"Voice of the Voters!" 8PM ET Wednesday, February 18
Heard on 1360 AM Philadelphia and on the Internet www.voiceofthevoters.org OR http://wnjc.duxpond.com/ Special Guest: Tom Geairn, Internet communications and security professional; founder and president of the security and infrastructure consulting firm, NewView Consulting LLC. "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they are not." (Attributed to Albert Einstein and also to Yogi Berra) The Department of Defense is urging states to enact legislation that allows military and overseas voters to return their completed ballots by email over the Internet. Several states are now considering legislation to allow some form of Internet voting or to authorize its study. Meanwhile, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and dozens of nationally recognized computer science experts warn against casting ballots over the Internet with its current architecture. Proponents say, "I bank online, so voting online could surely be made safe, too. We owe it to our troops to offer them this convenient alternative." Opponents say, "We owe it to our troops, as well as all other voters, NOT to offer them a voting system that experts warn against." Tonight Tom Geairn, an Internet security expert, brings a fresh perspective to the topic. Informed about the theory and steeped in practicality, he has been doing in-the-field development work in the area of Internet security for military installations, public and private corporations, and educational institutions. Guest Bios: Tom Geairn is founder and president of the security and infrastructure consulting firm, NewView Consulting LLC, headquartered outside of Chicago in Northwest Indiana. He has been actively involved in the development and application of Internet and private network security projects since 1994, when he began work as a consultant to SRI International and the United States Department of Defense. Since that time, Mr. Geairn has led or partnered in the application of Internet communications technology in education, military installations, and private and public corporations including legal, medical, and manufacturing entities. Currently, Mr. Geairn is involved directly with network and mobile device security and operating system design. The projects he is working on have created products that are used by top US corporations and numerous governmental agencies. Mr. Geairn's company, NewView Consulting LLC, also provides back-office design, programming, and installation services for secure web sites in the retail and manufacturing sectors. NewView Consulting is a security partner with Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard, and Microsoft. NewView is also a Microsoft Business Solutions partner, and provides operating system design and distribution to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for Microsoft Windows CE and Microsoft Windows Embedded products. In addition to running NewView, Mr. Geairn is an active participant in numerous volunteer-based groups that monitor and report on Internet and operating system security issues. "Voice of the Voters!" is guest hosted this week by Ellen Theisen, Co-Director of VotersUnite.Org, with assistance from Lori Rosolowsky and Jim Strait. John Gideon of VotersUnite.org will also give us updates on voting news. Stay tuned for the Rob Kall Show - 9 pm Eastern same station www.voiceofthevoters.org Coalition for Voting Integrity Coalition for Voting Integrity email: [email protected] web: http://coalitionforvotingintegrity.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
