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http://simondickson.wordpress.com [I’m Simon Dickson.] Worth noting another new BBC blog - this time Open Secrets, by Martin Rosenbaum - 'a BBC journalist who specialises in freedom of information', based in Westminster. It's a nice touch for the government transparency specialist to be transparent about his own work.

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Cryptomehttp://cryptome.org  Cryptome: In itsmotion seeking intervention, posted on the court's Web site, the governmentsaid the interests of the parties in the lawsuit "may well be in the disclosureof state secrets" in their effort to present their claims or defenses. "Onlythe United States is in a position to protect against the disclosure ofinformation over which it has asserted the state secrets privilege, and theUnited States is the only entity properly positioned to explain why continuedlitigation of the matter threatens the national security," said the motion,dated May 12. (via Cosmos)

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http://www.isolani.co.uk/blog [isolani - Weblogs] Accessibility in the News: November 2005: After Massachusetts Office on Disability director Myra Berloff testified that her office was not consulted during the decision making process, the decision took a drubbing from two men with disabilities - Gerry Berrier (Bay State Council for the Blind) and John Winske (Disability Policy Counsel). The concern is that, if enforced, the new policy will result in a step backwards when it comes to the accessibility of computers to state employees with disabilities (an issue I will cover in painstaking detail in another blog).

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[Dailysummit.net] The Daily Summit - Unlocking the World Summit on the Information ...: Less than 2 hours since the confirmation from Paul Bremer, the BBC World Service Talking Point programme was broadcasting live emails and phone calls from people all over the world - ranging from Malaysia, Iran, the UK, Uganda and Iraq.

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