Obama Releases National Strategy For Information Sharing 83
wiredmikey writes "President Obama on Wednesday released a national strategy designed to balance the sharing of information with those who need it to keep the country safe, while protecting the same data from those who would use it to cause harm. 'The National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding' outlines how the government will attempt to responsibly share and protect data that enhances national security and protects the American people. The national strategy will define how the federal government and its assorted departments and agencies share their data. Agencies can also share services and work towards data and network interoperability to be more efficient, the President said. The President aimed to address concerns over Privacy by noting, 'This strategy makes it clear that the individual privacy, civil rights and civil liberties of United States persons must be — and will be — protected.' The full document is available here in PDF format from the White House website."
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Re:Finally Government Transparency (Score:2, Informative)
Wait, what? Just because the government has a strategy for sharing information, doesn't mean it will. I wouldn't expect any change in transparency if I were you. In contrast, the first thing I see happening with this is that any cock-ups will be considered and labeled "harmful for public release" and sites like Wikileaks being more necessary than ever. Remember, rules will be abused by people when possible. Last time I checked, It's still people you're talking about here.
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Re:Finally Government Transparency (Score:2, Informative)
Finally we get transparency in government while at the same time the average citizen will be free from unwarranted and ubiquitous surveillance.
Any other president, including Bush, could take lessons from Obama on how to eradicate all remaining government transparency (by hunting down every whistleblower that dares to make a peep). So forgive me if I am not optimistic.
This almost seems to good to be true. It almost seems as if I'm dreaming. It doesn't seem real: A government we can trust.
If it is too good to be true - it is.
But please tell me you are joking. Why is your post rated Insightful? Moderators?
Re:Finally Government Transparency (Score:4, Informative)
Re: "keep the country safe"
The people we most need to keep the country safe from are the ones setting these policies. I hope they have OUR best interests at heart.