US Headlines for 12/17/99: E-Vote

[henk vreekamp]

WHITE HOUSE ORDERS E-VOTE STUDY

The White House is ordering the National Science Foundation to conduct a
one-year study on online voting. The White House will use a team of legal
scholars, technical specialists and experts on the democratic process to
consider whether cybervoting might increase turnout without creating fraud
or privacy problems. President Clinton is also signing two executive
memorandums today on developing Web resources. In one, the White House will
order the creation of a single Internet "portal" to be used to reach any
government Web site. In the second memorandum, Clinton will order Cabinet
secretaries and agency heads to pursue about a dozen specific initiatives,
in conjunction with the private sector to foster an "e-society." The
initiatives will include: expanding access to health care by encouraging
"telemedicine," and networks for doctors and patients that may be especially
important in rural areas; improving the ability of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to respond to natural and man-made disasters through the
use of remote supercomputers; expanding access to "national treasures" at
the Smithsonian and elsewhere.
[SOURCE: USA Today (1A), AUTHOR: Susan Page]
(http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/19991217/1764791s.htm)
See Also
WHITE HOUSE ORDERS STUDY OF ONLINE VOTING - REPORT
[SOURCE: San Jose Mercury, AUTHOR: Reuters]
(http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/breaking/internet/docs/942l.htm)