In New Twist on E-Gov, States Sell Goods on e-Bay
Cash-strapped states and localities nationwide are turning to eBay to sell everything from yachts to unclaimed goods in the possession of police departments, according to USA Today.
Category «E-Government»
Review of E-Gov in 2003
Government officials and observers report on the progress made under the E-Gov Act of 2002 The President signed the E-Government Act on December 17, 2002. IRS leading the pack in privacy beSpacific postings on e-government since September 2002.
Essay on Information Law
Information Quality and the Law, or, How to Catch a Difficult Horse: “This essay seeks to provide, first, a brief overview over the genesis and content of the Federal Data Quality Act and the implementing OMB Guidelines. Second, against this background, the article examines this set of rules and regulations from the viewpoint of whatat …
E-Voting Not Ready for Prime Time
Dr. Avi Rubin of the Johns Hopkins’ Information Security Institute gave the keynote today, Electronic Voting: A case study of how closed systems fail, at the Secure Trusted Operating System Consortium Symposium underway at George Washington University. Dr. Rubin’s research identified critical security flaws in e-voting machine manufacturer Diebold Inc.’s software. The company announced this …
CRS Accessibility Act Introduced
On November 21, Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) introduced the Congressional Research Accessibility Act (H.R. 3630), To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain information available through the Congressional Research Service Web site. The press release from Rep. Shays states: “CRS products are created with taxpayers’ dollars and …
New Washington, DC Portal Excels With Many New Features
The redesigned website for Washington, DC was recently honored by the Center for Digital Government as the Best of the Web city portal. The site has more than 120,000 pages, available in seven languages, in addition to English, and receives in excess of 100 million annual visits (yeh DC!). Content is arranged into the following …
Personal Data and Florida/NH E-Court Docs.
The Tampa Tribune reported on November 26 (the article is now in the archives $$) that the Florida Supreme Court appointed a committee, chaired by Jon Mills, to determine new procedures to address privacy issues related to the release of personal data in electronic court records. From the Florida State Supreme Court Press Information webpage, …
Diebold Withdraws Lawsuit Over E-Voting Machine Documents
From the EFF: Diebold Backs Down, Won’t Sue on Publication of Electronic Voting Machine Flaws: “Voting machine company Diebold Systems, Inc., agreed today in federal court not to sue or send any further legal threats to anyone who publishes their corporate email archive indicating flaws in Diebold’s voting machines and irregularities with certifying the systems …
IRS to Implement New E-Service for Tax Professionals
This article from today’s New York Times indicates that the IRS plans to implement an Electronic Account Resolution program for tax professionals by spring 2004. From the IRS website: “Electronic Account Resolution allows tax professionals to expedite closure on clients’ account problems by electronically sending/receiving account related inquiries. Tax professionals may inquire about individual or …
Preserving Web-Based Government Data for Public Use
A new project report from the California Digital Library (CDL) “proposes a web-archiving service model in which libraries build archives of web-based materials to their own design (that is, in a manner that meets their local collecting aims, users’ requirements, and institutional capacities) using a suite of utility tools.” See Web-Based Government Information, Evaluating Solutions …
JetBlue Passenger Data Investigation Widens
According to Wired, the privacy controversy caused by JetBlue’s release of 5 million passenger records to a defense department contractor has triggered an Army investigation into possible Privacy Act violations.
E-Voting Machine Case Remains in Spotlight
As a follow-up to my posting, E-Voting Machine Co. Docs. on Product Flaws Published on Web, this evening an EFF press release announced that Judge Jeremy Foley, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California scheduled a meeting of the parties, via telephone conference, for December 1. This action follows Diebold’s decision to withdraw the cease …
