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Daily Archives: May 17, 2004
Biometric ID Will Be Added to US Passports
U.S. passports to get ID chips: The State Department will be testing machine readable passports, incorporating facial scanning for U.S. citizens, this fall, with plans for wider implementation in 2005. DHS Secretary Ridge and Sec. of State Powell recently requested a two-year extension for 27 countries who had been required to meet a “October 26,… Continue Reading
DOJ Advisory Cmte. Warns About Data Mining and Privacy
According to the New York Times, the Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee advises the DOJ, in an report delivered in March, but just made available (although not yet on the TAPAC website), that due to data mining undertaken by the government in the fight against terrorism, there is the need to establish additional legislative protections… Continue Reading
Senate Resolution Calls for Substantial Improvements to THOMAS Website
S. Res. 360 – Expressing the sense of the Senate that legislative information shall be publicly available through the Internet. May 13, 2004: From the statement by co-sponsor Sen. Leahy: “In particular, we are calling on the Library of Congress to improve its public website, called “THOMAS (U.S. Congress on the Internet),” in order to… Continue Reading
Congress Requests That GAO Investigate E-Voting Technology
David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, received a letter last week signed by a bipartisan group of 13 House members, requesting a formal investigation of e-voting security and reliability. The group stated the issue involved “a critical aspect of American democracy the ability of Americans to have confidence that the votes… Continue Reading
