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Posted on 02/24/2014 2:39:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Government wants ‘social media analytic tool’ for ‘ongoing monitoring’
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking a “social media analytic tool” that will give the government access to “full Twitter historical data,” according to a solicitation released on Tuesday.
The agency is seeking feedback for a “possible future acquisition to provide near real time social media analysis.” HHS said it wants to use the tool for “ongoing monitoring” of public health issues.
HHS provides a long list of requirements, including “access to real-time social media posts,” and “access to full Twitter firehose.”
The agency requires an archive that goes back at least five years of “full Twitter historical data.” The government will also need “access to multiple account log-ins,” “real-time alerting,” the “ability to construct lengthy Boolean searches,” and a function that can filter search results based on the location of a Twitter user.
Under “additional attributes that we would find useful,” HHS said the “ability to export full data into excel or another spreadsheet program” would be beneficial.
HHS said it would use the social media tool for public health concerns and emergencies such as Superstorm Sandy. “In the midst of an event we want to know when hospitals and/or nursing homes are evacuating patients,” HHS said under “scenarios of how we would utilize this tool.”
“We conduct on-going monitoring of certain public health issues,” HHS said. “An increase in the level of discussion on social media could indicate a new development or concern related to that issue.”
The Office of the Secretary of HHS filed the solicitation, arguing that social media monitoring is necessary since the agency is responsible for ensuring “preparedness” for public health threats and emergencies.
Within HHS, the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is responsible for coordinating the department’s “operational response to acts of terrorism and other public health and medical threats and emergencies.”
HHS said OEM’s “Division of Fusion” can use social media as a “non-traditional” data collection tool to respond to health emergencies and natural disasters.
“Social media and open source data analytics play an important role in filling gaps in traditional data collection and help our office provide insights to decision makers to aid them in making informed decisions to protect the health and welfare of impacted populations during emergencies,” the agency said.
HHS is seeking responses no more than five pages in length by March 3.
Do you complain comrade? Ve Vill visit you soon...
Good grief. Wake up, Mr. Van Winkle.
“Wake up, Mr. Van Winkle. “
Maybe you trust politicians. Good luck with that; I don’t.
Forward!
Yes we are already monitored everywhere.
“Do you have a TV in your bedroom?
Do you ever take your cell phone into the bedroom?”
NSA/FBI can turn on a cell phone’s camera and microphone to view & listen without the phone owner realizing it’s on. The feds can do the same with the laptop camera we use to Skype. Those new “smart” TVs have similar cameras.
Local cops can turn on cell phones. And the locals are the ones that scare me the most. They’re the least educated on the constitution and have more of a “Napoleon” complex.
You know it’s getting bad when “Out of Touch” Bill O’Reilly is talking about it.
HHS can’t even build a simple website but it wants some terrabytes of Twitter chatter? Are they going to sift through it for ideas on site building? lol
Did you ever think that that website was screwed up on purpose, so that the sheep will clamor for single-payer healthcare?
follow me on twitter, all the way to the gulag...
No.
Well, think about it now....
I’m so close to the FEMA regional headquarters that they could send someone over for me on a bicycle.
I have thought about it plenty. I also don’t believe there’s a camera in my smart TV.
How old is your television?
A year, year and a half. Two of them actually. Neither of them has a camera in it.
I’m the opposite of a techie, but I’ll bet there are hordes of people here who can confirm or disabuse you of that notion.
Sure. None of the engineers who designed them has spilled the beans. None of the thousands of people who assemble them has spilled the beans. No electronics geeks or repairmen have spilled the beans. No one has ever broken one open and discovered the hidden cameras. It’s a conspiracy of millions. ROTFLMFAO
Be careful where you take/leave your cellphone...mine gets locked in a box at night.
the road to the gulag is paved with twitter posts
I have NO IDEA if your television does or does not have a hidden camera, but to presume that it does not mayn’t be so wise. Did you know that the NSA intercepted delivery packages and hid snooping devices in electronics?
The NSA Has A Way To Intercept Computers Mid-Shipment And Install Spyware On Them
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3106979/posts
NSA programme in 100K computers around world allows them to hack when not connected to Internet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3112179/posts
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