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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. I would have liked to read the article... by Advocadus+Diaboli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... but I only get a form that asks too much of personal data for my taste.

  2. Re:+1 Ontopic on the MQR standard by io333 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I agree. The off topic mod on this insightful post was uncalled for.

  3. Re:Liberals by bmongar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I could have sworn it was 47% of statistics that were made up

    Could have been, I just made the statistic up anyway.

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  4. Ever since Spider-Man I've been confused by aztektum · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Is libel print or is that slander?

    :P

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