Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 22:32:58 -0700 From: Jim Warren Subject: GovAccess.075: commun. svcs, voter rcds, gov finance, med, Canada, etc. COMMUNITY-WIDE EDUCATION & INFORMATION SERVICES - DISCUSSION LIST >From owner-new-list@VM1.NODAK.EDU Mon Sep 19 08:33:31 1994 From: Tamara Blaschko Subject: NEW: CWEIS - Community Wide Education and Information Services CWEIS on LISTPROC@MTN.ORG Community Wide Education and Information Services (CWEIS) CWEIS is an unmoderated discussion list for the discussion of the Community Wide Education and Information Services (CWEIS) initiative. The purpose of the list is to facilitate discussion between various communities engaged in CWEIS projects, provide a place for community participation in the design of the CWEIS projects and to review CWEIS's role in the community information services movement. Twelve community computer networking projects were funded across the nation, launching an initiative designed to develop and encourage free public access to education and information on-line services, and using local public radio and television stations as a nucleus. The 12 winning projects, selected by CPB from among 90 proposals submitted by local public stations in 38 states, are located in Alaska, California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington. The initiative calls for regional, state and local public interest institutions such as schools libraries, museums, medical centers and local governments to join with local public radio or television stations. Help build a community-based telecommunications infrastructure that will provide access to essential services on the information superhighway. This project is supported in part with funds provided by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in partnership with U S WEST. The list is sponsored by the Minneapolis Telecommunications Network (MTN) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) community networking initiative. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private, nonprofit corporation that oversees the growth of taxpayer-supported public radio, television, and on-line services for the American people. Minneapolis Telecommunications Network (MTN) is a nonprofit cable access center in Minneapolis providing telecommunications training and Internet connections to nonprofit organizations, schools and government and public access terminals in local libraries, community centers and nonprofit organizations. To subscribe to this list, send the following command to LISTPROC@MTN.ORG in the BODY of an electronic mail message: SUBSCRIBE CWEIS Your Realname For example: SUBSCRIBE CWEIS Jane Doe Owners: Tamara Blaschko trb@mtn.org John Ladwig jladwig@mtn.org ------------------------------ PRIVACY OF VOTERS' SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS VERSUS UNION DEMANDS [This is old, but illustrates some significant public-access issues. It is posted here with the writer's explicit permission. --jim] >From bgraham@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Fri Jul 8 20:54:12 1994 Subject: Computer Privacy To: Marc Rotenberg , willis@iris.rand.org, jwarren@well.sf.ca.us Willis H. Ware, RAND Marc Rotenberg, CPSR Jim Warren, CPSR Janlori Goldman, EFF The last time I communicated with all of you I was "waging" a battle with one of the unions. They wanted SSN included with the Hawaii Voter Registration information they were asking for on a magnetic tape copy of the file. My staff runs the computers for the City & County of Honolulu and does this work, that's how I get in the loop. Final result of that battle was the union backed off -- didn't try to take me to court, didn't lobby the legislature for it, did try to get higher-ups to pressure me. The latest thing that has happened locally is that one City agency match their data against the data of another agency to determine a missing set and used this for a mailing. Even though the cause was laudable it raised the specter of invasion of privacy -- and they are right. I should have stopped it but it slipped past me. The second issue is the pervasive use of SSN here. It is used as the key for Voter Registration, for Drivers License and is even the account number for our credit union. The first issue, the matching of different agencies files, is only being prevented by the vigilance of individuals. There are no laws preventing this. The litmus test that many are generally recognizing and agreeing on is -- is the data being used for what it was captured for? This needs to be incorporated in law. There also needs to be a law governing the use in Hawaii, both public and private, of SSN. My boss, the Mayor of Honolulu, recognizes the problem and has told me to go ahead with it. There are private citizens in the community willing to work this issue. What I'm asking you for is a draft of model legislation I can present to the next Legislature that will address either or both issues. What do you have that can help me? Thanks and aloha, .-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-. |Robert (aka: Bob) B. Graham - NINC-HON Office: (808) 523-4500| |(Nerd-In-Chief Honolulu) Home: (808) 395-9360| |Director Dept. of Data Systems Internet: bgraham@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.edu| |City & County of Honolulu Prodigy: WTKW87A | .-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-. I have a vice, that vice is fishing - time stops, I'm in a different world. ------------------------------ FINANCENET - REINVENTING GOVERNMENT'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT!!! >From farber@eff.org Sat Jul 9 13:07:59 1994 To: interesting-people@eff.org (interesting-people mailing list) From: david.riggins@tpoint.com FinanceNet FinanceNet is your opportunity to participate directly in reinventing government financial management. We invite you to join together with other accountants, auditors and financial managers to share information and ideas for improving financial management throughout all levels of government. It's an Internet team that spans agencies and departments, crosses public-private sector boundaries and links Federal, state and local governments and professional financial management organizations. FinanceNet is associated with the NetResults network of people and reinvention teams at Vice President Gore's National Performance Review (NPR) in Washington, D.C. The mission of FinanceNet is to serve as a vehicle and catalyst for continuous improvements and innovations in government FinanceNet is your opportunity to participate directly in reinventing government financial management. We invite you to join together with other accountants, auditors and financial managers to share information and ideas for improving financial management throughout all levels of government. It's an Internet team that spans agencies and departments, crosses public-private sector boundaries and links Federal, state and local governments and professional financial management organizations. FinanceNet is associated with the NetResults network of people and reinvention teams at Vice President Gore's National Performance Review (NPR) in Washington, D.C. The mission of FinanceNet is to serve as a vehicle and catalyst for continuous improvements and innovations in government --> 1. Welcome to FinanceNet. 