Iraq contractor proprietary data marking report [US SIGIR] News
Iraq contractor proprietary data marking report [US SIGIR]

Interim Audit Report on Inappropriate Use of Proprietary Data Markings By The Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) Contractor, US Federal Acquisition Regulation, October 29, 2006 [claiming that Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root Services, Inc. has been violating a US Federal Acquisition Regulation direction on classifying proprietary data by claiming protection for data normally in the public sphere]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Confederate rebels' voting rights restored under amnesty

On May 22, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the General Amnesty Act, allowing all but about 500 Southern male voters denied voting rights as a punishment for rebellion under the XIVth Amendment to regain their right to vote and hold office. General amnesty was finally made universal on June 6, 1898.

Sri Lanka constitution ratified

On May 22, 1972, the former British colony of Ceylon ratified a new constitution, becoming the Republic of Sri Lanka.