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Exemption of the Buy American Act for commercial IT products

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2007

Section 535(a) of Division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (2004), which authorized an exception to the Buy American Act for the acquisition of information technology that are commercial items, has been implemented by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council through the issuance of Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-13

Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein announces selection of IBM to develop achievement reporting system for educators & parents

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 5 2007

New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today announced the selection of IBM to develop the Achievement Reporting and Innovation System (ARIS), a first-of-its-kind data management system that will provide detailed information about student performance and progress to educators and parents and make innovations at one school available to all other schools with similar populations

President’s Identity Theft Task Force releases report

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2007

On April 23, the President’s Identity Theft Task Force issued a report entitled Combatting Identity Theft: A Strategic Plan

Homeland security information sharing: protections for private sector information

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 2 2007

“Information sharing underpins any true partnership and is necessary to mitigate the threat posed by a cunning, adaptive, and determined enemy.”

An e-mail connection to White House wrongdoing?

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 1 2007

The House Oversight Committee has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney '04 campaign

House Bill 1197 signed into law by Governor Daniels

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 31 2008

As expected, Governor Daniels signed the revised version of HB 1197 into law Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Magistrate judge recommends injunction against White House destruction of email backup tapes

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 25 2007

In a case brought pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and the Federal Records Act seeking restoration of deleted emails from backup tapes, Magistrate Judge John Facciola recommended that the District Judge issue an injunction requiring the Government to preserve backup media

U.S. Department of Education proposes changes in privacy regulations

  • Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 12 2008

On March 24, 2008, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend its regulations implementing the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA

U.S. Department of Education proposes changes to FERPA rules

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 4 2008

On March 24, 2008, the U.S. Department of Education proposed to amend its rules implementing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law that governs access to and the privacy of education records maintained by school districts and institutions that receive department funding

Availability of appeals of denials by an agency under the new PA Right to Know Law

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 26 2009

The request and appeals process has been substantially streamlined to enable requesters to reach judicial review, in most cases, within a roughly two-month period