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• Elaine Chao: Preparing For The Future Of Automated Transportation

  04-03-2019 04:30 via technocracy.news
  In a major new policy document from the Department of Transportation, Automated Vehicles 3.0: Preparing for the Future of Transportation, Secretary Elaine Chao advances infrastructure plans to serve the global supply chain. This 65 page tome should be carefully read and examined for clues about the future of transportation in America. The phrase “private sector” appears 29 times, indicating the key role that private industry and public-private partnerships will play in our future.&nb
  
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• Oh Canada: Police Are Tracking ‘Negative’ Behavior In A ‘Risk’ Database

  04-03-2019 03:28 via technocracy.news
  “Hello. I’m from the government and I’m here to help you. What you say will probably be used against you.” This is an element of ‘predictive policing’, or pre-crime, which seeks to determine where a crime will occur in advance. ⁃ TN EditorPolice, social services, and health workers in Canada are using shared databases to track the behaviour of vulnerable people—including minors and people experiencing homelessness—with little oversight and of
  
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• U.S. Post Office Spying On Everyone Who Sends Mail

  04-03-2019 03:02 via technocracy.news
  The U.S. Post Office is a loose cannon when it comes to spying on Americans: it answers to no-one and can perform warrantless collection of data on every single piece of mail. Furthermore, it can and will give any data to other federal agencies who request it. ⁃ TN EditorIt’s called the “Mail Cover Program” and it’s run by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Yes, even the Post Office is spying on us, writes John Kiriakou.
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• Strong and bold investment in critical Cardiovascular research

  04-03-2019 00:07
  $220 million of new funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) has been invested in crucial Australian Cardiovascular research. The announcement supports a Mission for Cardiovascular Health that has been developed by the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance (ACvA), which brings together the country’s major scientific societies in the field, including institutions, RACGP, industry and partners […]
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