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Treasury Dept. Gives FOIA A Technology Makeover

PRTblogContributer — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:30:15 +0000

Treasury Dept. Gives FOIA A Technology Makeover

By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek The US Department of Treasury is leveraging cloud computing to make it easier for the department to handle Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, as well as for people to submit them. …

Merit Systems Protection Board Goes Live with Public Records Tracker

PRTblogContributer — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:42:37 +0000

MSPB Goes Live with Public Records Tracker to Provide Online Submission & Tracking of FOIA Requests
MSPB is the latest federal government organization to use Public Records Tracker powered by Microsoft Dynamics CRM to provide a “cloud” solution for efficiently managing and tracking FOIA requests
Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has gone live with Public Records Tracker powered by Microsoft Dynamics CRM in the “cloud”, which has given the agency new capabilities for the public to submit Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests online via the Public Records Tracker FOIA Web Portal. Individuals and organizations now may securely create an account, enter the information pertaining to their FOIA request, and track its progress using the auto generated MSPB FOIA Control Number assigned to it. The Public Records Tracker – FOIA Web Portal routes the request to the appropriate MSPB office for a direct response to the requester.
Public Records Tracker has enabled MSPB to centralize requests in a single database, which has enabled a more efficient internal processing of FOIA requests. Also, the system can produce the Annual FOIA Report for MSPB to submit to the Department of Justice.
As MSPB Chairman Susan Tsui Grundmann stated in MSPB’s own press release, “This is another important milestone in our ongoing efforts to „walk the talk‟ on transparency and Open Government, especially when it comes to an area as significant as FOIA. The ability for the public and other stakeholders to easily submit a request and then see what‟s happening with it should help allay fears that it‟s gone into the ether and help hold us accountable for a timely response.”
Public Records Tracker “cloud” solution organizes and automates the management, tracking and response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from citizens to federal government.

How safe are you in the cloud? Cloud security myths and strategies from @CIOonline

PRTblogContributer — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:18:03 +0000

How safe are you in the cloud? Cloud security myths and strategies from @CIOonline

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PRTblogContributer — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:26:16 +0000

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PRTblogContributer — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:12:07 +0000

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Advocacy groups react to Obama's transparency proposals

PRTblogContributer — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:15:52 +0000

Advocacy groups react to Obama’s transparency proposals

As part of the push for open government, Obama's plan makes specific pledges to increase public access to information, ranging from improving records management and FOIA processing to taking new transparency measurements such as declassifying national …

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PRTblogContributer — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:14:39 +0000

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Nigeria's New FOIA

PRTblogContributer — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:57:39 +0000

Nigeria’s New FOIA

By Elliot Ross Journalism in Nigeria has never been easy work, and the new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which finally became law in May twelve years after the bill was first drafted, isn't about to change that overnight. …

Cloud Power: How to Save Energy with Cloud Computing

PRTblogContributer — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:52:20 +0000

How to save energy with cloud computing: The cloud can save you both types of green @ CIO.com

Storing, managing and extracting value from data consumes a great deal of energy, and though the increase in data and energy consumption is somewhat manageable now, at the pace it is evolving it soon won't be. The solution is in the cloud.

Illinois rolls back transparency for frequent FOIA users

PRTblogContributer — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:19:35 +0000

Illinois rolls back transparency for frequent FOIA users

Illinois signed a new law on Friday that will make the state legislature less responsive to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Under the new law, individuals or organizations that make multiple FOIA requests in the same month can now expect a …