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According to recent news, most drivers who took part in a survey on driving distractions, consider that using a handheld cell phone on the highway is a safety hazard. Here comes the twist, though: a significant percentage of the drivers surveyed also admit to using their … Continue reading
My cellphone is neatly tucked away while driving my car so I will not endanger myself or others according to regulatory wisdom. Meanwhile I am unwrapping a fresh sandwich and opening up the slurping slot on my take-out coffee cup. … Continue reading
The vast, free and increasingly accessible world of communications Internet has been providing so far might undergo a number of changes in the months or first few years to come. Copyright issues, for one, have been around for a while and … Continue reading
These crazy yachtsmen in their awesome round-the-world racing 60 footers gathered recently to fine-tune the standards applicable to off-shore sailboat racing in the IMOCA class. The last edition of the Vendée Globe race took its toll, as in the past … Continue reading
An article in the Ottawa Citizen today by Kevin Lynch, the outgoing clerk of the Privy Council, indicates that political expediency, or to put it in more neutral terms, quick responses to the need for new public policies is an … Continue reading
One of my first posts was on ‘Open Legislation’. Utopia or reality: who cares? Today’s dreams are tomorrow’s reality. Now, a former judge of the U.S. Supreme Court suggests that Internet users might be able to have a direct say in … Continue reading
It is often thought that regulatory material is made of requirements, prohibitions and commands issued, and most often published, by governments and their regulatory agencies under Acts (statutes) passed by their respective legislators. Such material is often referred to as ‘delegated legislation’ or ’subordinate legislation’, or more broadly speaking, ‘regulations’, be … Continue reading
As long as the public at large, the regulated industries, industry analysts and public authorities confine the meaning of regulatory system and regulatory framework to government-backed regulations and various regulatory documents and processes, the big picture of what goes on in both small and … Continue reading
As abstract and remote from daily life as standards may appear to most people, they are almost living organisms, whether static or continuously evolving and undergoing mutations. They are approached, used and manipulated differently by standard makers in both the public and private sectors according … Continue reading
“Never doubt that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead A peek by TechNewsWorld into future mutations of the rule-making process. Today’s daring ideas can be tomorrow’s routine way of … Continue reading