zokuga - Slashdot User

Submission + - How Edward Tufte came to the defense of Aaron Swartz (danwin.com)

Submitted by zokuga on Sunday January 20, 2013 @01:55PM

zokuga writes: Data visualization pioneer Edward Tufte spoke at hacker-activist Aaron Swartz's public memorial. In his message, he described how he came to know Swartz at Stanford and how Tufte's own college hacking exploits had the potential to ruin his own life.

Submission + - TSA Puts Off Safety Study of X-ray Body Scanners (propublica.org)

Submitted by zokuga on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @04:22PM

zokuga writes: ProPublica reports that the TSA is backing off a previous promise to conduct a new independent study of X-ray body scanners used at airport security lanes around the country. Earlier this month, an investigation found that TSA had glossed over research about the risks from the X-rays.

Submission + - $18M Contract For Transparency Website Blacked Out (propublica.org) 2

Submitted by

zokuga

on Thursday August 13, 2009 @11:25AM

zokuga writes: "The U.S. government recently approved an $18 million contract for Smartronix to build a website where taxpayers could easily track billions in federal stimulus money, as part of President Obama's promise to make government more transparent through the Internet.

However, the contract, which was released only through repeated Freedom of Information Act requests, is itself heavily blacked out. ProPublica reports:
After weeks of prodding by ProPublica and other organizations, the Government Services Agency released copies of the contract and related documents that are so heavily blacked out they are virtually worthless.

In all, 25 pages of a 59-page technical proposal — the main document in the package — were redacted completely. Of the remaining pages, 14 had half or more of their content blacked out.

Sections that were heavily or entirely redacted dealt with subjects such as site navigation, user experience, and everything in the pricing table.

The entire contract, in all its blacked-out glory, is here"

Slashdot Top Deals