There's an article in the New York Times today about a new computerized system that should help prevent NYC police from "fixing" tickets. While this may be bad news for a few well connected individuals, for the masses this is a very good thing - The powers that be have instituted a process that (if followed) should detect (and deter) public employees from engaging in fraud.
What's not clear is the public's visibility into this process. If the tracking information for each ticket isn't publicly available, then how will we know if the process is being followed or if it's being faked? Monitoring a process is a great thing - only if those who are supposed to be protected by the process have the proper view of the process.
For those of us who are maddened by government waste and fraud, this is cause for hope. Personal privacy seems to be a thing of the past - but perhaps Government privacy is too.
What's not clear is the public's visibility into this process. If the tracking information for each ticket isn't publicly available, then how will we know if the process is being followed or if it's being faked? Monitoring a process is a great thing - only if those who are supposed to be protected by the process have the proper view of the process.
For those of us who are maddened by government waste and fraud, this is cause for hope. Personal privacy seems to be a thing of the past - but perhaps Government privacy is too.
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