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Daily Mail publisher is red-faced after laptop with personal data is stolen PogoWasRIght - Privacy News Headlines
On this 4th of July, Congress forgets the spirit that made this country great Chronicles of Dissent
Obama explains his position on FISA Chronicles of Dissent
Curves Leaves Working Computer Full Of Personal Information In An Office Dumpster PogoWasRIght - Privacy News Headlines
Customers notified after Wells Fargo employee misuses a customer's information PogoWasRIght - Privacy News Headlines
But I thought Medical Marijuana Was a Hoax? The Liberty Papers
Above The Law The Liberty Papers
Somehow, I just feel like this is appropriate right now The Liberty Papers
ITRC mid-year report card on breaches Chronicles of Dissent
The DC Gun Ban Pandora's Box The Adventures of Citizen X
It's Time America, Stand Up and Be Counted The Adventures of Citizen X
Don't Regulate the Futures Market The Adventures of Citizen X

{slide=This is a test slide}35. October 27, Government Computer News Chertoff lays out plan for fusion centers. As the United States faces threats from weapons of mass destruction, as well as high-consequence international and homegrown plots, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working with state, local, federal and international law enforcement to defend the country from terrorism. DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff said stopping domestic terrorism threats is best done through shared intelligence, starting at the local level. To ensure that this coordination and collaboration happens, DHS will establish fusion centers, stocked with experts, and will work to grant clearance of classified information more quickly. Both initiatives are part of the departments effort to take its relationships with major city police chiefs and information sharing to the next level. The fusion centers will be made up of intelligence personnel from the federal intelligence community, subject matter experts and intelligence analysts and operators of local police departments. The goal is to become more deeply embedded in one anothers day-to-day intelligence analysis and operational activity, Chertoff said. DHS plans to have 20 fusion centers by the end of the fiscal year and up to 35 fusion centers by the end of the next fiscal year. Source: http://www.gcn.com{/slide} {slide=This is a second slide} Blah-blah-blah {/slide}

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NBC 21 Portland (KTVZ): Shiite official gunned down in Basra

Times of India: Indore under curfew as violence escalates

CW 2 San Antonio (KCWX): Memorial to Sept. 11 airline employees dedicated

USA Today: Statue of Liberty’s crown may reopen to public

Protest the Border Wall July 12 at the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, Texas

Melbourne Herald Sun: 50 injured in concert bomb

IN THE NEWS

Homeland security project needs nurses (North County Journal)

ACLU Sues Homeland Security over Immigrant Deaths (La Prensa San Diego)

No.2 Homeland Security official visits border (The Bismarck Tribune)

In brief: Homeland Security grants awarded (The Tribune-Democrat)

Homeland Security meeting in Havre (KXLH Helena)

Homeland Security To Collaborate With U. Texas At Brownsville (CBS News)

La Grange Park seeks Homeland Security grant (Westchester Suburban Life)

Microfluidic Systems Receives Continued Funding From the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Toward the Commercial ... (Fox News)

Homeland Integrated Security Systems Approaches Southeastern U.S. Municipalities to Market Cyber Tracker (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

La Grange Park seeks Homeland Security grant (La Grange Park Suburban Life)

Department of Homeland Security;
Title: Revision of Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments
Action: Final rule
Summary: This document makes amendments to the Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) to delete any reference to the term ``Organizational Elements'', and to use instead, the term, ``Components'' in accordance with internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) changes. These changes are technical amendments and make no substantive changes to the regulation.
Dates: This rule is effective on August 22, 2006.
More information: Full Document

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY; Office of Foreign Assets Control
Title: Iranian Transactions Regulations
Action: Final rule; amendment
Summary: The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is amending the Iranian Transactions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560, effective immediately, to add a new general license authorizing U.S. persons who are employees or contractors of six international organizations to perform transactions for the conduct of the official business of those organizations in or involving Iran.
Dates: Effective date: August 22, 2006
More information: Full Document

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY; Office of Foreign Assets Control
Title: Additional Designation of Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order 13338
Action: Notice
Summary: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of two newly designated individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria.''
Dates: The designation by the Secretary of the Treasury of the two individuals identified in this notice pursuant to Executive Order 13338 is effective on August 15, 2006
More information: Full Document

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; Transportation Security Administration
Title: TSA Enforcement Docket Transfer and Change of Address
Action: Notice
Summary: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is transferring the TSA Civil Enforcement Docket from TSA's Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, to the Docketing Center, Office of Administrative Law Judges, United States Coast Guard (USCG ALJ Docketing Center) in Baltimore, Maryland. Accordingly, this document provides the new address for the TSA Civil Enforcement Docket at the USCG ALJ Docketing Center. This transfer and new address are effective August 22, 2006.
Dates: Effective August 22, 2006
More information: Full Document

