have deleted the logs–if they were ever kept in the first place.” Continue Reading
Questions About Costs of Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
The WSJ free content today includes this article, How Much Is It Really Costing To Comply With Sarbanes-Oxley?, that cites a range of reports, surveys and statistics offering contradictory estimates on actual corporate compliance costs. Related reference, from AEI-Brookings Joint Center, this 76 page report (PDF): Economic Consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Continue Reading
HHS Releases Report on Nationwide Health Information Exchange
Largest Compilation of Private-Sector Comments on Nationwide Interoperable Health Information Exchange to Date: “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today released a report summarizing over 500 responses from individuals and private industry on interoperable health information exchange. The report, Summary of Nationwide Health Information Network Request for Information Responses, is a compilation of… Continue Reading
