California Legislative Website Celebrates Milestone
The pioneering California legislative information website celebrates its tenth anniversary this week. Statistics from last year record that the site averaged almost 12 million requests per month.
Category «E-Government»
Use of Portal for Federal Job Seekers Increases Dramatically
OPM reports that usage of the USAJobs portal has increased tenfold, to 31 million users, since its redesign this past summer.
US-Visit Program and Privacy Impact
From the January 16, 2004 Federal Register, a notice from Homeland Security on the US-VISIT Program; Privacy Impact Assessment and Privacy Policy. See the DHS Privacy Impact Assessment of US-VISIT, which was published on January 4, 2004.
The Internet, Privacy and Gov’t Data Mining Programs
Via usnews.com, a reference to an excellent essay, e-Privacy? by Mary J. Cronin, adapted from the book Public Policy and the Internet: Privacy, Taxes, and Contract, edited by Nicholas Imparato and Mary J. Cronin. “The everyday activities of most Americans are now routinely recorded and analyzed by a variety of governmental and commercial organizations. From …
Terror Alert System Under Seige
From Newsweek: “U.S. Homeland Security officials are coming under increasing political pressure to overhaul, if not eliminate, their color-coded terror alerts as concern mounts that the current system has become so dysfunctional that it may actually be increasing the country’s vulnerability to attack.” See also Lawmaker Wants Terror Alert System Refined
E-Voting Manufacturer Used Uncertified Software in California
More news on problems with Diebold’s e-voting technology, this time in California, where an audit by the California Voter Foundation (CVF) ascertained that the company “had installed uncertified versions of software or firmware in all 17 counties it services” in the state.
Presentation on the Future of GPO
From Judith C. Russell, Superintendent of Documents, the text of her presentation from the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, in which she addresses the following topics: The GPO Reorganization Fact Gathering and Planning for the Future of GPO and the FDLP A New Economic Model for the GPO Sales Program Managing Legacy Federal Documents Collections
US-Visit Program Stirs Controversy, and Seems to Lack Exit Strategy
“EPIC has filed comments (pdf) in response to the Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that it will collect biometric and biographic information in the Arrival Departure Information System (ADIS) [Note – the ADIS System is mandated by Public Law 106-396, the Visa Waiver Program Act.] ADIS is one of at least twenty existing information systems …
Tax Software Industry Concerned Over Free E-Filing and Privacy
Federal Computer Week reports on a privacy controversy associated with the highly touted IRS Free File system, which last year was predominently used by low income taxpayers. For 2003 filings, the IRS requested that members of the Free File Alliance (“a Public-Private Partnership between the Internal Revenue Service and software companies in the tax software …
IRS To Phase-In Encrypted E-Filing for 2005
From the December 29, 2003, Federal Register, this IRS notice: Addition of New Transmitter Encryption Options and Pending – Discontinuance of Non-Encrypted Options for IRS e-file – SUMMARY: Internal Revenue Service will provide the ability for IRS e- file program participants to use approved encryption methods for the 2005 and later filing seasons, beginning with …
Expansion of Electronic Court Filing System
“The U.S. District Court in New Jersey yesterday joined the growing ranks of federal courts that require lawyers to file all civil case pleadings in electronic format, making it easier for the public and press to obtain copies of them…According to the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, the District of New Jersey becomes the 36th …
GSA IG Audit Reveals Abuses in IT Procurement
GSA audit confirms misuse of funds: “Employees at General Services Administration offices in three regions of the country misused 8(a) sole-source contracting authority, authorized work outside the scope of contracts and spent more than $133 million in funding earmarked for information technology inappropriately, according to a report released [January 8] from GSA’s inspector general.” Audit …
