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Bill Would Require Public Information To Be Online
Andurin writes "A bill that was introduced in the US House of Representatives last week would require all Executive Branch agencies to publish public information on the Internet in a timely fashion and in user-friendly formats. The Public Online Information Act would also establish an advisory committee to help craft Internet publication policies for the entire US government, including Congress and the Supreme Court. Citizens would have a limited, private right of action to compel the government to release public information online, though common sense exceptions (similar to those for FOIA) would remain in place."
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Rush Limbaugh sayz: "Government loves PDFs because they aren't searchable".
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Depends who you ask.
Democrats will say that anything that makes them look bad shouldn't be "public". Anything that makes them look good should be, however.
Republicans will say that everything should be secret. No matter what they do, it makes them look bad.
That sounds like a nasty cough.
You should see a doctor.
Brain surgery - it's not rocket science!
Gates or Clinton?
Or (Heaven forfend) O'Reilly?
-dZ.
Carol vs. Ghost
in three months or so eh?