2. What's New?. 3. Upcoming Events and Announcements/ 4. Meeting Minutes and Highlights/ 5. Journals, Newsletters, Publications and Testimony/ 6. Current Federal Document Library/ 7. Archival Federal Document Library (under construction)/ 8. State and Local Document Libraries (under construction)/ 9. NetResults/ 10. National Performance Review/ 11. Federal Government Budget (Sunsite)/ 12. Other Useful Gopher Sites/ 13. FinanceNet USENET Newsgroups (under construction). 14. Evaluation and Comments. Name=FinanceNet (National Performance Review) Type=1 Port=72 Path= Host=gopher.financenet.gov URL: gopher://gopher.financenet.gov:72/1 Please understand that sites this new, often change their address. *** I do not represent this site...I just found it and thought it would be of interest. I make every attempt to identify the point of origin on every site I find. If I have made an error, please let me know. Also, I assume everyone reading this post will access the site via gopher. I have no idea (and do not attempt to find out) if the site supports public telnet access. David Riggins Gopher Jewels Project david.riggins@tpoint.com ------------------------------ PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHAB, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL & COMMUNITY SETTINGS >From owner-new-list@VM1.NODAK.EDU Thu Sep 22 07:58:29 1994 Sender: NEW-LIST - New List Announcements From: Bob Moore Subject: NEW: REHAB-RU - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation REHAB-RU on LISTSERV@UKCC Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation or LISTSERV@UKCC.UKY.EDU Physical medicine and rehabilitation, especially in rural and community settings, is the topic of the REHAB-RU list. The list is unmoderated and open to all who wish to share ideas, opinions, inquiries, and information related to the topic. The REHAB-RU list is provided by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, which serves a large population in Appalachia and other rural areas of our region. By default all information posted to REHAB-RU is in the public domain unless the author attaches a copyright notice. Archives of REHAB-RU mail items are kept in monthly files. You may obtain a list files in the archives by sending the command INDEX REHAB-RU in the BODY of e-mail to LISTSERV@ukcc on BITNET or to LISTSERV@ukcc.uky.edu on the Internet. To subscribe to REHAB-RU, send the following command to LISTSERV@ukcc or LISTSERV@ukcc.uky.edu in the BODY of e-mail: SUBSCRIBE REHAB-RU Yourfirstname Yourlastname For example: SUBSCRIBE REHAB-RU John Doe Owner: Robert W. Moore STR002@ukcc.uky.edu ------------------------------ ANOTHER VARIATION ON POLICE-STATE AMERIKA [fits nicely with nat'l wiretaps] >From Banisar@epic.org Tue Jul 12 19:29:21 1994 [more from the email swamp] Subject: New National ID Card Proposal CBS Evening News just reported that Clinton has "tenatively signed off" on a National ID card recommended to him by a commission on immigration reform. The obstensive reason for the card is for employment and immigration. Each card will contain a name, photo, mag stripe with info and a "verified SSN." It was supported by Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a long-time supporter of id cards. Gov. Pete Wilson of California has apparently offered to make California a test-bed for the proposal. The proposal was opposed by Xavier Beccera, a Congressman from California. A previous effort to impose a national id card was rejected by Congress in 1986. EPIC is working with Privacy International to investigate this report. PI has led successful campaigns aginst national id cards in Australia, New Zealand, and the Phillipines. In Australia, the PI-led campaign led to the dissolution of both houses of the federal Parliament in 1987 after hundrends of thousands marched in protest. The Australian campaign brought together groups from all parts of the political spectrum from the Communist Party to the Libertarian Alliance, farmers and conservation groups, rock stars, academics, large businesses such as banks and mining corporations, but the overwhelming support came from the public who created the biggest civil protest in Australian history. David Banisar (banisar@epic.org) Electronic Privacy Information Center 666 Penn. Ave, SE #301, Washington, DC 20003 202-544-9240 (v) 202-547-5482 (f) ------------------------------ CANADIAN STATISTICAL DATA & PUBLICATIONS >From owner-new-list@VM1.NODAK.EDU Fri Jul 15 11:32:56 1994 From: Jackie Godfrey Subject: NEW: Daily - Statistics Canada Daily information. Daily on listproc@statcan.ca The Daily is the vehicle for first (official) release of statistical data and publications produced by Statistics Canada. It provides analysis of newly released data along with source information for more detailed facts. 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To subscribe to the list, send a message to listproc@statcan.ca with the subject line blank and the body of the message containing subscribe daily Firstname Lastname Owner: Michael Thoen thoemic@statcan.ca Dissemination Division Statistics Canada Ottawa, Ontario Canada ------------------------------ POINTER TO INFO INDUSTRY'S POLICY DISCUSSIONS >From iia.ipo@his.com Fri Jul 15 14:59:21 1994 Organization: Heller Information Services, Inc., Rockville MD Subject: INFORMATION POLICY ONLINE-JULY iiiiii iiiiii a INFORMATION POLICY ONLINE ii ii aaa ii ii aaa An Internet Newsletter ii ii aaa published by the ii ii aaaaaaaaa Information Industry Association ii ii aaa 555 New Jersey Ave., N.W. ii ii aaa Washington, DC 20001 ii ii aaa Internet: iiiiii iiiiii aaaaaaa Volume 1, Number 5, July 1994 *** IN THIS ISSUE: [1] Administration NII Copyright Report Hailed [2] House OKs Telecom Reform [3] High Court Nixes Forebearance [4] NRENaissance: Observations of a Committee Member, by Cynthia H. 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