Showing posts with label transparency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transparency. Show all posts
FCC Chair Appears To Be Hellbent On Internet Takeover
by Andrew Johnson. Two prominent House committee chairs are “deeply disappointed” in Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler for refusing to testify before Congress as “the future of the Internet is at stake.” Wheeler’s refusal to go before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday comes on the eve of the FCC’s vote on ... MOREPeter Schroeder: Yellen Strongly Opposes Audit Of The Fed
Keeping us peons in the dark. Janet Yellen made a lengthy case Tuesday against legislation to “Audit the Fed.” Yellen
argued that legislation offered by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) would make
the Fed less effective and, as a result, harm the U.S. economy as well. “I
want to be completely clear that I strongly oppose ‘Audit the Fed,’”
she ... MOREKen Silva: The Government's War On Freedom Of The Press
Transparency in the crosshairs. The U.S. plummeted to a dismal 49th place on the Reporters
Without Borders annual Press Freedom Index,
marking the country’s second lowest ranking since the list was
created in 2002 and its lowest since 2006. Other countries ranked
in the 40s and 50s include Haiti, Mongolia, and Chile. The index cited “judicial ... MOREStepen Dinan: White House That Promised Transparency Refuses To Cooperate With The Congressional IRS Probe
How to behave when the truth is not on your side. The White House told Congress
last week it refused to dig into its computers for emails that could
shed light on what kinds of private taxpayer information the IRS shares with President Obama’s top aides, assuring Congress that the IRS will address the issue — eventually. The tax agency has ... MOREA Search Engine That Brings The Dark Web To Light
by Mark Stockley. The Dark Web is reflecting a little more light these days. On Monday I wrote about Memex, DARPA's Deep Web search engine.
Memex is a sophisticated tool set that has been in the hands of a few
select law enforcement agencies for a year now, but it isn't available
to regular users like you and me. There is another search engine ... MOREAfter Whistleblowers Expose Stunning Instances Of Abuse, Florida Prison Officials Crack Down . . . On Whistleblowers
by Mary Ellen Klaus and Julie Brown. The tyranny is always at odds with transparency. Two days after Florida legislators asked a series of probing questions of the top inspector at the Department of Corrections, the agency has banned inspectors from discussing any investigations, releasing any public records relating to agency probes, or even ... MOREEd Krayewski: Help The Cops Chill Out
Policing can be more compatible with liberty. An Associated Press poll conducted last month found that the
police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, which led to
protests in Ferguson, New York City, and around the country, ranked
as the "top
news story of 2014." Nevertheless, the issue of police brutality
is not new and, ... MOREVIDEO: Nanny Of The Year 2014 - And The Winner Is ....
Who is the most outrageous busybody trying to mind YOUR own business?
VIDEO: The Transparency Of Our Public Servants
Senator Harry Reid is asked how he got rich on a government salary.
VIDEO: Nanny Of The Month - September 2014
The strained relationship of government and transparency.
Fed Watchdogs Stonewalled By Obama Administration
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The truth must not be their friend. Independent watchdogs from federal agencies decried on Tuesday what they said were Obama administration efforts to delay or stall their investigations. A letter to Congress from dozens of inspectors general cites specific instances in which watchdogs for the Justice Department, Environmental ... MORE
Brenda Craig: Before You Blow The Whistle - Read This
A very risky business. Washington, DC: Computer systems analyst and former National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, unleashed an unprecedented volume of government secrets and became the world’s best-known whistleblower. Some of the details of American security operations are simply embarrassing. In other cases, the ... MORENo Magic Strong Enough To Make IRS E-mails Vanish
by Adriana Cohen. Another federal fairy tale. In a highly suspect news dump, the IRS announced days ago that years
of critical emails that took place between disgraced former IRS official
Lois Lerner and key players in government tied to the IRS targeting
scandal have “magically” disappeared. Even Democrats aren’t buying it. Everyone
knows ... MORE
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