It is not surprising to me that in this new “change” oriented administration the sights of the mighty have been set upon Information Technology. Their major intent is to add yet another layer of Bureaucracy to an already capsizing ship. This is another sign that in the world of tomorrow we will likely each be assigned a government aide de camp to ensure that we effectively get our shoes tied every morning as we leave for our pre-designated work location to earn money for someone else.
In the brief article from Government Computer News The intent of “The One” is referenced. I refer to such statements as “the vision document also promises that the new administration will look for ways to bring more transparency to government interactions”. They have also identified that they have big future plans for the National Science Foundation (NSF), DARPA, and the Patent Office. I can see the Patent office and the National Science Foundation but why in heck should they be poking their hands into the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency? I think that the government had such big motivations before and came out with the bomb. (yes the same DARPA that brought about the nuclear age is what the current administration wants to get more involved with)?
Perhaps the most chilling is a government sponsored roll-out of broadband for everyone nationwide. You belong to our network collective now and shall only have access to what we want you to have. As if the allusions to a United States version of Pravda were not scary enough without this measure’s goal to “establish net neutrality and media diversity and developing a set of safeguards for online privacy”. Throw in a healthy dose of the fairness doctrine and multiple generations of pandering to the masses of broken people and we have our very own state sponsored propaganda machine (outside of the one currently in place in american televisions, movies, newspapers… ).
Would you like to see this Vision Document? So would I. The only issue here is that the website is not currently available for this enlightening “vision” document. Just like many of their other plans it is all just smoke and mirrors to obfuscate that there is too little experience, too little planning, and too much big government.
