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https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/01/16/open-source-for-good-governme...
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Might be a reason to long-term require all software used be open source and for that matter make it easy for a user to confirm that the system in use real-time is the system that's open-sourced too.
How do you allow a user to confirm this in real time? Hash displayed on th screen?
A better outcome for this type of system would be a pre-election and post-election verification of each machine (which isn't unreasonable since the number of machines is far less than the number of ballots) in which interested agents from each party/group could be present during the verification process (and use their own machine if they desire) to ensure that all the digital signatures match and there's no foul play.
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The first two look reasonable, but after that it goes downhill. "The release of the item would create an identifiable risk to the stability, security, or integrity of the agency’s systems or personnel" means "I don't feel like it and you can't make me."
I'm probably misreading it, but "the integrity of the agency's personnel" makes it sound like "the in-house developers wrote terrible code and people will criticize them for it".
The intent seems good, but the details will be everything.
It seems like they've cut a wide swath for (probably) exempting the most interesting of the software that could have been developed in the open. > Applicable exceptions are as follows: > The release of the item is restricted by another statute or regulation, such as the Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulation, or the laws and regulations governing classified information; > The…
Of course there are many exemptions. Did you expect them to release the F-22 source code or NSA PRISM architecture?
Guess I'm going to lawyer up again..
Heh. I submitted a FOIA request two weeks ago for code for a $100M system used for storing parking ticket data. They have 5 days to ask for an extension, but they haven't even responded with that. Guess I'm going to lawyer up again..
Heh. I submitted a FOIA request two weeks ago for code for a $100M system used for storing parking ticket data. They have 5 days to ask for an extension, but they haven't even responded with that. Guess I'm going to lawyer up again..
What is the penalty for not responding in time?
Example - I did a FOIA that was rejected absurdly unfairly. Going through the attorney general took about 6 months to hear a response back, which Chicago's lawyer then used essentially a mistype to throw that request out. 8 months in total there. Fast forward 6 months later and we have a court date with a lot of small things in between then and now.
Heh. I submitted a FOIA request two weeks ago for code for a $100M system used for storing parking ticket data. They have 5 days to ask for an extension, but they haven't even responded with that. Guess I'm going to lawyer up again..
What is the penalty for not responding in time?