Lyle Denniston discusses the National Aeronautics and Space Administration v. Nelson case that is scheduled for oral argument on Tuesday. The Supreme Court will explore the concept of “informational privacy” — that is, protection of private and personal facts about an individual — in the context of government background checks. The case of National Aeronautics…
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SCOTUS to hear NASA/JPL background check dispute Tuesday
Nora Swanson reports on a case that PogoWasRight.org has been covering since it started in 2007 (archive, recent): The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments from NASA contractors who claim the government has violated their privacy with intrusive background checks. The case involves 28 California Institute of Technology scientists, under contract with NASA at…
‘Pre-crime’ Comes to the HR Dept.
Mike Elgan writes: In the Steven Spielberg movie Minority Report, police belonging to a special Pre-crime unit arrest people for crimes they would do in the future. It’s science fiction, and it will probably never happen in our lifetimes. However, the pre-crime concept is coming very soon to the world of Human Resources (HR) and employee…
L.A. County delays release of names and salaries of its highest-paid employees
Rong-Gong Lin II reports: Los Angeles County officials are taking steps to keep secret the names and salaries of some highly paid county employees, saying they need more time to comply with public records law to protect workers who claim that disclosure could put them at risk. The response came after The Times asked for…