[govinfo] GovInfo News 5-4-2007
- From: "Patrice McDermott" <pmcdermott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "govinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <govinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 10:39:54 -0400
- Loan Firms Set to Regain Access to U.S. Student Data
- EPA Quietly Resumes Dismantling Library System
- Ethics Group Takes Legal Action to Stop Bush Administration from Destroying
Documents
- Los Alamos Blocks Researcher Access To Archives
Patrice McDermott, Director
OpenTheGovernment.org
www.openthegovernment.org
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- LOAN FIRMS SET TO REGAIN ACCESS TO U.S. STUDENT DATA
By Amit R. Paley
Thursday, May 3, 2007; Page A07
The U.S. Department of Education moved yesterday to restore loan industry
access to a national database with confidential information on millions of
students, two weeks after it was shut down amid allegations of data mining and
privacy violations. more [WPost]
Related: GAO Report - PRIVACY Lessons Learned about Data Breach Notification
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- EPA QUIETLY RESUMES DISMANTLING LIBRARY SYSTEM - Environmental Prosecutions
at Risk from Loss of Original Documents and Cost
Despite promises to consult with Congress before proceeding with dismantlement
of its library system, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered its
libraries to "disperse or dispose of their.contents," according to agency
directives released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
(PEER). The move to eliminate physical collections comes as EPA's own
enforcement branch warns about the risks of hampering environmental
prosecutions. more [PEER]
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- ETHICS GROUP TAKES LEGAL ACTION TO STOP BUSH ADMINISTRATION FROM DESTROYING
DOCUMENTS
By REBECCA CARR
Friday, April 27, 2007
An ethics watchdog group is battling the Bush administration to prevent the
Secret Service from destroying White House visitor records. The
administration contends they are presidential records and, therefore, not
subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act until after the
president leaves office. But Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in
Washington says they have historic significance and belong to the public.
The showdown between the two sides remains in legal limbo before U.S. District
Judge John Garrett Penn in Washington, who will ultimately determine whether
the ethics group can obtain them. more [Cox News Service]
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- LOS ALAMOS BLOCKS RESEARCHER ACCESS TO ARCHIVES
Los Alamos National Laboratory will no longer permit historians and other
researchers to have access to its archival records because Los Alamos National
Security (LANS), the private contractor that now operates the Lab, says it has
"no policy in place" that would allow such access. more [Secrecy News]
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