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Information Warfare For Free Thinkers
Government Compliance Of Net Privacy ....06.19.00
Members of Congress sent a letter to the president and vice president asking whether they believe the federal government itself complies with the privacy recommendations from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The Changing Threat of International Terrorism ....06.19.00
It includes neglect of responsibility but also responsibility so poorly defined or so ambiguously delegated that action gets lost. It includes gaps in intelligence, but also intelligence that, like a string of pearls too precious to wear, is too sensitive to give to those who need it...
Los Alamos National Lab Finds Missing HDs ....06.19.00
Two missing computer hard drives containing sensitive nuclear weapons data from the Los Alamos National Laboratory have been recovered, federal authorities announced Friday...
Electronic Signatures Approved By Senate....06.16.00
The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act measure gives electronic signatures and documents the same force in law as their paper counterparts and won unanimous approval in the U.S. Senate...
The Cell Phone Ten Commandments ....06.16.00
Thou shalt not wear more than two wireless devices on thy belt. This hasn't become a big problem yet. But with plenty of technojockeys sporting pagers and phones, Batman-esque utility belts are sure to follow.
The FTC On Data Spills And Web Bugs ....06.16.00
Since 1995, the Commission has been at the forefront of the public debate concerning online privacy. The Commission has held public workshops; examined Web site information practices and disclosures regarding the collection, use, and transfer of personal information...
Police Corruption And Excessive Force ....06.14.00
In New York, Mayor Giuliani claims that NYC police use less physical force than other major cities. However, NYC paid nearly $300 million last year to victims of police brutality. It doesn't help matters that four NYPD officers were recently acquitted in the shooting death of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed Haitian immigrant shot 19 times...
The Enduring Stranglehold ....06.14.00
Documents presented to the court confirmed that even after the conclusion of the trial, Microsoft's chairman stressed the importance of ensuring that Office did not work as well with Palm Pilots and other non-Microsoft P.D.A.'s as it did with P.D.A.'s running Microsoft software, and he...
Good News On Death And Taxes ....06.14.00
The death tax confiscates anywhere from 37%-55% of a person's estate when he or she dies. That is not only the highest tax rate in the tax code. It is also double taxation, a tax on already taxed items....
Potential Consequences of Climate Change In US ....06.13.00
The US is inextricably linked to
the fates of other nations, and both our vulnerabilities and our
potential responses will likely depend in part on impacts and
responses in other nations...
DOD Armed Forces Strength Figures ....06.13.00
These figures represent full-time military personnel comprising both regular and reserves on active duty and officer candidates, including cadets at the three military academies...
US Secret Service FOIA Report ....06.13.00
The latest report released by the Secret Service (USSS) details the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that the USSS received between October 1, 1997 and September 30, 1998.
Foam Decontaminates Chemical & Biological Agents ....06.12.00
In laboratory tests at Sandia the foam destroyed simulants of the most worrisome chemical agents (VX, mustard, and soman) and killed a simulant of anthrax, the toughest known biological agent. According to Sandia, when used on an anthrax simulant, the foam achieved...
US And Canada To Share Police Technology ....06.12.00
The "Memorandum of Understanding" signed by Reno and MacAulay provides for the United States and Canada to share and develop police technology -- such as videotape enhancement, explosives detection, security systems, fingerprint detection and police protective equipment.
Online Sexual Solicitations To Children ....06.12.00
Sponsored by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
(NCMEC), the study is described as "the first scientifically-based
window" to assess the risks that children encounter...
Secret Service Manual For Seizing Electronic Evidence ....06.09.00
Computers and related evidence range from the mainframe computer to the pocket-sized personal data assistant to the floppy diskette, CD or the smallest electronic chip device. It is imperative that law enforcement officers recognize, protect, seize and search such devices in accordance with applicable statutes...
Bill Gates Whines About Ruling ....06.09.00
"Microsoft is very pleased that the appeals process has begun. We have
a very strong appeal, and during that time we're going to keep building great software products that are going to bring the Internet to a whole new level of power and ease of use."
Cold War Alive: Russian Explosives Buried in the US ....06.08.00
Among the chief sabotage targets were military bases, missile sites, radar installations and the oil pipeline which ran from Texas to California. Three sites on the California coast were selected for DRG landings, together with large capacity caches in which to supprt mines, explosives, detonators...
Russia & US: Joint Data Exchange Center ....06.08.00
We have a second MOA, which addresses a complementary part of shared early warning, which is the intent of the U.S. and Russia to try to work out the arrangements of a pre-launch notification regime that could then be opened up very broadly to whatever countries wanted to
participate.
U.S. Controls On Computer Exports ....06.07.00
Post-shipment verifications of high performance computers are used to determine the location of the HPC and purpose of use. Verifications are required on all HPCs exported after November 18, 1997 whether they are licensed or not. The Commerce Dept. has failed to perform verifications with China...
MIT And HP Form A $25 Million Alliance ....06.07.00
The MIT Libraries and HP announced plans to build a $1.8 million digital archive at MIT expected to hold the approximately 10,000 articles produced by MIT authors annually, including a large amount of multimedia content.
Bill S. 2448 - Cyber-Hacking ....06.06.00
Definitions of these types of cyber-hacking crimes include damages done to "computer(s) located outside the United States" where "the term `damage' means any impairment to the integrity or availability of data, a program, a system, or information." The term `loss' means...
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