by G.R. Anderson, Jr.
Published: November 9, 2009
Tags: Minnesota State Capitol, Security
There’s an increasing feeling that the Capitol is so open as to be unsafe, and there’s a small movement afoot to remedy what some say is a striking lack of security.
by Staff
Published: May 7, 2009
Tags: data APIs, data practices, hackers, Minnesota Data Practices Act, Security
Yesterday we posted a memo from the Office of Enterprise Technology about implementing data Application Program Interfaces (APIs) into state accounting and procurement systems. They seemed pretty skeptical, but reasonable, about the possible shortcomings and security hazards of letting queries from anonymous people into production systems. Today, Curt Yoakum from Minnesota Management and Budget got back [...]
by Staff
Published: March 9, 2009
Tags: 2008 Republican National Convention, ACLU, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, data practices, Don Betzold, intelligence, MDPA, privacy, Security
“Criminal intelligence data may be shared with: …(2) a law enforcement agency to charge a person with a crime or allege that a juvenile is delinquent…” That’s the best schoolmarm line from a wild new bill emanating from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). One could imagine law enforcement wants to finally comb through all [...]