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; Drug Enforcement Administration
Title: Manufacturer of Controlled Substances
Action: Notice of Registration
Summary: By Notice dated April 17, 2006, and published in the Federal Register on April 21, 2006, (71 FR 20729), Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 6611 Tributary Street, Baltimore, MD 21224, made application by renewal to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to be registered as a bulk manufacturer of Cocaine (9041), a basic class of controlled substance listed in Schedule II.
Dates: August 15, 2006
More information: Full Document

Social Security Administration;
Title: Privacy Act of 1974 as Amended; Computer Matching Program (SSA/ Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS))--Match 1310
Action: Notice of a new computer matching program
Summary: In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a computer matching program that SSA plans to conduct with the IRS.
Dates: October 1, 2006
More information: Full Document

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; International Trade Administration
Title: Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Action:
Summary: On February 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering the period February 1, 2005, through January 31, 2006. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 71 FR 5239 (February 1, 2006). On February 27, 2006, Raoping CXF Foods (``Raoping CXF'') requested an administrative review of its sales. On February 28, 2006, the petitioner\1\ requested an administrative review of the antidumping duty order for, among others, Blue Field (Sichuan) Food Industrial Co., Ltd. (``Blue Field''), Raoping Yucun Canned Foods Factory (``Raoping Yucun''), and Shandong Jiufa Edible Fungus Co., Ltd. (``Jiufa'').\2\ On April 5, 2006, the Department published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from the PRC with respect to these companies. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Deferral of Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 17077, 17079 (April 5, 2006) (``Initiation Notice'').
Dates: August 22, 2006
More information: Full Document

DEPARTMENT OF STATE; Defense Trade Advisory Group
Title: Notice of Open Meeting
Action: Notice
Summary: The Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG) will meet in open session from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday, September 21, 2006, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the U.S. Department of State, Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, DC. Entry and registration will begin at 8:15. Please use the building entrance located at 23rd Street, NW., Washington, DC, between C & D streets. The membership of this advisory committee consists of private sector defense trade specialists, appointed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, who advise the Department on policies, regulations, and technical issues affecting defense trade. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss current defense trade issues and topics for further study. The next DTAG Plenary meeting is scheduled for March 8, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the East Auditorium at the U.S. Department of State, Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, DC.
Dates:
More information: Full Document

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Title: Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Rockies Express Pipeline Project, Eastern Phase Request for Comments on Environmental Issues and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings
Action:
Summary: The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) that will address the environmental impacts of the proposed Rockies Express Pipeline Project, Eastern Phase (the Project), which involves the construction and operation of facilities by Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC (Rockies Express) in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. These facilities would consist of 622 miles of 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline; five new compressor stations; and approximately 41 mainline valves and 20 interconnects. This EIS will be used by the Commission in its decision-making process to determine whether the Project is in the public convenience and necessity.
Dates: August 16, 2006
More information: Full Document

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; Coast Guard
Title: Safety Zone; Gloucester Schooner Festival Fireworks, Gloucester Harbor, Gloucester, MA
Action: Temporary final rule
Summary: The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the Gloucester Schooner Festival Fireworks display on September 2, 2006 with rain dates of September 3 or September 4, 2006 in Gloucester, MA, temporarily closing all waters of Gloucester Harbor within a four hundred (400) yard radius of the fireworks launch site located at Stage Fort Park at approximate position 42[deg]36.313' N, 070[deg]40.533' W. This zone is necessary to protect the maritime public from the potential hazards posed by a fireworks display. The safety zone temporarily prohibits entry into or movement within this portion of Gloucester Harbor during its closure period, unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Boston or the COTP's designated representative.
Dates: This rule is effective from 8 p.m. EDT on September 2, 2006 until 10:30 p.m. EDT on September 2, 2006 with rain dates of September 3 or September 4, 2006.
More information: Full Document

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; Coast Guard
Title: Head and Gut Fleet; Alternate Standards for Fish Processing Vessels
Action: Notice of availability
Summary: The Coast Guard announces the availability of a policy letter detailing the Coast Guard's determination that ``head and gut fleet'' vessels constitute fish processing vessels for regulatory purposes. For vessels that, because of their age, cannot comply with certain regulatory requirements, an exemption from those requirements will be granted if the vessel owner proposes an acceptable alternative that provides a level of safety that is equivalent to the current regulations.
Dates:
More information: Full Document

DEPARTMENT OF STATE; Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
Title: Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Notice of New Information Collection Under Emergency Review: Human Rights Violators List; Form DS-5090e, OMB Control Number 1405-xxxx
Action: Notice of request for Emergency OMB approval
Summary: The President has asked the interagency community to use the temporary transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul Castro in August 2006 as an historic moment to work to encourage a democratic transition in Cuba. In keeping with the recommendations of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba report, the State Department will seek information from the public about human rights abuses committed by Cuban authorities, including the military and members of the security forces.
Dates: August 16, 2006
More information: Full Document

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