http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/12/141744/083 An open and transparent government is another of those motherhood goals -- just like freedom and democracy.  One way of ensuring openness and transparency in government operations is to require federal agencies to make available to the public as much of the information and records these agencies hold in their files.  For over 40 years, the public has been guaranteed access to most government records through the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)">Freed en-us Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:43:34 EST Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:02:28 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/12/141744/083#8 <i><br> Why should they be close held information merely because Bob Week reveals he lives at 1401 Wilson?  Isn't he there because he's concerned enough about something else that he's officially stating his concerns and why those concerns have relevan Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:02:28 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/12/141744/083#7 You mean those things where witnesses are summoned to come forward (or voluntarily come forward) and testify publicly?  Why should they be close held information merely because Bob Week reveals he lives at 1401 Wilson?  Isn't he there because he' Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:51:40 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/12/141744/083#6 <i><br> There is a small percentage of these records that have individually identifiable information of persons.  And I wouldn't mind if those records were not available via eFOIA, since they require an actual human reviewer.  But the records of Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:16:45 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/12/141744/083#5 Oh no no, I got that part. It was the... penetrating challenge thingie I didn't get. I'm still mulling over the privacy/secrecy argument. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:13:04 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/12/141744/083#4 He is suggesting that electronic FOIA disclosures may impact the privacy rights of people, or something. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:00:29 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/12/141744/083#3 <i>Recently I ran a penetration test for my organization to see whether using publicly available information, I could bypass the organization's challenge question customized to individualizes that are based on public data.</i><p> I'm sorry... que? Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:37:03 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/12/141744/083#2 I would agree if these were the personnel records.  But we're talking about meeting minutes of agencies who are making decisions that will have a huge effect on your life.  I don't care where Mr. Brown lives, but I do want to know when Mr. Brown Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:50:11 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/12/141744/083#1 Recently I ran a penetration test for my organization to see whether using publicly available information, I could bypass the organization's challenge question customized to individualizes that are based on public data.<p> In short it took me 3 research hr Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:35:03 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/