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Established by the ABA and IRR in 1992, the Thurgood Marshall Award recognizes long-term contributions by members of the legal profession to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties, and human rights in the United States. This year's award will be presented at a dinner on Saturday, Aug. 4, during the 2012 ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ill. The Robert F.
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F-ck the Draft This is not a type-o, nor is it something which the author of this chapter has somehow managed to slip slyly past the editors. While I hope that this does not offend, I would not be surprised if some readers were indeed shocked and perhaps even offended.Open Government Plan
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You can get information on your recent stay in the hospital under two conditions: you have to ask for it and you have to give the hospital 30 days to respond. Proposed regulations would streamline that process, by requiring hospitals receiving taxpayer subsidies to purchase electronic medical records ( EMR ) to provide patients with a summary of their hospital stay, that is on-line and downloadable – within 36 hours of being discharged. A major hospital association – the American Hospital Association – believes the current "ask and wait" process is good enough, according to comments the association filed about the new proposal to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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In just two weeks, I'll be presenting in Seattle at Tech Policy Central's pii2010 conference. "pii" in this case stands for privacy, identity and innovation. I'm looking forward to talking with identity thought leaders about how emerging technologies and business models are impacting data creation, sharing and aggregation, and how to strike a balance between protecting sensitive information and enabling innovation.