eVote Tampering - So easy even a monkey could do it!.
Critics of the Diebold touch-screen voting machines turned their attention Wednesday from the machines themselves to the computers that will tally the final vote, saying the outcome is so easy to manipulate that even a monkey could do it. And... [more]
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Campaign Finance Fun.
Funny and somewhat scary Fund Race uses freely available data from the FEC on campaign contributions. You can search by zip code, address, or even name, to find who is donating, to which candidate, and how much. Find out if... [more]
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GPO signs on to using PKI.
One of the issues regarding information on the web is ensuring authenticity, especially in regards to government information. The GPO recently announced they will be soon begin using public-key infrastructure and digital signatures to ensure authenticity of documents released online.... [more]
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Department of Interior websites shut down for security reasons.
A federal judge in Washington yesterday ordered the Interior Department to shut down most of its employees' Internet access and some of its public Web sites after concluding that the agency has failed to fix computer security problems that threaten... [more]
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Feedback on NARA eGov policies saught.
The Electronic Records Policy Working Group is inviting interested persons to provide their written views on issues relating to implementing section 207(e)(1)(A) of the E-Government Act of 2002. That section calls for ``the adoption by agencies of policies and procedures... [more]
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Child Left Behind?.
Curious as to the success (or failure) of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act? School Results is a public-private collaboration to provide data from the first rounds of NCLB initiatives and standardized testing. The project is funded by the... [more]
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Give the people what they want.
I've mentioned in the past the number of people Googling to the site to find information about felony offender registries and the official Tennesse (a misspelling of Tennessee) state site. Since then, the new common search is for the Tennesse... [more]
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Search Interoperability Standards.
The E-Government Act of 2002 calls for the U.S. Federal Government to enhance interoperability by adopting a common search standard. The Categorization of Government Information Workgroup has just finished the second version of their Statement of Requirements for Search Interoperability... [more]
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Do Not Call List upheld.
The on again, off again Federal Do Not Cal List is now officially, and permanently, on again. Earlier this week a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the FTC and FCC's registry does not violate the telephone solicitors First... [more]
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Felony offender registries
Excellence.Gov “Top 5” Award Winners
Michigan Primary eVoting Test
Federal eGov fund $92 million short
Military eVoting Pilot Postponed
Eh, Guv'nor?
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