Re: [d@DCC] Census sense

From: Simon Valiquette <v.simon _-at-_ ieee.org>
To: "General Copyright Discussions (questions, organizing, etc)" <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 02:03:50 -0400
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Peter Kieser écriva un jour:
> Simon Valiquette wrote:
>>  I don't have too much problems with the government giving contracts
>>to third party companies, but there is still things I prefer to see
>>done internally by the government.
>>
>>Simon Valiquette
> You don't see any problem with it being contracted out to a foreign company?
> 

  I did'nt said anything about that.

  What I did wanted to mean is that the government should probably
make itself softwares where confidentiality and security is critical,
regardless of outsourcing to a local or foreign company.  It is
already doing so with many softwares needed for internal use.

  For that kind of softwares, if he really needs some consultants or
external firms, he should request from them appropriate security
clearance, which happens to normally be availaible only to Canadians
citizens AFAIK.

  I know there is many banks that develop themselve most of their
softwares and outsource only small parts so as to minimize the risks
of someone knowing enough about their systems to be able to know how
to exploit its weaknesses, or to be able to successfully hide a
workable trojan.

  For softwares and other things the government might contract out to
a local or foreign company, as long it doesn't involve privacy or
security (including critical operations like power distribution), I
think it is more a topic about politics and economy than anything else.


Simon Valiquette
http://gulus.USherbrooke.ca
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