Re: FYI - re Health IT and Usability

The publishing of those comments lagged behind their upload by at  
least a week. Therefore, they are not coded to instantaneously publish  
information, like a blog is--these comments are being received by an  
entity, then later published by an entity. The mechanism (and reason)  
for that intermediary step can only be construed as censorship.

Greg
On Feb 8, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Wendy Cown wrote:

> I see several comments by Greg on the post.  Are there more that are  
> being
> suppressed?  Some that aren't even relevant to the conversation have  
> been
> approved so I see no censorship or stifling by politics happening in  
> this
> case.
>
> Wendy
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Brian Krause <[email protected]>  
> wrote:
>
>> The comment process for federal regulations predates the Internet  
>> and was
>> not designed to be interactive.  The commenters respond to the  
>> proposal, not
>> to each other.
>>
>> Back in the days of paper, the government would collect the  
>> comments, and
>> then publish them in print at the end of the comment period.  The  
>> regulators
>> and the public get the same printed copy.
>>
>> To the folks at regulations.gov, publishing batches of comments  
>> seems like
>> a great step forward, though obviously it doesn't compare with  
>> instantly
>> updated comments like you'd find on a blog.
>>
>> I hope this doesn't discourage anybody from participating.
>>
>> --Brian
>>
>>
>> On Feb 8, 2010, at 4:52 AM, Greg Austin wrote:
>>
>> Galileo demonstrated: Throughout history science has been stifled by
>>> politics.
>>>
>>> Similarly, these HHS people don't want the truth and will fight to
>>> suppress it; too much money is involved in propagating lies. Not so
>>> different from other other corporatist organizations.
>>>
>>> Thanks anyway.
>>>
>>> Greg
>>> On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:44 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>> Ugh. Suggesting to all, though, this is maybe not a reason to
>>>> discontinue commenting... including making note of just what
>>>> happened here. I think it's precisely why the HHS needs to hear  
>>>> from
>>>> usability people (often and loudly). Thank you for making an  
>>>> effort,
>>>> though.
>>>>
>>>> ljr
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 2, 2010, at 7:35 PM, Greg Austin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I left multiple comments on that site--however, they have been
>>>>> censored, or otherwise not approved by the admin.
>>>>>
>>>>> Real classy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Greg
>>>>> On Jan 30, 2010, at 10:51 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello all.
>>>>>> You may find the following on the US government's Health IT  
>>>>>> site of
>>>>>> particular interest. I hope that folks here will consider
>>>>>> contributing. Unless we in the usability field are take the  
>>>>>> time to
>>>>>> contribute, we may well see yet more unusable versions of
>>>>>> everybody's
>>>>>> idea of the 'best' electronic medical record.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> http://healthit.hhs.gov/blog/onc/index.php/2010/01/15/public-comments-period-
>>> open/comment-page-1/#comment-495
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> ljr
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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