Minnesota Passes Veto-Proof Anti-Real ID Bill - Via ACLU Blog - Privacy & Technology: Last night, Minnesota joined 18 other states in rejecting Real ID, the...

FISA: Deal or No Deal? - Via ACLU Blog - Government Spying: Here in Washington, rumors are swirling about a deal on FISA being brokered by House Majority Leader Steny...

SYRACUSE—An Oswego County garage builder who defrauded homeowners in Central New York by failing to start jobs for which he was paid, and performing incomplete or...

NASSAU COUNTY—The former operator of a Manhattan-based home care agency and his former billing manager have pleaded guilty to stealing over $314,000 from the state...

SYRACUSE—A nursing home company has been sentenced to pay $15,000 in fines, has been barred from the business and ordered to accept responsibility for patient...

NEW YORK—A public hearing on employment arrangements at Long Island school districts will be held as part of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s statewide...

TALLAHASSEE, FLA—The Florida Attorney General’s office has asked the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) to fine Verizon Florida LLC $6.5 million for...

ESSEX COUNTY—The Pyramids Child Development Center, with facilities in Clinton and Essex counties, improperly claimed reimbursement for nearly $240,000 in taxpayer...

Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers - Via Wired News: Security Blanket: The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it...

A year has passed since the largest pet food recall in history which resulted in the death and/or illness of nearly 5,000 dogs and cats but there are still contaminated...

Health Data Systems Need A Comprehensive Privacy and Security Framework - Via Center for Democracy and Technology: CDT's Health Privacy Project today released a paper...

w1z4rd writes "The BBC reports that seven Nato nations have backed a new cyber defence centre in Estonia, which last year blamed Russia for weeks of attacks on its...

holy_calamity writes "The directed sound weapon made by US company ATC is being exported to the Chinese police, despite the public law banning sales of weapons to China....

Smivs writes "Britain's Ministry of Defence has just released files regarding investigations into UFO sightings between 1978 to 1987. Over the next three or four years,...

Five IRS Employees Charged With Snooping on Tax Returns - Via Threat Level: Five workers at the Internal Revenue Service's Fresno, California return processing center...

NSA Attacks West Point! Relax, It's a Cyberwar Game - Via Wired News: Security Blanket: Five hours into their assault on West Point, the hackers got serious. The SQL...

NEW YORK—A Brooklyn woman, Temeka Rachelle Lewis, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy charges stemming from her participation in the international prostitution...

ALBANY—Legislation that will dramatically improve patient safety, enhance the state’s authority in medical investigation and help to prevent future infection...

NASSAU COUNTY—A New Hyde Park man has been charged with collecting nearly $300,000 in undeserved disability claims and Social Security payments, all while working a...

DHS Can’t Admit Its Own Mistakes - Via CDT - PolicyBeta: Back in April, I blogged about how Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was...