Notes from the Electronic Cottage 04/27/06

In this edition of the Electronic Cottage, we continue our series on privacy in the digital age. Tdoay, we look at the collusion between government agencies, which must operate under legal guidelines when they collect information on citizens, and private data aggregators, which operate under no such controls. The result? Government agencies such as Homeland Security spent about $30 million taxpayer dollars last year to buy data about U.S. citizens that the agencies would otherwise not have been able to collect. If you care about your personal privacy, you may want to begin leaving as thin a trail behind you as possible in physical space as well as cyberspace.

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Indigenous Voices 04/18/06

Indigenous Voices is a monthly talk show discussing topics affecting the native people of Maine and beyond, with Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco.

An interview with Keller George, member of the Onieda tribe and president of the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) discussing native issues at the national level. And an interview with Penobscot Chief Jim Sappier on USET and its impact on Maines tribes.

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RadioActive 04/13/06

Topic(s): The controversy surrounding LD141 which would allow and regulate burning of construction and demolition debris (CDD) in Maine 2 pre-recorded interviews (of State Reps. Ted Koffman and Joanne Twomey) and a phone interview with Hillary Lister of CAPIT

Also, a brief update on the status of LD1481 which would make it more difficult for local residents to ban big box stores and other large developments

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