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Abolish Financial company "self-audits" for InfoSec - IC(2)
Sarbanes-Oxely attestations are signed by the CEO, yet the controls and compliance tests are performed and reported by lower-ranking employees. Having come from one of the largest and elite, reporting inaccuracies and glaring security gaps fell on deaf ears. This ultimately left card members (holders) at risk. Everyone at the top was more interested in their annual bonus, as opposed to being ethical and responsive to protection of the "general public at large". An external entity needs to perform the attestation of the "state of security" at these firms & companies as opposed to internal security practitioners and business heads.…
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Free beer for all programmers
A federally-issued beer stipend for citizens aged 21 years and over would undoubtedly result in a surge in open source software development, increasing the likelihood of government entities transitioning to open solutions as they become more robust and secure.
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become number one peace country in the world
change for ever the image of USA in the world, retire all militar presence and use this money for cure his people economic problem. The rest will come automatically...!
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Decomplicate Undersimplification
Does every voter have to have a friggin advanced degree to understand what they're voting for? What about all of the contracts we sign by clicking "I accept"? Smart people are making it harder, not easier, for the rest of us average types to get by in this world. Cut it out! The new CTO can use technology to empower people by bringing SIMPLER, SHORTER, MORE ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE TO BEAR as part of everything the government publishes and regulates. 6,922 votes.
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Establishes regulations for a legal online gambling system
Pseudo-legal online gaming has to end. Let's catch up with the rest of the world by legalizing and regulating Poker, Sportsbetting, and other online gambling.
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name an underchief of usability and information architecture
Whether it is the documentation of the government, the legislative process, voting systems, tax forms, you name it - the whole thing could use a 21st century information architect applying a user centered design approach.
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Offer higher incentives for Geothermal
"Solar" is a great buzz word, but the reality is that the technology has a far way to go still. Geothermal energy, on the other hand, already works and has the ability to do far greater good in northern climates than solar can on a dollar for dollar basis. Energy used to heat and cool building accounts for far greater pollution than cars do, and geothermal heat pumps can cut the amount of energy used for this down by 50-75%, and what's best, they do it in a cost effective way. We do need to find ways to create new…
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Should require that IT professionals be licensed to practice
This will ensure quality of the profession as the broad scope of IT services is always evolving. In addition, IT activities that are exempt today, may eventually shift into a practice area like research and development which will require more expertise.
Secondly, it will restrict the amount of individuals who can work in the field and encourage competence, dedication and integrity which are highly needed especially in areas like IT security. We cannot discount the fact that IT security plays a huge role in public safety with heightened public attention towards issues like identity theft.
And finally, these professionals must…6 votes -
Reinstate a modern "fairness doctrine"
OK, maybe this is not for the CTO to do, but for the FCC, but... Things have gone massively downhill in the media since the Reagan era repeal of the fairness doctrine. Since the airwaves are public property, and cable systems are monopolies granted by local gov'ts, there's a legitimate public interest in what goes on on both of them. Maybe the fairness doctrine wasn't exactly right as it was, but we need something in its place other than the plutocratic mode of allocation currently in place.
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Name the New Role: USG CTO
A cabinet level technology position would traditionally be called Secretary ... or in this case Secretary of Technology. Change things a bit and use the name US Federal Government Chief Technology Officer. Refer to the CTO and his/her Office as USG CTO.
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Prioritize data privacy
Just about every other industrialized country has a national agency with the job of protecting personal data privacy. While that model might not work in the U.S., the CTO should prioritize working (along with the FTC) to investigate privacy risks, set standards, and educate the public and policymakers.
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embrace open source software and hardware
Tap the ingenuity of open source community to create, develop, maintain, and compete in public policy decisions.
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Federal to Local Technical Leadership Council
An open-minded council of technologists, community organizers, market and sociological experts whose purpose is the discovery and design of a unified system for public dialog and data. This ensures visibility for all expressed citizen needs and all governmental initiatives and decisions on national, state and local levels.
Gross abuse of power is mitigated by the ability to compare rhetoric and promises to documented action. More relevant decision making is developed by aggregating diverse public sentiment and real-worldexamples of the causes and impacts of imbalanced policy and social practices.
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Online privacy standards: Update ECPA
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act was passed in 1986. The Internet has changed a great deal since then. Privacy standards have been left mainly in the hands of courts, which widely differ as to what they consider within ECPA's scope. These decisions have immense implications for users' privacy rights online. (Unread email, for example, has been held to two different standards of privacy-- the stricter standard of the Wiretapping Act, and the considerably laxer standard of the Stored Communications Act.) It is extremely important that a new CTO get ECPA back on the radar, and update U.S. privacy policy as…
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Connect UPC barcodes and the Internet
People shop frequently online, but the products they desire might be just a few blocks away. If there is a system for locating the item by essentially geo-tagging inventories using bar scanners one could locate anything with a UPC code. If UPC barcodes had a global management system people could reliably know how to locate any item by distance and even price. Possibly even know if the item is in stock.
This would be saving on shipping, help all merchants get visibility if they carry the product, and balance unfair pricing.
Pricing accountability is no different then online shopping --…
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Provide free WiFi at all Airports and public places
WiFi connectivity has become a lifeline for many businessmen and other users, specially when they are on-the-go. At a very trivial costs, all airports should be able to provide free WiFi to the public.
Many airports contract with 3rd party providers, but these providers sell 10-24 hour long tokens and charge a lot, while the user only needs connectivity for much much less.
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