Topic

Congressional Technology Oversight

The hearings, letters and subpoenas through which U.S. House and Senate committees examine technology companies and the government agencies that buy from them.

Current clusters

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Flock answered Senate scrutiny of plate readers with a dropdown menu and a case number field

Republicans and Democrats on the Senate crime subcommittee both objected that plate reader vendors leave abuse detection to the police departments buying the cameras, and the four invited chief executives did not appear.

Publishers:nextgov.com

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption61
Hype gap+28
Incentives74
Confidence56

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Flock's letter to the Senate puts the search audit on the agencies that buy its cameras

Flock's chief executive sent a Senate subcommittee a letter instead of testifying. It says customer agencies own and control the search records and set retention, and that Flock does very little oversight of how clients search its network.

Publishers:mashable.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption60
Hype gap+8
Incentives72
Confidence55