The US Senate recently passed an updating legislation intending to strengthen the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 1978 (FISA). FISA regulates the activities of foreign intelligence through the interception of electronic communications (e-communications). The law claims to be giving effect to the surveillance capabilities regarding new technologies such as e-mail, the Internet, cell phones and fiber optics that have radically changed e-communications. The law is trying to grapple with the more...
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Four inter-connected challenges with domestic, international, regional, and transnational dimensions impede the stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan . Each challenge feeds off the other and together they have engendered a vicious circle that is destabilizing Afghanistan .
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This workshop discussed the role of a new generation of e-government organizations which could extend the role of e-Government 'Centers of Excellence' or 'Competency Centers' in keeping with emerging technology and organizational trends. These organizations could potentially help expand and scale-up successful e-Government approaches, including those using Service Oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 technologies. These 'e-Gov 2.0' organizations could be designed as hybrids with flexible structures more...
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e-Development Thematic Group is a global forum and community of professionals interested in the role of ICT in development, open for participation by both World Bank staff and external clients and partners. Visit us to download materials for this and all previous e-development seminars (over 120 since 2001). Watch some of the recent events sponsored by the e-Development Thematic Group if you missed them (with links to videos, slides, speaker profiles, exclusive interviews, background material more...
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MSI is seeking an experienced Chief of Party for an upcoming USAID Justice Sector Development project in Russia. The CoP position will be located in Russia.
Location: Russia.
Last Date: August 8, 2008.
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This article written by Marianna Török, Director of Emerging GuideStars talks about the way in which the absence of a legislative framework that enables disclosure of reports by civil society organisations is a major obstacle for countries seeking to implement databases based on the GuideStar model. However it also examines the ways in which voluntary databases can help overcome the problems faced and examines the prospects for Germany, Hungary and Palestine.
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The Commission on Anti-Corruption of the International Chamber of Commerce has released new whisteblowing guidelines that implement one of the ICC Rules of Conduct on Combating Extortion and Bribery issued in 2005. These recommended in particular that
anti-corruption policies and codes adopted by enterprises should “offer confidential channels to raise concerns, seek advice or report violations without fear of retaliation.”
The guidelines provide for practical measures to support companie more...
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