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Library Boy (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada today tabled her annual report to Parliament . In the accompanying press release , the Office of the Commissioner explains: "The Commissioner’s latest Annual Report to Parliament on the Privacy Act , which was tabled today, describes how privacy and security problems in Canada’s passport operations added up to a significant risk for Canadians...
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Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | yesterday
Commissioner Nick Fish voices the same thought many of us have had lately, as he honored the Oregon Food Bank at city council today. "I've waited eight years to quote our president," Fish said. He then recited a paragraph from President-elect Obama's election night speech. (Apparently the eight years really wore on him; this isn't the first time he's quoted Obama.) So let us summon a new spirit...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
A staffer for Wayne County Commission Chairwoman Jewel Ware says Commissioner Burton Leland assaulted him this morning during a ceremony at the county building.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The wife of the Rivers State Commissioner of Sports Boma Iyaye, who was kidnapped last week, has been released.
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Suspended Sean Avery has met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for about three hours at a disciplinary hearing to discuss derogatory comments the Dallas Stars forward made earlier this week.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president C.K. Guptan has accused commissioner P.V. Nalinakshan Nair of creating an administrative deadlock by approaching the Ombudsman without taking the board into confidence. In a ...
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The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Gens Hellquist, via xtra.ca: A Saskatchewan marriage commissioner is suing the Saskatchewan Justice Department claiming he should be exempt from having to perform same-sex marriages because it goes against his religious beliefs. Orville Nichols, a Regina marriage commissioner, who was appointed by Saskatchewan Justice in 1983, was fined $2,500 in May by a human rights tribunal for...
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK -- Suspended Sean Avery has met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for about three hours at a disciplinary hearing to discuss derogatory comments the Dallas Stars forward made earlier this week.
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Politics Cymru (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Conservatives have failed to pass an LCO to introduce a Language Commissioner for Wales. What does this mean? Well, for one, it means that Plaid have rejected a proposal that could have seen someone appointed for the specific purpose of promoting Welsh languages (it’s that second “s” I think that they probably objected to). But more than that, it seems to confirm what Alun Cairns told the...
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Information Governance Engagement A (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
complexd: The Supreme Court of Canada overturns the Canadian Privacy Commissioner's attempt to obtain privileged documents - http://tinyurl.com/6xoqql
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New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | yesterday
Deputy President Baleka Mbete to deliver keynote address at farewell function for Public Service Commissioners 4 December 2008 Deputy President Baleka Mbete will on Thursday, 4 December 2008, deliver a keynote address at the farewell function of Professor Stan Sangweni and other commissioners who served for several years at the Public Service Commission. Members of the media are invited...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Precinct 1 Fort Bend County Commissioner-elect Richard Morrison said he plans to inherit the outgoing incumbent's staff when he takes office in January. Meanwhile, Morrison, an environmental lawyer, is scouting for an attorney to replace him in representing a grassroots group opposed to a waste disposal company's plan to expand a landfill in the Fresno-Arcola area.
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Mondo Visione (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes briefed EU Economics and Finance Ministers at their breakfast discussion on the current financial crisis in Brussels on 2 nd December. Commissioner Kroes underlined how the Commission had applied the EU competition rules to support financial stability by ensuring legal certainty of support measures whilst preventing national measures...
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Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The Historical Enquiries Team, set up to investigate unsolved murders from the Troubles, has been forced to lose 75 staff due to a budget shortfall. In stark contrast to the Bloody Sunday investigation, for instance, money cannot be found to properly examine murders committed by terror groups. It is slightly ironic however that one of four Victims' Commissioners, Mike Nesbitt, is amongst the...
