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GAO Audit of White House Energy Task Force

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  • Chronology of the GAO’s Attempts to Obtain Information from the National Energy Policy Development Group, August 25, 2003.
  • Energy Task Force: Process Used to Develop the National Energy Policy. GAO-03-894, August 22. Highlights
  • “The General Accounting Office said in a long-awaited report that Vice President Dick Cheney’s unwillingness to cooperate stymied efforts to find out which outside groups met privately with administration officials and what they discussed during the drafting of the energy plan in 2001.”

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  • In his commentary on this GAO report, John Dean contends “that Vice Pres. Cheney made a false statement to Congress.”
  • From Mother Jones, also worth reading, this article, The General Accounting Office has finally blinked.

    • UK and EU Plans to Track Vehicular Activity Via Microchip Technology

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    The proposed Electronic Vehicle Identification (EVI) system would require the installation of read-only microchips in all new vehicles whose purpose is to provide information on vehicular operation, including location and related activity such as speeding infractions, car theft, and parking violations. See also this EU document, Intelligent Transport Systems, Electronic vehicle identification, that details the… Continue Reading

    Radio Frequency ID Tags and the Food Industry

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    RFID Gussied Up With Biosensors. After noting that radio frequency id tags (RFID) are in use, and proposed, for a range of consumer items, it is important to mention that the associated privacy controversy also involves the food industry. Under the auspices of the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (“Safety”) Act of 2002 (the… Continue Reading

    Commentary on Patriot Act and CAPPS II

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    CAPPS II is very much in the news recently, with articles on the subject appearing in the Washington Times, Washington Post, and Federal Computer News. Rights advocates slam new screening system: “Conservative and liberal advocates are banding together to oppose new airline passenger screening methods that they say will be a “quantum leap” in government… Continue Reading