Exec. Order on Access to Classified NSA Documents
Executive Order 13381–Strengthening Processes Relating to Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information Presidential Documents, June 27, 2005.
Category «E-Government»
New Working Paper on E-Voting Machine Security and Reliability
How Can We Ensure the Accuracy of Vote Counts?, Working Paper, July 4, 2005 (18 pages, PDF), by Kathy Dopp, MS Mathematics, University of Utah, President of USCountVotes’ National Election Data Archive Project – ElectionArchive.org. Abstract: “Some methods which are thought to ensure election integrity, such as logic and accuracy testing of voting equipment, do …
Article Examines Increasing Application of Classified Status to Patents
This article, Patents gagged in the name of national security, by Paul Marks, appears in the July 9 issue of New Scientist. The abstract is below, but full text is available fee only. “Every year, governments slap secrecy orders on a handful of private patents. Many patent applications never see the light of day because …
NY County Clerk’s Office Launches First Subscriber Service in Nation
Government Technology reports that Suffolk County, New York is blazing an e-government trail with the launch of a subscriber based Virtual County Clerk’s Office. The service will allows subscribers to “perform title searches for residential and commercial property, do background searches for employment and credit worthiness, or procure other land property documents…” and receive e-mail …
GPO’s Digitization Specification 3.0
Judith C. Russell, Superintendent of Documents, today posted that “GPO’s Digitization Specification 3.0 is being distributed for review and comment. This specification (available in PDF) , will be used to support GPO’s plan to convert legacy U.S. government documents into preservation masters that will subsequently be used to creative derivative “access” files that support user …
Industry Partners With Gov’t to Combat ID Theft
Press release from the Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC): Financial Services Companies Partner With Federal Trade Commission to Provide Identity Theft Data to Law Enforcement: Identity Theft Assistance Center Achieves Key Objective. Related website: Consumer Sentinel: “…an innovative, international law enforcement fraud-fighting program.”
US SAFE WEB Act
From the FTC: The US SAFE WEB Act – Protecting Consumers from Spam, Spyware, and Fraud, released July 1, 2005 A Legislative Recommendation to Congress, June 2005 (32 pages, PDF) Briefing Materials Tab 1: Draft US SAFE WEB Act: Short title: Undertaking Span, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders Act (31 pages, PDF) …
New UK Registry For Biometric ID Cards
This June 30 commentary from the Economist offers perspective on the promises and pitfalls of the new national ID card, anticipated to be in the hands of citizens in three years time. A new, comprehensive national database will provide a plethora of personal data on citizens, but details about program costs, time to implement, and …
Substantial Increase in Classification of Gov’t Docs Raises Concerns For Public and Media
As a follow-up to my April 2, 2005 posting, Significant Rise in Classification of Gov’t Docs Focus of New Reports, this July 3, 2005 New York Times article, Increase in the Number of Documents Classified by the Government, reports on growing concerns within the government, by advocacy groups and the media, about the rapid rise …
New Australian E-Gov’t Portal Launched
New australia.gov.au provides single entry point to the Australian Government: “Special Minister of State, Senator Eric Abetz…launched the Government’s new australia.gov.au website and said that it provided a single point of entry for people wanting to access government information and services. The new australia.gov.au site supports the Government’s commitment to improving access to quality government …
Center for Digital Government Recognizes Outstanding Work By Counties
Top 10 Digital County Governments Showcased: Information technology (IT) is being deployed on a grand scale by county governments across the U.S. to better serve citizens, according to the 2005 Digital Counties Survey, an annual study by the Center for Digital Government (Center) and National Association of Counties (NACo)…First-place winners in each respective category are …
Hearing on Air Passenger Screening System and Watch Lists
“CDT Executive Director Jim Dempsey today warned a House subcommittee [Testimony: 12 pages, PDF]that government efforts to create a new air traveler screening system — called Secure Flight — have yet to adequately address critical issues concerning the system’s effectiveness and ability to protect the privacy and due process rights of Americans. CDT said that …
