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Harvesting .gov
Harvest time, By William Jackson, GCN, 10/27/08. A nice article about the end-of-administration web harvest. See also: Library Partnership Saves Government Sites. Continue reading
Bailout Banks Grows to 26
ProPublica is keeping a running list of banks that are getting money from the Treasury Department bailout:
- Bailout Banks Grows to 26, by Paul Kiel, ProPublica - October 27, 2008
Which banks are getting the Treasury Department’s billions? As we noted earlier today, a slew of regional banks have signed up for the government’s capital injection program, but the government is not saying which banks are getting taxpayer money. Based on news reports and press releases, we’ve cobbled together a partial list, totaling 26 banks at an overall investment of approximately $160 billion.Continue reading
Open source: How e-voting should be done
"In 2002, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in response to the hanging-chad debacle of Florida's 2000 presidential elections. The act's main thrust was to provide money to states to replace outdated punch-card- and lever-based voting systems with optical-scan or touchscreen models. The act largely accomplished that goal, filling the coffers of closed source voting system manufacturers. In doing so, the act may have inadvertently placed the country in a worse situation...." "Current U.S. policy ensures that e-voting remains in the hands of very few proprietary vendors.... But the key to securing e-voting resides in making its systems open source."
- Open source: How e-voting should be done, by Paul Venezia, IDG News Service, InfoWorld, October 27, 2008.
OMB sponsors online discussion of privacy issues
OMB sponsors online discussion of privacy issues, By Nancy Ferris, FCW, October 23, 2008.
The Office of Management and Budget has asked the National Academy of Public Administration to hold a public discussion this month of health care privacy issues through an interactive Web site. The “National Dialogue on Health Information Technology and Privacy” will take place the week of Oct. 27 at www.thenationaldialogue.org.The site is also using Twitter (use tag #nationaldialogue) and Youtube (see: http://www.youtube.com/user/natldialogue). "A panel of academy fellows will review the postings and produce a report in December with recommendations for the new administration." Continue reading
Why are Docs From the Bailout Being Redacted?
Why are Docs From the Bailout Being Redacted?, by Ben Protess , ProPublica - October 22, 2008. Thanks, and a tip of the hat to Secrecy News! Continue reading
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