Re: Citizen Access to Copies of Medical Records Privacy Legislation

[James Love <love@tap.org>]

On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Dick Mills wrote:
> Gee, I presume it wasn't the bill mentioned below, from Computer 
> Industry Daily.  :-)

   Not at all.  The bill was about medical records.  The hearing was 
friday.  The staffer for the subcommittee on this bill is Mark Ungerford, 
at 202/225-5147.  This morning the subcommittee could not give me a 
bill number, and I don't know if the bill has been introduced or not, 
although it is clearly being circulated to industry lobbyists. jamie
  jamie
  
> 
>                   Online FOIA Bill Resurfaces
>    The Senate will again consider bringing the Freedom of 
>    Information Act into the computer age.  A bill requiring 
>    federal agencies to provide records online is coming up 
>    for a second vote.  The bill previously won Senate approval, 
>    but died in the House.  Representative Steve Horn will 
>    reintroduce the bill in the House soon.  The intent of the bill 
>    is to amend the FOIA "so that agencies use technology to make 
>    government more accessible and accountable to its citizens."  
>    The bill runs counter to the present situation in which agencies, 
>    not the information requester, choose the format for releasing 
>    information.  The bill is supported by 23 organizations including 
>    the American Library Association, OMB Watch, and Public Citizen.
> 
> --
> Dick Mills +1(518)395-5154    O-   http://www.pti-us.com
> AKA dmills@albany.net      http://www.albany.net/~dmills 
> 
> 

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