From Stéphane Cottin in Paris, this link to a February 21 posting from ServiceDoc. Info on the publication and enactment of “an Ordinance on the value of the electronic proclamation of Acts and regulations….after June 1st 2004, French Law c[an] be enacted only with publication on [the] Internet.”
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Daily Archives: February 23, 2004
DHS Reports on JetBlue Privacy Controversy
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office, Report to the Public on Surrounding the jetBlue Data Transfer, Findings and Recommendations, February 20, 2004: “Findings…(1) No Privacy Act Violation by TSA employees occurred connection with this incident….(5) The TSA employees involved acted without appropriate regard for individual privacy rights or the spirit of the Privacy Act of… Continue Reading
Black Box Voting: Ballot-Tampering in the 21st Century
This new book, by Bev Harris, may be purchased via this link, or downloaded, chapter by chapter, from the links as follows: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15, Chapter 16, Appendix,… Continue Reading
Work of Suspended Gov’t Data Mining Project Continues
AP reports that applications developed to collect, store and mine personal information on U.S. citizens, thought to have been discontinued with the termination of funding for the Total information Awareness program, have continued under the jurisdiction of other agencies. Continue Reading
Lawsuit in California Claims E-Voting Machines Pose Security Risk to Election Outcomes
Source: “California lawsuit: Jim March, Bev Harris, and California citizens suit seeks to prohibit Diebold from engaging in unfair business practices, and seeks restitution. Case no. 04CS00176, Superior Court of the State of California, Sacramento County. Related postings on e-voting technology and security issues. Continue Reading
Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulation
From the February 20, 2004 Federal Register, (Volume 69, Number 34), Notices, Page 7987-7988: OMB requests comments on 2004 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulation. The full Draft Report is available here, and is divided into two chapters. Chapter I presents estimates of the costs and benefits of Federal… Continue Reading
Commentary on Enhancements Required to Leverage the Power of RSS
RSS: A Big Success In Danger of Failure: “What RSS desperately needs are enhancements that will allow users to take advantage of the breadth of RSS feeds without being buried in irrelevant information.” Continue Reading
HHS Will Correct and Re-Issue Health Care Report
From the Sunday New York Times, this report states: “The Bush administration says it improperly altered a report (from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) documenting large racial and ethnic disparities in health care, but it will soon publish the full, unexpurgated document. “There was a mistake made,” Tommy G. Thompson, the secretary… Continue Reading
Chicago Law Enforcement Database Cited for Decrease in Crime
Taking IT to the Street – “How the Chicago Police Department used technology to fight crime and become the first Grand CIO Enterprise Value Award winner.” [Slashdot] “The CLEAR (Citizen Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting) database, deployed in April 2000 and now topping 200GB, is the foundation for a growing set of integrated CLEAR applications… Continue Reading
