As a follow-up to a news story posted last week, a reader kindly sends in this link to a New York Times story by Debra Kahn: The Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance (pdf) yesterday that deems the installation of smart meters a public nuisance in some areas. The law applies to unincorporated…
Category: Govt
Montana Supreme Court considers access restrictions
Matt Volz of the Associated Press reports: The Montana Supreme Court is considering restrictions to public access of certain information now available throughout the court system, including a proposal to seal all documents filed in family law cases except for final orders. […] State Law Librarian Judith Meadows, one of the authors of the proposals,…
Chaffetz to get oversight of TSA
Matt Canham and Thomas Burr report: The Transportation Security Administration’s biggest congressional critic will soon take charge of the House panel that oversees the agency. The congressman, first elected in 2008, has been vocal in his outrage over the TSA’s whole-body-imaging machines, which allow screeners to peer through a passenger’s clothes. He also ended up…
Obama nominates two to privacy board
I think CNET’s headline of “Obama privacy board gets members after two years” was a bit of an overstatement, but it’s true that after two years in office, President Obama has finally named two appointees to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The Board has sat empty since 2008. Declan McCullagh reports: But it wasn’t until…