Dacre asked to look at secrecy rules
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Gordon Brown asks Daily Mail editor to look into relaxing rules on access to government documents.
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Â· Police must consider disclosure requestsÂ· Warning that harassment will lead to prosecution
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As part of a federal inquiry into drug and medical-device marketing, Boston Scientific Corp. was asked by Congress last week to submit to investigators internal documents, marketing plans, and clinical data related to its top-selling product, the Taxus drug-coated stent.
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Less bureaucracy, more clarity, more bugging The government should "urgently initiate" a review of the Codes of Practice for police use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), says Sir Ronnie Flanagan, Chief Inspector of Constabulary in his review of UK policing. RIPA governs the security services' use of surveillance and interception of communications, but police activities in these areas are sometimes hampered by "excessive bureaucracy" and "over-interpretation of the relevant rules", Flanagan claims.â¦
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The U.S. Department of Justice is asking questions about conduct by Hewlett-Packard Co. that has embroiled the technology company in controversy.
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The Tories demand a Commons statement on how police may have eavesdropped on an MP.
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Asks the U.S. Court of Appeals to review the FCC's decision to require so-called open-access rules.
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Panel wants to hear from two investigators; others are due to say if they'll appear at a hearing next week.
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Congressional Democrats are looking at ways to strengthen open government laws and force the Bush administration to release more documents under the Freedom of Information Act.
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A U.S. House panel is looking into the "far-reaching privacy and competition issues" surrounding the deal.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The lawyer helping to conduct closed-door hearings at the Maher Arar inquiry said Thursday more of the story is being uncovered - and the public will eventually be told the essentials.
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Tells gov: think before you act The Information Commissioner has published some advice for government bodies that want to share information but think data protection laws prevent them from doing so.â¦
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The U.S. House Energy and Commerce   Committee will ask wireless company executives and the head of   the Federal Communications Commission to testify Friday on the   use of deceptive measures to obtain personal information, known   as pretexting, the panel said on Monday.
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The U.S. House Energy and Commerce  Committee will ask wireless company executives and the head of  the Federal Communications Commission to testify Friday on the  use of deceptive measures to obtain personal information, known  as pretexting, the panel said on Monday.
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. Department of Justice is asking questions about conduct by Hewlett-Packard Co. that has embroiled the technology company in controversy. HP acknowledged in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday that it isÂ cooperating with an inquiryÂ by the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California intoÂ possibly illegal tactics used by investigators hired by HP to investigate news leaks from the company's board members. HP described the U.S. Attorney's inquiry as "informal" and said the questions are similar to those asked by the attorney general of California. HP is based in Palo Alto, California. "We are cooperating fully with these inquiries," HP said in its SEC filing. The probes are looking into the use of "pretexting" to search phone records to determine which board members may have been talking to reporters. The phone records of nine reporters from various news organizations were also obtained to determine who their sources from within HP might have been on stories about the company. Pretexting refers to posing as a phone company customer to get access to personal records. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer says a crime was committed in connection with the pretexting, but his office is still investigating what crime and by whom. The scandal has brought pressure on HP Chairman Patricia Dunn, who ordered the investigation, but claims she didn't know the outside investigative firm hired to trace the leaks would engage in pretexting. HP's board is meeting Monday for the second straight day to discuss its response to the controversy. Former HP director Thomas Perkins, who quit in protest in May because of the way the investigation was conducted, called on Dunn to resign. His statement, released Saturday by his attorney, was prompted by Dunn's comments in media interviews last week in which she alleged that it was Perkins who wanted "more aggressive measures" used to investigate the leaks, including use of lie detectors on board members. "I am saddened, but not surprised, that Patricia Dunn has attacked me personally for doing my job. I acted not from any ill will toward Ms. Dunn but to protect the best interests of HP. I think the past months and days have shown that those interests are best served if Ms. Dunn would resign from the board," said Jenkins in his statement. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission also is investigating HP. The FCC reportedly sent a "letter of inquiry" to AT&T Inc. asking how its customer phone records may have been accessed, according to an Associated Press report. An FCC spokesman could not confirm that. HP's internal probe identified director George Keyworth as the source for a CNet Networks Inc. story about HP's strategy, which the technology news Web site posted in January. He refused to resign when asked to doÂ so by Dunn in May, but theÂ board has since voted not to renominate him to his seat. Â
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Needham private investigator Ronald R. DeLia yesterday was asked to testify in Washington this month by congressional officials looking for explanations in the corporate-spying affair at Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Department of Justice launches query into methods Hewlett-Packard used to nab the source of media leaks.