Re: Re: Censorship

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topic criticism of HHS.

On Feb 19, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Meghan Ede wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> did you publish to this list the actual comments made to the HITECH  
> blog?
> Is the comment policy published anywhere?
>
> I can imagine not wanting to see really outrageous comments on a  
> public feedback board - such as racist, sexist or lewd replies. So,  
> I imagine most places have a policy of some kind.
>
> The question is - is the policy reasonable and public? Or biased.  
> And, if biased, how so.
>
> Very interesting.
>
> Meghan
>
> --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Greg Austin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> From: Greg Austin <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [BayCHI Discussions] Re: Censorship
>> To: "Choi, Christy (HHS/ONC)" <[email protected]>, "Discussion  
>> Board  at BayChi" <[email protected]>
>> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 9:30 AM
>> Thank you for your unconstitutional,
>> anti-First Amendment corporatist
>> censorship.
>>
>> My tax dollars are proven to be used against me.
>>
>> Greg
>> On Feb 19, 2010, at 6:32 AM, Choi, Christy (HHS/ONC)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Mr. Austin,
>>>
>>> Thank you for contacting the Office of the National
>> Coordinator for
>>> Health Information Technology (ONC) and your interest
>> in the Health
>>> IT Buzz blog.  We appreciate your feedback. Our
>> goals are to
>>> establish a system of transparency, public
>> participation, and
>>> collaboration and to raise awareness about Health IT
>> and programs
>>> and initiatives of the HITECH Act.  However, the
>> Health IT Buzz blog
>>> is a moderated blog, and any comments that do not meet
>> our comment
>>> policy will not be published.
>>>
>>> We do apologize for the delay in reviewing and
>> publishing some of
>>> your comments.  Please be assured we do encourage
>> the public to
>>> share their experience and ideas.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Christy
>>>
>>>
>>> Christy Choi
>>> Web Manger
>>> Office of the National Coordinator
>>>            for
>> Health Information Technology
>>> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
>>> 200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
>>> Suite 729-D
>>> Washington, DC 20201
>>> (o) 202-690-6341
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Greg Austin [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Fri 2/12/2010 10:58 AM
>>> To: ONC Request (HHS/OS); Discussion Board at BayChi
>>> Subject: Re: Censorship
>>>
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> I must object to the clear censorship of uploaded
>> comments onto the
>>> Health IT Buzz Blog. This blog does not behave like a
>> blog at all--
>>> executive control over submissions to be published has
>> been
>>> installed into this site's functionality. The end
>> result is that the
>>> comments submitted by its users (namely, me) into the
>> field labeled
>>> Leave a Reply that were intended to be immediately
>> viewed by the
>>> public, are not immediately published; these comments
>> are then
>>> selectively published a week or more later.
>>>
>>> The proof of this behavior is the fact that on the
>> evening of
>>> January 30 I personally submitted multiple accounts of
>> critique and
>>> criticism onto this site; however, on February 4 these
>> comments had
>>> still not been published. However, on February 8, two
>> of the lesser
>>> critical comments that I submitted had been
>> published.
>>>
>>> Currently, the more scathing and antiauthoritarian
>> replies to the
>>> Health IT Buzz Blog have still not been published.
>> Therefore, this
>>> practice of selective publishing cannot be attributed
>> to random
>>> mistake. The functionality of the Health IT Buzz Blog
>> clearly
>>> indicates the intentional utility coded into its
>> behavior: The
>>> ability to selectively publish by the admin. This
>> behavior cannot
>>> accurately be labeled in any way other than
>> "censorship".
>>>
>>> Greg Austin
>>> [email protected]
>>>
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