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The US, both through electronic health records and a database of air
travelers is using tools that ride on the internet to accomplish
government goals. I'm posting these two instances not so much for
the specifics of the national activities as for the global
implications. I'm wondering how much of internet governance has to
do with applications, and whether those should or even could be managed
or monitored in any way.<br><br>
1. Electronic health records:<br><br>
<h3><b>"Certification Commission for Healthcare Information
Technology</b></h3>CCHIT is the recognized certification authority for
electronic health records and their networks, and an independent,
voluntary, private-sector initiative. <br><br>
Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of health information
technology by creating an efficient, credible and sustainable product
certification program."<br><br>
<a href="http://www.cchit.org/" eudora="autourl">http://www.cchit.org/<br>
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</a>2. Though this is also a US issue, it seems to me to have
global implications, and perhaps some subscribers here would like to
comment formally using the link below.<br><br>
<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72250-0.html?tw=rss.index" eudora="autourl">
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72250-0.html?tw=rss.index<br><br>
</a>The comment period on the proposal, which ended last Monday, was
re-opened on Friday for additional feedback. Comments can be
<a href="http://regulations.gov">submitted online</a> using docket number
DHS-2006-0060 <br><br>
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