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June 11, 2007
Headlines - DHS OIG Audit of Security At Reagan National Airport
- CSI Working Group on Web Security Research Law
- Congressional Research Accessibility Act
- New GAO Reports on BioFuels, Defense Acquisitions, and Motor Carrier Safety
- U.Va. Faculty Names, SSN Security Breach
- EU Conference on Cooperation Against Cybercrime
- President Bush Trip to Europe and G-8 Summit in Germany, June 6-8, 2007
- New Report Finds Hate Crimes on the Rise in Many Parts of Europe
- CDC Releases Provisional Vital Statistics for October 2006
- 10 Million Pages of CIA Declassified Records Available
 CSI Working Group on Web Security Research Law Press release: "Software security researchers can disclose vulnerabilities almost to their hearts' content. Web security researchers, on the other hand, can go to jail for merely looking for a vulnerability, much less disclosing one publicly. The inaugural report of CSI's new working group explains why, and whether the legal climate is bad for the Internet." Congressional Research Accessibility Act H.R. 2545: To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain information available through the Congressional Research Service web site. Sponsor: Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] (introduced 5/24/2007). (1) IN GENERAL - The Director of the Congressional Research Service shall make available through a centralized, searchable, electronic database, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public as described in section 3, all information described in paragraph (2) that is available through the Congressional Research Service website. (2) INFORMATION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE- The information to be made available under paragraph (1) is as follows: (A) Congressional Research Service Issue Briefs. (B) Congressional Research Service Reports that are available to Members of Congress through the Congressional Research Service website. (C) Congressional Research Service Authorization of Appropriations Products and Appropriations Products. CRS Director Defends No Release Policy New GAO Reports on BioFuels, Defense Acquisitions, and Motor Carrier Safety Biofuels: DOE Lacks a Strategic Approach to Coordinate Increasing Production with Infrastructure Development and Vehicle Needs GAO-07-713, June 8, 2007 Defense Acquisitions: Analysis of Processes Used to Evaluate Active Protection Systems GAO-07-759, June 8, 2007 Motor Carrier Safety: A Statistical Approach Will Better Identify Commercial Carriers That Pose High Crash Risks Than Does the Current Federal Approach GAO-07-585, June 11, 2007 U.Va. Faculty Names, SSN Security Breach Press release: " This Web site has been established to provide information about an Information Technology Security Incident in which a security breach in a computer application resulted in exposure of sensitive information belonging to current and former University of Virginia faculty members. A criminal investigation is being conducted by University of Virginia Police in consultation with the FBI and the University's computing and audit professionals. The investigation has revealed that hackers tapped into the records of 5,735 faculty members." EU Conference on Cooperation Against Cybercrime Cooperation against Cybercrime: 11-12 June 2007, Palais de l'Europe, Strasbourg, France: "Societies worldwide rely on information and communication technologies. However, the increasing dependency on such technologies is accompanied by a growing vulnerability to criminal intrusion and misuse. In response to these challenges the Council of Europe adopted the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS 185) in 2001 and the Protocol on the Criminalisation of Acts of a Racist and Xenophobic Nature Committed through Computer Systems (ETS 189) in 2003." Cybercrime legislation – Country profiles President Bush Trip to Europe and G-8 Summit in Germany, June 6-8, 2007 President Bush Trip to Europe and G-8 Summit in Germany, June 6-8, 2007: Includes several dozen links to U.S. Government Statements, Press Conferences, Interviews, Fact Sheets. New Report Finds Hate Crimes on the Rise in Many Parts of Europe Human Rights First press release: "Hate crimes are on the rise in many parts of Europe, according to Human Rights First's 2007 Hate Crimes Survey, a new report examining hate-driven violence in countries from the Russian Federation and the Central Asian states across Europe to North America." 2007 Hate Crime Survey CDC Releases Provisional Vital Statistics for October 2006 Provisional Vital Statistics for October 2006 Released. Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for October 2006, May 25, 2007. 10 Million Pages of CIA Declassified Records Available Press release: "The CIA recently delivered more than 420,000 additional pages of redacted declassified electronic records to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) facility in College Park, Maryland. The declassified CIA records are hosted on the CIA Records Search Tool (CREST), which is an electronic search and retrieval system. CREST now includes more than 10 million pages of records declassified under Executive Order 12958."
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