On Tue, 15 May 2007 16:04:50 -0400, Arthur T. wrote: > I recently tried twice to get information about a >government agency's privacy provisions and was ignored. On >my third try, I suggested that local newspapers might be >able to get the information for me, but would also likely >be interested in why it's so hard to get. I got an answer >within a week. > > With publicly held companies, you might suggest there >would be interest in the follow-up both from their >shareholders and from the news organs which printed the >original press releases. >
1) One person asking for a follow up is not indicative of wide spread interest in a story. An organized request campaign might get some action though. When my reminder goes off, I'll drop a note on the list and ask everyone to contact them for a follow up and see what happens. 2) It's really hard to get people to talk about their failures. 3) Assuming there was a failure and assuming you could find someone to report it, could you find a reputable media outlet that would publish it ??? Advertising dollars might speak louder than commitment to integrity. Maybe it's time for blogs to take over factual reporting in industry ??? You might be able to get a few employees of these migration sites to talk anonymously about a project and maybe get a look beyond the smoke-and- mirrors. But then again, who would you trust to keep your contribution confidential ??? The instigators don't want to talk about it. The people you trust to report it won't report it. The people involved are afraid to talk about it. And the people who want to learn from it can't get any usable information. This is a tough situation for eveyone. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
