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From the Miami Daily Business Review via law.com, this article adds fuel to the fire that is threatening to undermine public support for e-voting machines in the upcoming national election. After the recent high profile news about California’s decision to decertify Diebold equipment, this article documents serious problems with the iVotronic Touch Screen Electronic Voting …
Executive Order 13335 –Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology and Establishing the Position of the National Health Information Technology Coordinator: “The National Coordinator shall, to the extent permitted by law, develop, maintain, and direct the implementation of a strategic plan to guide the nationwide implementation of interoperable health information technology in both the …
Via AP, news of the publication, by the National Academies’ Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, of a new report (78 pages, pdf), A Review of the FBI’s Trilogy Information Technology Modernization Program. From the Executive Summary: “Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has made significant progress in its information technology (IT) modernization program in …
As referenced in today’s New York Times article, Illuminating Blacked-Out Words, see the following paper: Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2004: International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Interlaken, Switzerland, May 2-6, 2004. Proceedings, Projective Coordinates Leak (abstract only).
From the FAQ on the redesign, which includes screen shots and navigation tips: “The resulting look incorporates an entirely new feel, and an easier to use navigation. The homepage includes many new features: up-to-date news, quick links to popular resources, and a carefully tested organization designed to help users find what they need as quickly …
From the June 2004 issue of Reason magazine, take the time to read this article (10 pages, pdf), Database Nation, The upside of “zero” privacy, by Declan McCullagh: “Focusing on government power would keep intact the advantages of databasifcation – such as lower prices and cheaper mortgages – while limiting possible abuses by law enforcement. …
Senate Bill 1723, “an urgency measure, would provide that no city or county may use any form of direct recording electronic device (DRE) as part of its voting system for the November 2, 2004, general election.” See the bill analysis here.
“The Homeland Security Working Group ensures that the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) [Executive Order establishing NSDI] supports the preparation for, prevention of, protection against, response to, and recovery from (1) threats to the nation’s population centers and critical infrastructures that are of terrorist, criminal, accidental, or natural origin and (2) related adverse events.” The …
At a hearing on the “Use, Security, and Reliability of Electronic Voting Systems” held today by the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Johns Hopkins University computer science professor and computer security expert Avi Rubin testified that the e-voting systems currently in place for the November election are fundamentally flawed. A recent New York Times …
TSA Launches New Passenger Rail Security Pilot Program: The TSA…launched a test program [for 30 days] to measure the feasibility of explosives screening for people and bags traveling on U.S. trains. Amtrak and Maryland Rail Commuter (MARC) passengers boarding at the New Carrollton train station will be screened for explosives starting May 4 as part …
A new study, titled “eGovernment Leadership: High Performance, Maximum Value,” is the fifth in an annual series which examines e-government services around the world, and is based on user attitudes collected from 5,000 regular web users in 12 countries as well as data on the quality of services in 22 countries. The full-text of the …
From the press release issued April 30 on the decertification of Diebold e-voting technology: “California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley today banned the use of touchscreen voting systems in four counties and decertified all touchscreen systems in California until security measures are in place to safeguard the November vote…In the remaining 10 counties using touchscreen …
