Amelia Vance writes: Today, the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking released their final report. The Commission was created through bi-partisan legislation in 2016 to “consider how to strengthen government’s evidence-building and policymaking efforts” (page 16). One of the key issues that the Commission heard from advocates on all sides about whether to overturn the current federal ban…
Category: Govt
GAO to agencies: Stop using Social Security numbers for everything
Adam Stone reports: Federal agencies continue to over-collect, over-use and over-display Social Security numbers, leading to the an unnecessarily high risk of identity theft. That’s the latest from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. In a recent report GAO declares that a decade’s worth of effort to pare the use of SSNs in government has had…
What the DreamHost/DOJ Battle Says About Search Warrants in the Digital Age
Rhys Dipshan writes: A battle over a DOJ’s search warrant highlights the ongoing struggles to define the scope of search warrants and First and Fourth Amendment rights in the digital age. Web service provider DreamHost’s refusal to comply with a search warrant issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) has garnered much attention in the technology world. The company hosts protest…
DOJ amends request for data from anti-Trump site
Stephanie Condon reports: The US Justice Department on Tuesday defended its right to request data on the visitors of an anti-Trump website, asking a court to compel the web host provider DreamHost to comply with the warrant. At the same time, the DOJ asked the court to modify its request so that it allays concerns…