USTR Finally Realizing Its All Encompassing Secrecy May Be A Problem, Calls Frantic Meeting For All 'Cleared' Lobbyists. It's been funny for years watching the USTR continue to repeat the same laughable line about how they've had "unprecedented transparency" concerning the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement -- an agreement that is still completely secret, other than a couple chapters leaked to Wikileaks.
Here's a hint: if the text of the agreement is only available thanks to Wikileaks, you're not being transparent, precedented or not. Even the NY Times slammed the USTR's lack of transparency, and multiple members of Congress have been arguing that they're not at all comfortable with the lack of transparency from the USTR. Because of this, it seems that the USTR's desire for fast track authority, which would let it route around Congressional review, is on life support and close to dead. In an apparent effort to defuse mounting criticism that the Obama administration is being too secretive about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, the Office of the U.S.
WikiLeaks cables reveal fears over China's nuclear safety | Environment. China has "vastly increased" the risk of a nuclear accident by opting for cheap technology that will be 100 years old by the time dozens of its reactors reach the end of their lifespans, according to diplomatic cables from the US embassy in Beijing. The warning comes weeks after the government in Beijing resumed its ambitious nuclear expansion programme, that was temporarily halted for safety inspections in the wake of the meltdown of three reactors in Fukushima, Japan. Cables released this week by WikiLeaks highlight the secrecy of the bidding process for power plant contracts, the influence of government lobbying, and potential weaknesses in the management and regulatory oversight of China's fast-expanding nuclear sector.
In August, 2008, the embassy noted that China was in the process of building 50 to 60 new nuclear plants by 2020. This target – which has since increased – was a huge business opportunity. For the past 10 years the CPR-1000 has been the most popular design in China. Tegenlicht: De WikiLeaks code op Nederland 2. Datum Ma 17 januari 2011 Tijd 21:00 tot 21:50 Genre Documentaire Kijkwijzer De hype rond WikiLeaks en Julian Assange beheerst al weken de nieuwe én de oude media. En wat het heeft veranderd. Tegenlicht duikt in de oorsprong en de idealen van de leaks beweging. Daarnaast vertellen zij hoe de organisatie rondom Assange langzaam uiteenviel door interne spanningen en meningsverschillen. IJsland was jarenlang de favoriet van de financiële wereld, maar is als eerste omvallende economie in Europa ook de kiem van de nieuwe tegencultuur. De aanvallen die WikiLeaks in december 2010 te verduren kreeg, kenschetste hij al als `de privatisering van de censuur`.
Assange, Hrafnsson en Jonsdottir werkten samen met o.a. hacker Herbert Snorrason aan de in april 2010 gelekte `Collateral Murder`-beelden, waarin te zien is hoe Amerikaanse soldaten op burgers in Irak schieten. US tells Twitter to hand over WikiLeaks supporter’s messages. How to follow the WikiLeaks story. Duitse media in actie voor Wikileaks. WikiLeaks - Mass Mirroring our website. Projects/Metisse. Open Up Government Data. From Wired How-To Wiki Barack Obama rode into office with a high-tech, open source campaign that digitized the book on campaigning. Now, with his selection of a celebrated open data advocate as his Chief Information Officer, Obama appears serious about bringing those same principles to the executive branch's treasure trove of data. Vivek Kundra, the new CIO, comes to the White House from a similar role as the CTO of Washington, D.C., where he garnered kudos for his clear-headed approach to making data feeds from dozens of city agencies accessible.
"I'm going to be working very closely with all Federal CIOs in terms of at the agency level to make sure they are advancing an agenda that embraces open government, an agenda that looks at how we could fundamentally revolutionize technology in the public sector," Kundra said. Vivek Kundra in conversation with Nicholas Thompson at the Wired Disruptive Business Conference. For more, visit wired.com/video. The future is coming: Let's help build it. Global Voices Online.