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The Communitarian Update
Number 16
April 1, 1999
Medical Privacy: Shalala's New Commitment.
Congress, prevented from enacting medical privacy legislation by lobbies,
ruled that if it does not act by August '99, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services will promulgate medical privacy rules on her own. On March
16, Secretary Donna Shalala denied rumors that such a deadline will be
allowed to slide, declaring, "I will use this authority."
Big Brother or Big Bucks?
Visit the "Big Brother Inside" web page, run by The Privacy Page, and you
will find that they are up in arms--about Intel's Pentium III chip, which
strips away privacy more than the East German police, ever did.
New Privacy Advisor
Congratulations to Peter Swire, recently appointed White House Privacy
Czar. Prof. Swire spoke about privacy and cyberspace at the Communitarian
Summit. He is the co-author of None of Your Business: World Data Flows,
Electronic Commerce, & the European Privacy Directive; on leave from Ohio
State University.
The Right to a Jury? Yes. The Responsibility to Serve???
In his article "Reinvigorating Citizenship" in the latest issue of Society,
Stephen Bates reports that, "Nationwide, some 60 percent of people summoned
for jury service don't bother showing up. Many suffer no penalty." He goes
on to cite a 1995 Los Angeles County poll which showed that 57 percent of
people "deem (jury duty) a matter of personal choice," but only 41 percent
think of it as "a matter of civic responsibility."
More Discussion Dates
Amitai Etzioni will be discussing issues raised in his new book The Limits of Privacy at:
April 1, The University of Washington (Seattle) Law School, at 3:30 PM
April 2, The University of California-Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, at 1:00 PM
April 5, The UCLA Law School, Room 2448 at noon
April 6, The University of Chicago Divinity School at 4:00 PM
April 7, George Washington University's Public Health Week at Ross Hall, 4:15 PM
April 8, The National Press Club's Book Rap, 6:00 PM
April 13, George Washington University's Elliot Room at 1:00 PM
April 14, Columbia University's CITI- Institute for Tele-Information, 142 Uris Hall, 5:30 PM
Vernon Ford concludes his review of The Limits of Privacy in Booklist with: "This book provides
a valuable and informative analysis of a timely and interesting topic." The introduction to
the book is posted on our web site. It can be ordered at a 50% discount from The Communitarian
Network
SASE 10th Anniversary
The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics was founded at a meeting of the Harvard
Business School during a meeting March 30, through April 2, 1989. Mazel tov to our older sibling.
Computers, Freedom, & Privacy 99
The ninth annual conference on Computers, Freedom + Privacy will be held in Washington,
DC on April 6-8, 1999. CFP is the leading Internet policy conference. For details see
their web site
Civica Conference Postponed
Civica's First Congress of the Third Sector, Solidarity & Philanthropy was to take
place in May in Madrid. That meeting has now been postponed. A new date will likely
be set for October 1999.
The Communitarian Update is edited by Andrew S. Becker. Send any news items or questions
to him at comnet@gwu.edu
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