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WhiteHouse.gov to Track Users for Two Years
The White House modified its privacy policy for WhiteHouse.gov on June 3, 2011. The new policy is more than twice as long as the old policy. The new policy states the White House web site now uses persistent Google Analytics...
House Examines White House Cybersecurity Proposal
The House of Representatives has held two hearings on the White House legislative plan for cybersecurity. The House Oversight and House Judiciary Committees questioned government officials and members of private industry on the proposal. Committee members showed particular interest in...
White House Adopts Weird Opt-Out Privacy Policy for Public Access to Government Web Sites
The White House has announced a new "Clear Notice and Personal Choice" policy for the use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies for government web sites. The policy is remarkable in that there does not appear to be any legal...
White House Releases Open Government Directive
The White House announced a new Directive to promote transparency, collaboration, and accountability across the federal government. The Directive builds on President Obama's Open Government Memo, issued in January 2009. The Directive will establish benchmarks, and require agencies to create...
White House Announces New Transparency Policy for Visitor Logs
Today the White House announced a new policy to release the records of White House visitors, an initiative that is intended to promote open government. The White House will release information on all individuals who come to the White House...
White House Seeks Comments on Web Tracking, EPIC Urges Ban be Maintained on Persistent Identifiers
The Office of Management and Budget is seeking public comments on the use of Web tracking techniques on federal government websites. Government agencies are currently prohibited from using persistent identifiers, such as cookies, except when there is a compelling need....
Administration Moves to Second Phase of Open Government Directive
Last week, the White House received public comments in the First Phase of its open government proposal, "Brainstorming." The next phase, "Discussion," invites comments focusing on several transparency themes: principles, governance, access, data, and operations, to be followed by a...
EPIC Endorses Better Approaches on Government Transparency
In response to President Obama's plan to develop a new open government policy, EPIC submitted comments recommending that users are not tracked on government sites; promoting open government; allowing meaningful public participation in government decisions; stopping commercialization of personal data;...
