Bill Would Require Public Information To Be Online 139
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."
Re:One place where they could mess up... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Funny thing about "common-sense exceptions"... (Score:3, Informative)
> The government pays me tax?
Yep: "In order to preserve total energy, the particle that fell into the black hole must have had a negative energy "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation [wikipedia.org]
See, it all works out, the government pays you taxes.
By the way, we have just issued you a payment of -38,889$
-The government
Re:Is PDF "user friendly"? (Score:5, Informative)
It is evil regardless of that — whether it is successful or not, the very attempt by the government to prevent me from printing a legal document is evil...
Actually, in the case of kpdf, it can be switched off: edit the share/config.kcfg/kpdf.kcfg (an XML-file), and flip the ObeyDRM switch from true to false.
Re:Funny thing about "common-sense exceptions"... (Score:3, Informative)
Are you taking into account other sources of revenue for private schools? Many of them raise money from alumni and/or are church-sponsored and also have their administration done in part by the church. You simply can't compare the tuition to the cost (even assuming your numbers are valid; I'd like to see a source).
And since it's timely: medicare is actually more efficient than private health insurance, and a LOT less goes to administration than at private insurers.
Re:Funny thing about "common-sense exceptions"... (Score:3, Informative)
Check your facts [capenet.org]. The only private high school where I live is significantly more expensive than you claim it to be. Try $10,700 [smrhs.org]/year. And that doesn't include books, uniforms, or anything other than tuition.