CDT told the Senate Judiciary Committee today that the illegal browsing of passport information by State Department employees indicates a lack of adequate internal controls to protect personal information and shows a disregard for basic privacy laws. CDT said that
With the real estate market plummeting, condominium and new home buyers, along with their attorneys are using increasingly creative and aggressive tactics to get out of their contracts. Further, purchasers who have already closed are dealing with buyer's remorse in
While lawsuits tend to rise during tough economic times, Central Florida lawyers are seeing an increase in alternative dispute resolution in lieu of litigation. "It seems that clients are more understanding of the down economy, and are looking for friendlier
On Tuesday afternoon, a girl from Des Plaines, Illinois was hit by a car crossing a street . Alexis Perroca, 11, was returning from feeding ducks and geese in the Des Plaines River when she was hit by an SUV
Security is good for your customers - and that's good for your business. When you increase security of your online applications, you boost consumer confidence, loyalty, and sales. You also position your company to comply with current and emerging government
Ironclad security has become the Holy Grail for companies looking to protect corporate and customer information at large in the modern enterprise. The move toward greater data distribution thanks to growing globalisation and worker mobility is taking this sensitive data
Mike Ferguson of Intelligent Business Strategies defines what data governance is and then looks at the requirements that need to be met for full data governance to be implemented. He also discusses how to systematically build re-usable data services to
How concerned are companies about the content of email leaving their organizations? And how do companies manage the legal and financial risks associated with outbound email? To find out, Proofpoint and Forrester Consulting (a division of leading analyst firm Forrester)
A recent report issued by the Sentencing Project shows how the war on drugs has expanded racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Midmorning looks at the effects those disparities have on communities of color in Minnesota and the rest
The second part of a ministerial review of the policies and use of conductive energy devices, commonly known as Tasers, was released today, July 10, by Attorney General and Justice Minister Cecil Clarke.
AS the 18 out of the 26 lawmakers of Ekiti State House of Assembly who masterminded the purported impeachment of the Speaker refused to show up on the premises of the House yesterday, the embattled Speaker, Mr. Femi Bamisile, insisted
The Government yesterday yielded to pressure by MPs to have a presidential commission report on mining debated for them to have a say on the final recommendations and implementation of the proposed sweeping changes in the sector.
About 25,000 firearms were surrendered to the National Police throughout the country from March to June this year, as part of the programme of volunteer disarming of civilians in illegal possession of weapons, Angop learned.
he incessant killings of innocent people and other criminal-related activities in the country have ignited fears amongst the population with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf describing the situation as 'bad state of affairs'.
The Minority leader in The Gambian Parliament, Momodou Sanneh on July 3, 2008 called on the government of President Yahya Jammeh to respect the ECOWAS court ruling by releasing Chief Ebrima Manneh, a detained reporter of the Banjul-based privately-owned government-controlled
Negotiators for the main political parties in Zimbabwe met in Pretoria for pre-dialogue consultations on Thursday, but as usual the development is shrouded in secrecy.
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, released the following statement today in support of the Group of Eight's (G8) statement condemning the recent elections in Zimbabwe, as well as its rejection of
Simone Gbagbo, the wife of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, and former Ivorian economy minister Paul-Antoine Bohoun Bouabré failed to respond to a summons from French investigating judge Patrick Ramaël for questioning today in Paris as witnesses in his probe into
