I just submitted a public comment to the #USGov #IACC for their October meeting, to give some #ActuallyAutistic feeback on how the report on the #EpidemicOfLoneliness failed us.

> The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) is a [USA] Federal advisory committee that coordinates Federal efforts and provides advice to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on issues related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Through its inclusion of both Federal and public members, the IACC helps to ensure that a wide range of ideas and perspectives are represented and discussed in a public forum.

The next IACC meeting is Oct 11, and comments are due by Sept 28 if you feel so motivated: https://iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/public-comments/index.jsp
ASAN has a nice guide for how to submit comments: https://autisticadvocacy.org/policy/toolkits/iacc/

@actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy #autism #autistic

I have read the recent report from the Surgeon General on "Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation", and was disappointed that the focus was on so-called "normal" people who are lonely because of circumstance or breakdown of social infrastructure. Autistic people are arguably far more affected by isolation and loneliness than most people, but somehow are entirely omitted from the report. This seems outrageous. We are so easy to exclude that we are left out from the report about people getting left out.

We know that applying Universal Design concepts to accessibility creates environments and systems that work better for everyone. Curb cuts allow wheelchair users access to sidewalks, but also improve things for people with baby strollers. We know that making things better for the most vulnerable and most impacted often makes things better for everyone. If we work to reduce loneliness specifically for Autistic people, it's quite likely that will help lonely people of all sorts. But leaving Autistic people out of the conversation means nothing will get better for us, because the things that help most people won't necessarily help us. Creating more ways to do social activities with strangers is not the benefit for us that it might be for allistic people. It might actually make things worse for us, by shifting resources to programs we can't use at the expense of things that might help us.

Autistic people are desperate for help and support, but we and our needs are repeatedly ignored, even by initiatives that should be prioritizing us. It is demoralizing to see a major initiative like the Epidemic of Loneliness exclude and fail us so completely.

#Interior Secretary Deb #Haaland’s charged mission of healing | The Washington Post [gift link] #Indigenous #USgov #ElectionsMatter #vote #NM #NewMexico https://wapo.st/44C77np

#USA -backed #Terrorism Targets #Vietnam & #Myanmar in Wider War on #China
Two terrorist attacks have been carried out by groups backed by the #US government and its allies.
- #British state media, the #BBC, and #USGov -funded media platform Radio Free Asia have attempted to spin and even justify this terrorism as part of a much wider pattern promoting and defending terrorism as a means to counter China’s rise and punish nations working closely with China.

IRS-authorized eFile.com tax return software caught serving JS malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/irs-authorized-efilecom-tax-return-software-caught-serving-js-malware/

#IRS #USGOV #taxes #malware #efile

Weekly Roundup - U.S. Government Information - LibGuides at University of California San Diego https://ucsd.libguides.com/usgov/roundup
Librarian-managed, updated weekly :)
#books #libraries #USgov #info

But like EVERYTHING else about him that was a #lie. Never in my entire #life was he absent. I was never free of him. He even left behind others to do the same.

He didn't die peacefully, he agonized for YEARS over not having enough #supply and blaming me for it. #entitlement

He didn't just #tether me to himself, he sold me to the highest bidders ALL MY #LIFE. To this moment #leadership protects his #lies. #46 #admin

#metoo #accountability #predation #corruption #USGov

#pandora #pandorasbox

Good analysis on #Hive & #Ransomware response by #USGOV.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/politics/ransomware-disruption-hive-cybercrime

» Memorandum on Extending and Expanding Eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain #HongKong Residents | The White House https://t.co/3TtgTjE4Gq // defer for 24 months...
#USgov

We’re going to have to consider just not letting politicians have access to classified material.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/politics/pence-classified-documents-fbi/index.html

#USGov #classified #politics

Are login.gov and cloud.gov the only #USGov sites to use .well-known/security.txt?

GSA, FBI, OPM, NSA & SBA are all 404.

Is there a policy reason RFC9116 not more widely adopted? It's useful and EASY.

@SteveM2020
And just when I thought the US fossil fuel lobby and the #USgov couldn't get any lower!

» Report Fraud https://t.co/sU4drYi5Hj
#SPAM
#USgov

expanding the reach of the replied post to #gemini and #USGov

» FTC Orders an End to Illegal #Mastercard Business Tactics and Requires it to Stop Blocking Competing Debit Card Payment Networks https://t.co/PDKUPBjgDp
#Mastercard used its control over a process called “tokenization” to block the use of competing payment card networks
#USgov

The Office of Management and Budget should review its strategic plan for improving
management of #Section508. #OMB’s current strategic plan was released in 2013 and
should be reviewed using current information and compliance data.

https://www.aging.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/two_pager_unlocking_the_virtual_front_door.pdf

#accessibility #USGov #a11y

https://www.businessinsider.com/house-failed-vote-daylight-savings-time-permanent-sunshine-protection-act-2022-12

#DaylightSavings #USGov #OMG

https://www.businessinsider.com/house-failed-vote-daylight-savings-time-permanent-sunshine-protection-act-2022-12

#DaylightSavings #USGov #OMG

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2022/12/20/tiktok-ban-for-federal-workers-close-to-becoming-law-following-flurry-of-state-bans/
#tiktok #congress #usgov #USnewsAndPolitics

One barrier to #usgov adoption of #mastodon might be in https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12153 - There's only support for one set of credentials for an account.

» NIST Retires SHA-1 Cryptographic Algorithm | NIST https://t.co/hn8PbaSh1d // NIST is announcing that SHA-1 should be phased out by Dec. 31, 2030, in favor of the more secure SHA-2 and SHA-3 groups of algorithms.
#USgov