The BBC's Robert Peston says all four bidders were given erroneous information by civil servants.
The process really started in 2006, when amendments to the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allowed electronic information, such as spreadsheet, emails, audio and video clips, to be covered by the pre-trial discovery process.
You can try for small penalties, but once outside the program, the IRS may assess the civil fraud penalty, information return penalties or even pursue criminal prosecution (although that has evidently not happened to anyone yet).
It's the Executive Branch's ability to keep sensitive information out of civil litigation in the courts.
The scandal reignited after new information surfaced in civil suits and the police reopened their criminal investigation.
Police had investigated the matter in 2006 but re-opened their probe at the beginning of this year after new information surfaced through civil lawsuits and an internal investigation at News International.
John Verdi, from the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a civil liberties NGO based in Washington, says one of the biggest concerns about biometrics is the risk of identity theft.
The declaration includes a set of objectives to integrate culture into national policies, promote cultural and creative industries, collect and share information, and ensure civil society participation in decision making.
Others may decide to risk detection by the IRS and the imposition of substantial penalties, including the civil fraud penalty, numerous foreign information return penalties, and the potential risk of criminal prosecution.
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The occasion will serve to call on UNESCO Member States to reaffirm and implement their international commitments to guarantee and promote freedom of information and to remind civil society organizations, other relevant stakeholders, and the news media in particular, of their central role in furthering it.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Privacy Information Center cried foul.
And if accounts are only for markets, where do the regulators, tax authorities, creditors, civil society, and others get their information on the activities of a company?
Now, three civil liberty groups, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Privacy International, have sent another letter to the Council of Europe outlining their "continuing concerns" over the wording of the treaty and saying that their fears have not been laid to rest.
The American Civil Liberties Union has expressed concern about the information visible through Facebook quizzes and applications.
In Parliament, the party has helped to pass important new legislation expanding civil liberties, such as a Freedom of Information Act.
Now the agency is pushing for greater access to grand-jury information from criminal prosecutions for use in civil actions.
O. will be the catalyst for a variety of new initiatives to develop cybersecurity standards, improve public-private information sharing, and ensure privacy and civil liberties protections.
On top of that are civil fraud provisions, which require companies to disclose information that "would significantly alter the total mix of information available to a reasonable investor or shareholder, " Fahy says.
It also takes into account UNESCO's deep and continuing concerns about journalist murders around the world because the profession's work is critical to providing us with the information we need to function as a civil society.
The Justice Department recommended that prosecutors obtain search warrants when tracking phones using such "precise" technology as GPS or multiple cellphone towers, according to documents dated in 2007 obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union in a freedom-of-information request.
The following morning - the morning of the day that Mr Mandelson resigned - the senior civil servant rang Downing Street to pass on his information, but was unable to speak to anyone involved in the meetings with Mr Mandelson.
The - both administrations I've served, the Clinton and the Bush administration, have considered what they would call a (unintelligible), some sort of federal law akin to the Classified Information Procedures Act that could be used in civil cases.
On 3 December, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, UNESCO is organizing an event to present its actions in ensuring access to quality education, information and knowledge as well as showing how civil society can advance the rights of people with disabilities.
They agreed that an information literacy citizenry is required to mobilize an effective civil society and create a competitive workforce.
The lawsuits themselves, combined with information admitted as true by Fan and Fred in civil nonprosecution agreements with the SEC, are certainly illuminating.
As a result, Britain's coppers are wondering whether one side-effect of the information age is going to be an upsurge of civil disobedience.
When contacting the taxpayer from a civil perspective, the IRS will attempt to gather as much information as possible to arrive at a substantially correct tax assessment.
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The conference will gather together representatives of the media, governmental bodies, academia and civil society to discuss the progress and challenges of right to information in Latin America.
The Council for Transparency promotes the consolidation of a governance model that, based on the Principle of Transparency and the Right of Access to Public Information, deepens democracy and promotes confidence in the civil service on the basis of participation and citizen control.
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In America, for instance, rules governing civil lawsuits now require firms to produce all relevant pieces of digital information in court.
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