From FCW.com, “Officials at the General Services Administration are building a system to check the identities of users doing business with agencies online, and they plan to rely on outside organizations to generate users’ digital credentials.”
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Daily Archives: April 21, 2004
Controversy Over E-Voting Machines Escalates
From the Campaign for Verifiable Voting in Maryland: “A cross-partisan group of registered Maryland voters announced today they will be filing a lawsuit against the Maryland State Board of Elections and its Administrator, charging that the new Diebold AccuVote-TS electronic voting machines recently purchased by Maryland fail to comply with both state and federal law.… Continue Reading
Securing Intelligence and Protecting Civil Liberties
Domestic Intelligence and Civil Liberties, by Kate Martin (Director, Center for National Security Studies), SAIS Review, Winter-Spring 2004. [Secrecy News] “The 9.11 Commission hearings have highlighted intelligence failures by the FBI and CIA before September 11. On April 13, 2004, Attorney General Ashcroft told the Commission that the “wall” between law enforcement and intelligence was… Continue Reading
EU Challenges US on Air Passenger Data
MEPs take on EU and US over air data deal: “The European Parliament has by 16 votes, 276 in favour, 260 against, agreed to take a privacy rights battle over handovers of air passenger data to US security agencies to the EU courts.” Continue Reading
Library Associations Oppose Increased Broadband Surveillance
“The American Library Association, along with other library and education associations, has filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposing a Department of Justice attempt to bring all broadband access to the Internet within the scope of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).” [Link] Continue Reading
Senate Cmte. Receives Response on Homeland Security One Yr Later
Senator Collins Receives Answers on Terrorist Threat Integration Center, April 20, 2004 Letter to Sens. Collins, Levin on TTIC Structure New Gov’t Surveillance Database Announced by Bush, January 30, 2003 Continue Reading
