[governance] internet as a tool

[Sylvia Caras]

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.

1.  Electronic health records:


"Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology

CCHIT is the recognized certification authority for electronic health 
records and their networks, and an independent, voluntary, 
private-sector initiative.

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of health information 
technology by creating an efficient, credible and sustainable product 
certification program."

http://www.cchit.org/

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.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72250-0.html?tw=rss.index

The comment period on the proposal, which ended last Monday, was 
re-opened on Friday for additional feedback. Comments can be 
<http://regulations.gov>submitted online using docket number DHS-2006-0060

Sylvia 
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