I’m going to be on a panel on open government at the U.S. Capitol on March 12 to kick off Sunshine Week.
Full details here: Come to the U.S. Capitol for an Open Government “State of the Union” during Sunshine Week 2020
E-PluribusUnum.org- Remote biosurveillance poses novel existential threats to civil libertiesFierceElectronics reports that Draganfly is claiming that their technologies can, when attached to a drone, detect fever, coughs, respiration, heart rate, & blood pressure for a given human at a distance. Put another way, this drone company is saying that … Continue reading →
- If disinformation is a public health risk, put lies into epistemic quarantineInforming the public during a pandemic has always been a challenge for public health officials, but the information landscape of 2020 has been polluted by the the Trump administration’s history of lying in ways that make response to the coronavirus … Continue reading →
- US FOIA Advisory Committee recommends agencies harmonize FOIA and open data programsYesterday, the United States Freedom of Information Act Advisory Committee met at the National Archives in Washington and approved a series of recommendations that would, if implemented, dramatically improve public access to public information. And in May, it will consider … Continue reading →
- Department of Justice Quietly Answers Senate Questions on FOIA RegressionDuring Sunshine Week in March 2019, members of the Senate Judiciary sent a letter to the Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy (OIP) that asked for information about the state of the Freedom of Information Act, noting a lack of … Continue reading →
- Digital technologies are disrupting democracies, for both good and illElon University and Pew Research Center asked experts what the impact of digital disruption will be upon democracy in 2030: Perspectives differ! About half predicted that humans will use technology to weaken democracy over the next decade, with concerns grounded … Continue reading →
- Bolton and the Toothless Specter of Executive Privilege in the Senate[Editor: This is a guest post by Kel McClanahan, the executive director of National Security Counselors and an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School, where he teaches Law of Secrecy. He can be found on Twitter at … Continue reading →
- GREAT Act News: Open Federal Grant Data Is The Default In The USACongress has quietly made an open, license-free identifier for the recipients of federal grants the default option for agencies in the United States. While truly open grant data is not mandatory, every agency must now decide whether to use non-proprietary … Continue reading →
- The US government should preserve the social media histories of officials, not delete themThis week, a new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took the oath of office, but not the access credentials for @FDACommissioner on Twitter. Instead, Dr. Stephen M. Hahn began tweeting at @SteveFDA, after FDA staff changed the … Continue reading →
- US FOIA Advisory Committee considers recommendations to part the rising curtains of secrecyGovernment secrecy, as measured by censorship or non-responsiveness under the Freedom of Information Act, is at an all-time high during the Trump administration. The Freedom of Information Act is getting worse under Trump for a variety of reasons. Continued secrecy … Continue reading →
- Snapchat’s political ad disclosure once again shows the limits of self-regulationLike Google, Facebook and Twitter, Snapchat now has an online political ad library. That’s good news: every technology company that accept money to run issues and campaign ads should have a political ad file – particularly one that has aspirations … Continue reading →
- Remote biosurveillance poses novel existential threats to civil liberties
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