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Economic Stimulus
527 Political Organizations
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Alternative Minimum Tax - AMT (January 2007)
Alternative Minimum Tax
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Antibiotic Use in Animals and its Impact on Human Resistance to Bacteria
Asbestos: Litigation and Legislation
Avian Flu and Emergency Preparedness (November 2005)
Aviation Industry Issues
Aviation Security
Bankruptcy Law May 2005
Bank Tying
Basel II
Biofuels (October 2007)
Biotechnology and Food Safety
Bioterrorism
Broadband Infrastructure (December 2007)
Broadband
Broadcast Flag
Business Activity Taxes
Budget Deficits
BSE/Mad Cow Disease
Campaign Finance Tools
California Greenhouse Gases and CAFE (September 2005)
CAFE Standard
CAFTA
Chemical Plant Security (April 2007)
Chemical Plant Security
China's Currency
Clean Water Act: Water Quality (October 2007)
Climate Change 2007
Clinical Drug Trials
Community-Owned Networks
Competitive Sourcing
Congestion Pricing
Consumer Credit: Credit Reports and Credit Scoring
Consumer Safety/ Food Safety/Import Safety
Corporate Taxes
Country-of-Origin Food Labeling
Cyber Security January 2006
Cyber Security
Data Mining
Data Quality Final Rules
Data Security
Data Security Breaches
Digital Software Piracy
Digital Television
Disability Insurance
Drinking Water Safety & Infrastructure
Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising
Drug Re-Importation
Drug Safety
E-Health/Information Technology
Earmarks
Economic Stimulus January 2008
Economic Stimulus Proposals
Education and Economic Growth
E-Health Information Technology
Election 2008: Democratic Presidential Candidates
Election 2008: Republican Presidential Candidates
Electronic Voting (September 2006)
Eminent Domain (August 2005)
Employee Monitoring/Workplace Privacy
Endangered Species (2005)
Employer-Based Health Care
Endangered Species
Electronic Voting
Emergency National Preparedness
Energy Efficiency/Conservation October 2005
Energy Efficiency
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Ergonomics
Estate Tax
Ethanol, MTBE
European Union Chemicals Policy
European Union Resources
Executive Compensation (January 2006)
Executive Order: 13422 (November 2007)
Farm Bill and Conservation
Farm Credit and the Horizon's Project
FDA Regulation of Tobacco
FERC - Standards Market Design and Structure
Financial Privacy
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Economic Costs of Flu Pandemic (April 2006)
Farm Labor (November 2007)
Food Safety and Security Post 911
Food Quality Protection Act (August 2006)
Foreign-Controlled American Debt (July 2006)
Foreign Workers: H-1B Visas
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Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
Free Trade Agreements - Economic Value of (January 2006)
Fuel Cells
Fuel Economy
The Future of Employer-Based Health Benefits (December 2005)
G8 Summit June 1-3, 2003
G8 Summit Gleneagles, Scotland July 6-8, 2005
GASB 45: State and Local Governments: Post Employment Benefits (March 2006)
GSEs - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Generic Drugs
Global Warming 2005
Global Warming
Government Contractors (October 2007)
Government Contractors and Role in Federal Government
Government Contracts and Katrina (February 2006)
Government Openness
Hague Convention
Health Care Costs for Employers, Governments, Private Consumers(September 2005)
Health Care Informatics/Health Care Information Technology
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) (February 2006)
Health Care Quality
Highway Safety
Homeland Security and the Federal Workforce
Human Research Subjects
ICANN - Internet Governance (November 2005)
Identity Theft December 2007
Identity Theft Update 2005
Identity Theft
Immigration: Guest Worker Program
Immigration and the United States Economy (November 2005)
Immigration Reform Issues (March 2006)
Income Inequality and Tax Reform (June 2007)
Income Inequality
Induce Act
Intellectual Property
International Trade Agreements: Textiles
Internet Gambling
Internet Privacy
Internet Radio
Internet Sales Tax
Invasive Species
Jobless Recovery
Job Safety
Liquid Natural Gas
Lobbying Reform (November 2007)
Lobbying Reform (May 2006)
Managed Care, Hospitals, & Physicians Contracts
Mass Transit
Meat and Poultry Inspections
Media Ownership Regulations (July 2006)
Media Ownership
Medical Errors
Medical Malpractice April 2007
Medical Malpractice December 2004 Updated
Medical Malpractice
Medicare
Medicare Part D
Mercury Emissions
Minimum Wage
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Mutual Fund Trading Practices Scandal and Fee Issues
NAFTA
Nanotech News
Nanotechnology and Safety (December 2005)
Nanotechnology
News Source Review (March 2007)
National Flood Insurance Reform
Net Neutrality (Updated June 2006)
Net Neutrality (February 2006)
New Source Review (March 2007)
New Source Review Pending Investigations
New Source Review
Nuclear Waste/Yucca Mountain (October 2006)
Obesity and Public Policy
Occupational Safety and Literacy
Offshore Oil Drilling
Oil Royalties Program
OMB and Federal Regulations
Organic Pesticides
Outsourcing Issues
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Overtime Pay
Ozone Issues
Particulate Pollution
Patent Reform (June 2007)
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Patent Reform (June 2005)
Peak Oil Debate (December 2005)
Patent Reform (August 2006)
Pension Security Issues
Phishing
Pipeline safety (Septebmer 2006)
Pipelines
Port Security (March 2006)
Postal Reform
Presidential Candidates 2004
Prescription Drug Costs
Privacy & Surveillance
Productivity
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification (April 2006)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Reauthorizing a Federal Job Training Program - Workforce Investment Act
Regional Economies
Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH)
Regulatory Accounting
Reports and Studies on the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003
R & D
Sarbanes-Oxley and Small Business May 2006
Sarbanes-Oxley: Section 404 (May 2005)
SCHIP - State Children's Health Insurance Program
Science Ethics
Sentencing Guidelines
Shareholder Activism and Corporate Responsibility
Small Business Disaster Relief and SBA Loans
Social Security - Individual Retirement Accounts
Social Security Reform - Price Indexing
Software Piracy (June 2006)
Software Piracy
SPAM - Unsolicited E-mails
Spyware (April 2006)
Stock Option Expensing
Spectrum Management
State/Regional Economies
Steel Tariff Issues
Sub Prime Mortgages
Stem Cells, Cloning
Student Loans
Superfund Sites
Supreme Court Nominee: Harriet Miers
Supreme Court Nominee: John Roberts
Supreme Court Nominee: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Tax Gap / Tax Compliance (April 2006)
Tax Payer's Bill of Rights
Tax Shelters
Tax Reform/Tax Simplification February 2005
Technology Transfer
Terror Financing
Terrorism Insurance
Tort Reform
Total Maximum Daily Loads
Toxic Release Inventory (May 2006)
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines
Transportation Infrastructure (August 2007)
U.S. Competitiveness (March 2006)
Vaccination/Public Health
VOIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
Voter Identification Laws
Water Infrastructure/Water Security
Wetlands
Workplace Safety May 2006
Workplace Safety
Yucca Mountain

