Perhaps if the press had actually reported on the Department of Interior's antics[1][2] surrounding Cobell v. Salazar[3][4], we could have brought to public a discussion of our governments handling of sensitive data. A whole department was removed from the internet[5], should have been a wake up call for data handling. I don't remember it being covered in the tech press of the time.
5) This also for a time included all Native American colleges including those that were buying their own line and charted by the tribe and not the BIA. It left students without access to distance learning classes and research beyond small libraries. It was hellish on students.
1) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/1562181/Cou...
2) http://www.indianz.com/News/show.asp?ID=pol01/1262001-1
3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobell_v._Salazar
4) http://fcnl.org/issues/nativeam/chronology_of_the_department...
5) This also for a time included all Native American colleges including those that were buying their own line and charted by the tribe and not the BIA. It left students without access to distance learning classes and research beyond small libraries. It was hellish on students.