[Dioxin-l] (Fwd) [ctw] Under Pressure, EPA Shuts Down Web Site

[Bill Patterson]

At 05:04 PM 2/17/00 -0000, Michael Meuser wrote:

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>Under pressure from Representative Thomas J. Bliley (R-VA), the 

>Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shut down its entire 

>web site (www.epa.gov), cutting the public off from vast 

>environmental resources and information.  Representative Bliley 

>asserts that EPA has not provided adequate computer security to 

>protect the agency's information.  

>

>It is outrageous that government would deny citizens access to 

>their government.  Our understanding is that this shut down also 

>affects EPA employees' access to e-mail.  

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"Representative Bliley asserts that EPA has not provided adequate computer security to protect the agency's information."


Maybe I'm a bit dense but couldn't they just put www.epa.com on a seperate computer, not attached to anything associated with other EPA computers and continue with the EPA website. I'm putting together a seperate machine that is going to be used strictly for internet, you think the EPA could afford a few hundred bucks for the public. There has to be another reason Rep. Bliley wants the EPA shut down? Or maybe I'm missing something.

Thanks,

Bill Patterson

Sedona, Arizona

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