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

[Michael Meuser]

Hi - I'm working on putting an archive of the 15 or so messages 
from ctw that are related to this on my website at 
http://www.enviroknowledge.com along with subscription info.  If 
you'd like to subscribe now go to:
http://lyris.ombwatch.org/scripts/lyris.pl?join=ctw

mike

> At 05:04 PM 2/17/00 -0000, Michael Meuser wrote: 
> >FYI 
> >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- 
> >From:           	"Rick Blum" <blumr@ombwatch.org> 
> >To:             	"Community Toxics Watch" 
> <ctw@lyris.ombwatch.org> 
> >Date sent:      	Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:46:45 -0500 
> >Subject:        	[ctw] Under Pressure, EPA Shuts Down Web Site 
> >Send reply to:  	"Community Toxics Watch" 
> <ctw@lyris.ombwatch.org> 
> >Priority:       	normal 
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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.   
> <snipped> 
> 
> "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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Michael R. Meuser,
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