Coast Guard will spend millions for Sandy-related emergency supplies without ‘full and open competition’

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Due to the urgent need for food, shelter and other services in the Northeast in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. Coast Guard has authorized the procurement of as much as $30 million worth of mortuary services, construction, bottled water, trailers, food services…

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RSA Conference USA 2010: Dealing with Threats in Cyberspace without Creating Big Brother 6/6

Clip 6/6 MODERATOR: Quentin Hardy, National Editor, Forbes Magazine PANELISTS: Marc Rotenberg. Michael Chertoff. Richard Clarke Nation states are engaged in massive cyber espionage against the private sector, as well as against other governments. New cyber war military commands also target the private sector. Increasingly sophisticated cyber crime cartels defeat…

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Dating Site Admits Using Facebook Photos Without Consent

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — The creators of lovely-faces.com said their dating site, which contains unauthorized Facebook photographs, is meant to prove how vulnerable Facebook users leave themselves.Cindy Holtzman, of Cherokee County, needs no further convincing. “There doesn’t seem to be any reason you’d be getting e-mails from strange men?” asked Channel…

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