New FOIA Requests: CIA, DISA, CBP (November 8, 2015)
I filed a couple of FOIA requests this week: one to the CIA, one to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and to…
Category: Issues
TPP text is finally public and is it a doozy (November 6, 2015)
Following on New Zealand’s release of the TPP text, the US Trade Representative released the text in an even more difficult to review way.…
TSA: Watch List? Huh, what watch list? (October 30, 2015)
I’m long overdue for a FOIA post, this one in particular. It was a FOIA/PA request to the TSA, who responded in a…
Full video of The Remote-Controlled Society available (October 29, 2015)
Cory Doctorow (science fiction author and Co-Editor of Boing Boing tech blog) and others spoke at the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University…
Today: Urge Your Friends to Stop CISA (October 27, 2015)
Following on the cloture vote on CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, the Senate is again considering amendments to it and a final vote.…
CISA passes Senate cloture vote, calls still needed (October 22, 2015)
Earlier today, the Senate’s cloture vote on CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, passed 83 to 14. It now advances to an up or…
Somerville Cryptoparty, Wed., 10/28, 6-9pm (October 22, 2015)
The September cryptoparty in Somerville had a good turn out and many people learned how to run a mesh network from their computer.…
Senate voting on CISA today. Tell them no! (October 21, 2015)
Yesterday, the Senate started debating CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. The Senate reconvenes at 9:30am and it will likely vote on it…
No CISA: Call Senators Warren & Markey Now (October 20, 2015)
CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, is expected to come up this afternoon for a vote in the Senate. Please call Sen. Warren…
The Remote-Controlled Society Video Available (October 19, 2015)
Cory Doctorow (science fiction author and Co-Editor of Boing Boing tech blog) and others spoke at the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University…