Category «E-Government»

DoD Inspector General Audit Report on Terrorism Information Awareness Program

Information Technology Management, Terrorism Information Awareness Program, December 12, 2003, Deparment of Defense, Office of the Inspector General. “This report completes our response addressing concerns of Senators Grassley, Nelson, and Hagel and discusses whether development of the DARPA TIA program included safeguards to ensure the technology was properly managed and controlled in an operational environment…DARPA …

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Privacy

E-Voting Tech Company Hacked

This afternoon AP reported that VoteHere Inc., a company that provides “secure e-voting technology,” was the victim of hackers some months ago. Internal documents and blue prints were stolen, and the case is under investigation by the FBI. VoteHere contends the crime was committed in an effort to undermine e-voting technology, which has been assailed …

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Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government

Washington Post Reports on Disappearing Docs. From Gov’t Websites

From today’s Washington Post (WP), an article titled White House Web Scrubbing details the ongoing removal of controversial documents from government websites by the White House. A specific example is the disappearance from the USAID site of a link to a transcript of statements made by the agency’s Administrator Andrew S. Natsios that the cost …

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Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

California May Take Action Against E-Voting Manufacturer

E-voting machine manufacturer Diebold Inc. is in the news again, this time in connection with possible California state election law violations, according their Secretary of State, as determined by an auditors report that revealed the use of unapproved software in the last election. In related news, see this article Critics: Convicted felons worked for electronic …

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Subjects: E-Government

Iowa Launches Government Accountability Website

Results Iowa – Accountability for Iowa: “This website is part of our account to you on how we are doing with the responsibilities and resources that you have entrusted to Iowa state government. In one easily accessible place we are sharing our goals at an enterprise level (The Leadership Agenda), and department by department (Departments’ …

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Subjects: E-Government

New Report and Resources on Gov’t Docs. Disappearing From Public Access

From U.S. News, an extensive investigative report on How the public’s business gets done out of the public eye: “For the past three years, the Bush administration has quietly but efficiently dropped a shroud of secrecy across many critical operations of the federal government–cloaking its own affairs from scrutiny and removing from the public domain …

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Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Senator to Introduce Bill to Verify E-Voting With Paper Records

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced her intention to introduce legislation in early 2004 to ensure that every vote counts, by requiring that e-voting machine manufacturers provide built-in, not expensive add-on, paper records to verify the accuracy and security of the machines. Note: on May 22, 2003 Rep. Holt introduced the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility …

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Subjects: E-Government

Concerns Over E-Voting Prompt Addition of Paper Receipts

Dean Heller, Nevada Secretary of State, issued a news release December 10 on his decision to purchase Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machines from Sequoia Voting Systems, and to require the inclusion of “voter verifiable receipt” technology to accompany each machine. This makes Nevada the first state to adopt such a requirement, and reflects growing …

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Subjects: E-Government

Largest E-Voting Machine Vendors Launch Trade Group to Counter Negative Press

Voting-Machine Makers To Fight Security Criticism From ZDNet: “As electronic voting machines prepare to go to the polls in large numbers, major vendors are collaborating to shore up support for them.” [Link] See the Information Technology Association of America Election Technology Council Press Kit, which includes a Press Release, a Statement of Principles, ETC Leadership …

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Subjects: E-Government

Continued Controversy in Sale of Mexican Voter Database to U.S. Vendor

From EPIC: “EPIC has obtained a message under the Freedom of Information Act from the American Embassy in Mexico to US government officials regarding the acquisition of Mexican’s personal information by ChoicePoint. The message alerted the White House, the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies that Mexican newspapers and political leaders objected to the …

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Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Privacy
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