http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010831.pdf

Includes a summary of disclosure requirements as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. The purpose of this document is to help colleges and universities successfully identify and meet their obligation to disclose information as required under the HEA and to make the disclosure information more understandable to consumers and more comparable across institutions. From the National Center for Education Statistics.

http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2009-22504_PI.pdf

Federal Register notice about interim final rules in partial implementation of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. Prohibits group health plans, health insurance companies, and issuers of Medicare Supplemental policies from discriminating based on genetic information and from collecting such information. From the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies.

http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/psp.pdf

An unclassified version of a study of the presidential surveillance program following the 9/11 attacks. The study was carried out by the inspectors general of the Justice and Defense Departments and other intelligence agency IGs. Discusses the origin and development of the surveillance program and the legal questions and conflicts surrounding it. Concludes that the collection activities pursued under the program were unprecedented and that retention and use of the information collected by federal agencies should be carefully monitored. Posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40599.pdf

Includes definitions of identity theft, legislative history of laws related to identity theft, recommendations from the identity theft task force, trends in identity theft, and issues for congress to consider. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm76/7616/7616.pdf

Represents the British government response to a House of Lords committee report on the subject of privacy and security. Presents a point by point response by the Brown administration on how to achieve a balance between the right of the public to privacy and their right to protection from crime and terrorism. Parliament Command Paper Cm7616.

http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/ad2009_02.pdf

Establishes the new federal policy for media access to transfers of remains from combat theaters to Dover Air Force Base. From the Department of the Army.

http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm75/7586/7586.pdf

Describes the changing nature of communications, the need for change to maintain law enforcement and public safety capabilities in the new technological era, and the need to respect privacy. Also lays out a range of policy options to accomplish these goals for public comment. From the British Home Office.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40543_20090423.pdf

Reviews policy issues related to airport passenger screening, privacy issues related to passenger screening, the new generation of screening technology, and how to improve passenger screening efficiency in the face of increasing passenger numbers. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.uscourts.gov/wiretap08/contents.html

Covers the number of wire taps approved by courts during 2008 plus major offenses for which intercepts were granted, types of surveillance used, arrests made, and convictions secured. Federal and state judges approved 1,891 applications for wire taps, a 14% decrease from the previous year. From the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

http://www.ftc.gov/reports/mobilemarketplace/mobilemktgfinal.pdf

Reports on May 2008 town hall meetings on consumer protection issues related to mobile communication devices. Concludes that more government oversight is needed in the areas of cost disclosures, unwanted text messages and spyware, advertising practices, and privacy issues, especially related to the use of mobile devices by children and youth. From the Federal Trade Commission.

http://www.ftc.gov/os/2009/04/R911002healthbreach.pdf

A notice of proposed rulemaking which would establish regulations binding on vendors of personal health records for notifying individuals when the security and confidentiality of their electronic personal health records had been compromised. Proposed rules are open for public comment until June 1, 2009. From the Federal Trade Commission.