Electronic Voting

BNA's Web Watch is prepared by Laura Gordon-Murnane. E-mail suggestions for future weekly topics always welcome.

December 2003

Federal Government

Congressional Research Service – Via Electronic Privacy Information Center
Election Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues

Federal Election Commission
Help America Vote Act

Developing a User-Centered Voting System

Usability Testing of Voting Systems

Procuring a User-Centered Voting System

NIST
Building Trust and Confidence in Voting Systems – NIST Symposium December 10, 2003: Agenda and Presentations

Building Trust and Confidence in Voting Systems Papers And Position Statements On Voting

National Science Foundation – via Findlaw
National Science Foundation. Report on the National Workshop on Internet Voting: Issues and Research Agenda, March 2001.


State Governments

California – Secretary of State
Position Paper and Directives of Secretary of State Kevin Shelley Regarding the Deployment of DRE Voting Systems in California (November 21, 2003)

Ad Hoc Touch Screen Task Force Report

Maryland
Risk Assessment Report Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting System and Processes (September 2, 2003)

Appendix B: Security Statements From The Rubin Report & State Of Maryland Controls

Ohio – Secretary of State
Ohio Secretary of State Stephen Mayo, PMP DRE Technical Security Assessment (December 2, 2003)

Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) Technical Security Assessment Report (November 21, 2003)


Nongovernment Organizations

California Voter Foundation
Voting Technologies - Part of the Solution, or Part of the Problem?
Forum for Newly Elected Women Legislators, sponsored by the Center for American Women and Politics Thursday, November 20, 2003

CalTech-MIT Voting Technology Project
A Preliminary Assessment of the Reliability of Existing Voting Equipment

Diebold
Checks and balances in elections equipment and procedures prevent alleged fraud scenarios, Diebold Election Systems

Electronic Freedom Foundation
Online Policy Group v. Dieobld Case Archive

Analysis of an Electronic Voting System from researchers at Johns Hopkins and Rice University (PDF 400k)

Security Researchers Discover Huge Flaws in E-voting System

Jones, Douglas
Douglas W. Jones, Building Trust and Confidence: Why trustworthy voting systems require institutionalized distrust (Conference Paper)

University of Maryland
Usability Review of the Diebold DRE system for Four Counties in the State of Maryland

Mercuri, Rebecca
Rebecca Mercuri, “Critique of ‘Analysis of an Electronic Voting System’ document,” (July 24, 2003)

The FEC Proposed Voting Systems Standard Update A Detailed Comment by Dr. Rebecca Mercuri Submitted to the Federal Election Commission on September 10, 2001 in accordance with Federal Register FEC Notice 2001-9, Vol. 66, No. 132

Swarthmore Coalition for the Digital Commons
Diebold Memos

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