Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 09:24:52 -0700 From: t byfield <tbyfield at panix.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 99 00:45 CDT To: <cu-digest at weber.ucsd.edu> From: Cu Digest (<tk0jut2 at mvs.cso.niu.edu>) <TK0JUT2 at MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU> Subject: Cu Digest #11.33, Wed 21 Jul 99 Resent-From: <cu-digest at weber.ucsd.edu>
Computer underground Digest Wed 21 July, 1999 Volume 11 : Issue 33
ISSN 1004-042X
Editor: Jim Thomas (<cudigest at sun.soci.niu.edu>)
News Editor: Gordon Meyer (<gmeyer at sun.soci.niu.edu>)
Archivist: Brendan Kehoe
Curryg Editor: Etaion Shrdlu, III
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Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala
Ian Dickinson
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CONTENTS, #11.33 (Wed, 21 July, 1999)
File 1--Looking for a Commercial Code Cracker File 2--Policy Post 5.13 -- Government Documents Wanted! CDT and OMB
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:02:20 -0400 From: Ari Schwartz <ari at CDT.ORG> Subject: File *&*--Policy Post 5.13 -- Government Documents Wanted! CDT and OMB
C D T P O L I C Y P O S T Volume 5, Number 13 June 28, 1999 Excerpts may be re-posted with permission of <ari at cdt.org> This document is also available at: <http://www.cdt.org/publications/pp_5.13.html>
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(1) CDT AND OMB WATCH SEEK MISSING GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Is the federal government putting on the Internet the information that you need? Are there categories of unclassified information - data you know exist on paper or in government computers - that would be of value to the public if posted and regularly updated on an agency's Web site? CDT and OMB Watch are seeking to identify the 10 most wanted government documents, reports or data sets that should be on the Web - but are missing in action due to the failure of the government to use the Internet fully.
The Internet has obvious advantages for making government information available to the public at no cost. But the record of federal usage of the Internet is spotty. We know that there are documents of obvious public interest that the government has not yet put online.
For example, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) uses taxpayer dollars to produce excellent reports on public policy issues ranging from foreign affairs to agriculture to health care. These reports are posted online, but on an internal system available only to Congressional offices through a password. Citizens can order these reports through their member of Congress, but only by mail, and the general public cannot search through past reports. Some listings of reports are haphazardly made available, but, basically, you have to guess whether there is a report on a subject of concern to you. What a waste - making it difficult to know what research has been done and wasting more taxpayer dollars through requesting the reports in hardcopy.
Many people are concerned that government agencies are not putting documents on the Internet that that they are required by law to make available to the public in electronic form. Others have pointed out specific courts and court opinions that have not been made available to the public on the Net.
For more information on the Public's Right-to-Know, please see CDT' Access to Government Information page: <http://www.cdt.org/righttoknow/>
and OMB Watch's Information Policy page: <http://ombwatch.org/www/ombw/info/govhome.html>
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(2) WHAT YOU CAN DO!
To bring pressure to bear on the government to make better use of the Internet, CDT and OMB Watch are searching for categories of information that would significantly benefit researchers, reporters, communities and individuals. Send us your nomination: a report written by a federal agency, maps or data sets created through government research projects, or judicial decisions and court proceedings that are available on paper but not online. We will pick the ten most egregious cases and then we will use OMB, the Congress and the media to publicize them until the agencies respond.
Either fill out the brief form at <http://www.cdt.org/righttoknow/10mostwanted> Or simply send a message to <10mostwanted at cdt.org> by August 1, 1999. Tell us if you are a researcher or student, a government employee, or just a concerned citizen. Please also let us know if you work for an organization or if you are just representing yourself. Your name will be kept confidential.
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