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Data Quality Act

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-quantity dept.

The New York Times has a heads-up about a little-noticed add-on to a massive appropriations bill, signed into law by Clinton but taking effect in October. The amendment allows anyone to challenge data published by the Federal government and have it changed or deleted. The main proponents of the law are pro-business groups seeking to tie up environmental and similar regulations by challenging the government's data.

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  1. Slashdotted... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe they should've made a server quality act. Google cache here

  2. Re:Can We Callanmge the SEC and FAASB? by bafu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Spot the straw man time, anyone who disagrees with US policy is anti-american, if not a member of Al-Qaeda!

    Well, I must bow to you on this one. You are so good at it that you can spot strawmen that even the poster wasn't aware of. Bravo!

    Have fun nursing your hatred... it's coming along really well.

  3. Re:Can We Callanmge the SEC and FAASB? by Zeinfeld · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Spot the straw man time, anyone who disagrees with US policy is anti-american, if not a member of Al-Qaeda!
    Well, I must bow to you on this one. You are so good at it that you can spot strawmen that even the poster wasn't aware of. Bravo!
    Have fun nursing your hatred... it's coming along really well.

    Republican spin technique at work here. First you claim that anyone who disagrees with Bush administration policy 'hates America', then when called on it you deny the accusation while simultaneously repeating it.

    I note that you don't dispute the facts of the post, all you do is resort to name calling.

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