Transcript Technocracy - OK-SAFE

Sustainable Development, Information
Technology, and Health Care Reform
Prepared for the
5th Annual State Sovereignty Rally, Topeka, Kansas
January 18, 2013
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Slide Source: Michael Gallis & Associates, “BRICs in the 21st Century”, 4/2007
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OK-SAFE Issues: 2006-2009
Trans-Texas
Corridor
NASCO/NAFTA
Superhighway
REAL ID
National/International
Identification Card
SuperCorridors
RFID/Sensors
Fusion Centers
Elimination of Barriers
for Information Sharing
– Fed/State
In Common?
IVHS (Intelligent Vehicle
Highway
System)/RFID/Tracking
Global Supply Chain
Management/PPPs
Standardized
digital data collection,
Personally Identifiable
Electronic Tolling
Biometric Identification
aggregation, analysis, and
information sharing via advanced IT
(information
technology)Vehicle
systems
Remote ID via
CCTV/Global
Tracking/Cameras
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Global XML Language
Global Data
Collection/Sharing
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OK-SAFE Issues: 2009-2012
Sustainable
Development
Resource
Management
Earmarks for
Technology Co.
Wave Technologies –
Empty Offices
State CIO
Government
Modernization
Health Care
Reform
Exposing Health Care
Reform
In Common?
Education for
Sustainable
Development
Densification –
PlaniTulsa/MAPS
Standardized digital dataState
collection,
Chief
OSU-UML – Drones
Information Officer
aggregation, analysis, and
information sharing via advanced IT
$1M Capgemini
(information
technology)
systems
Triton Scientific,
Contract –
Triarii, etc.
State IT Assessment
Electronic Health
Record (EHR) –
On Everyone
2 Exchanges –
Information/Insurance
1/16/13 - Add “Gun Violence Reduction” Efforts
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Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development –
Balanced Production
and Consumption
“Development that meets the
needs of the present
generation without
compromising the ability of
future generations to meet
their own needs.” In other
words, from each according
to his ability, to each
according to his need.
Targets producers &
consumers. Source: The Brundtland
Report, 1987
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Technocracy – N.A. Technate
TECHNOCRACY –
Balanced Production
and Consumption
“Technocracy finds that the
production and distribution of
an abundance of physical
wealth on a Continental scale
for the use of all Continental
citizens can only be
accomplished by a
Continental technological
control – a governance of
function – a Technate.”
Technocracy Study Course, 1934, 1935, 1936 – p. vii.
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Definitions
Technology –
•
The branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and
their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects
as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science. A
technological process, invention, method, or the like.
Information Technology –
•
The development, installation, and implementation of computer systems and
applications.
Technocracy –
•
Government by technical experts.
Technate –
•
•
•
Technocracy is the concept of government by technicians, i.e. scientists and
engineers, who would oversee and administrate government and the economy.
The framework for a North American Technate (an
institutionalized and operational technocracy) was formulated
in
the early twentieth century by an influential group called
Technocracy Incorporated.
This group eventually published a Technocracy Study Course
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Changing Consumption Patterns
Agenda 21 - Chapter 4
CHANGING CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
a. Focusing on unsustainable patterns of production and consumption;
b. Developing national policies and strategies to encourage changes in unsustainable consumption
patterns.
(b) Data and information - Undertaking research on consumption
4.10. In order to support this broad strategy, Governments, and/or private research and policy institutes, with the
assistance of regional and international economic and environmental organizations, should make a
concerted effort to:
a. Expand or promote databases on production and consumption and develop methodologies for analysing
them;
b. Assess the relationship between production and consumption, environment, technological adaptation and
innovation, economic growth and development, and demographic factors;
c. Examine the impact of ongoing changes in the structure of modern industrial economies away from
material-intensive economic growth;
d. Consider how economies can grow and prosper while reducing the use of energy and materials and the
production of harmful materials;
e. Identify balanced patterns of consumption worldwide which the Earth can support in the long term.
Balanced Production and Consumption
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U.S. Dept. of
State
“The United States
works domestically to
implement the
recommendations made
at the Rio Conference.”
Source:
U.S. Department of State, 95/06/09
Fact Sheet: Global Environmental
Issues, Bureau of Public Affairs
Colin Powell
“The U.S. strongly supports
the CSD (Commission on
Sustainable Development)
as a primary international
body for promoting
sustainable development
worldwide.”
Sustainable Development is
All Encompassing
Economy
Equity
Environment
• Promotes
• Social Justice, vs.
• Elevates Nature
redistribution of
Equal Justice
above Man
wealth
• Requires shift in
• Climate Change
Economy”
• Business backed“Knowledge-based
attitudes, values,
• Dictates Air &
by support of
beliefs Control
Water Use
•Population
The
computer-based
government
• Multiculturalism
• Control of natural
Information
Technology/Data
Industry
•Goal
is
to
not
exceed
the
“carrying
capacity”
of the Earth
• Public/Private
• Seeks to abolish
resources
isvs.
sustainable
as itDevelopment
is “resource –light”
Partnerships
private
property
•Education
for
Sustainable
Everyone
• For
Central
land
Private Enterprise
• Changes
in
management
•Requires Central Planning
& Technology
to Track
and Monitor
• NGO’s used to
consumption
• Energy use
Compliance
implement
patterns
• Biodiversity
•Includes Health Care (i.e. standardized and
rationed)
Sustainable Development
Requires A “Technocracy”
• Global Control of Resources -
Systems
Sustainable Development
“Knowledge-based Economy”
• Global Control
of Assets – Systems
The computer-based
Information Technology/Data Industry
• Global Transportation
–
Systems
is sustainable as it is “resource light”
Including the people
Moves goods, people and information
• Global Supply Chain Management - Systems
Tracking and control of production and distribution
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Digital
Everything
•Digital
everything Persons, Places, Things,
and Events
•Data
on persons, places,
things, and events is being
collected, aggregated,
“Knowledge-based Economy”analyzed and shared –
across jurisdictions
regionally, nationally and
The computer-based
internationally
Information Technology/Data Industry
•Technology now includes
is sustainable as it is “resource light”
the ability to locate,
identify and track
(surveille) persons,
places, things and events
remotely
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Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)
•
4/27/2004 - President Bush issued Executive Order 13335 establishing the position of
a National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (IT) within the Office of the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
•
ONC Initiatives include establishing the Nationwide Health Information Network
(NHIN), and supporting the development of the Federal Health Architecture.
•
The ONC has set a goal that every person in the U.S. must utilize an electronic
medical record by 2014. ONC will leverage the National Information Exchange
Model (NIEM)
CHANGE - Yes, We Can!
Because federal & state statutes about disclosure and privacy were written before
interoperable health IT and widespread exchange of health information, federal and state
laws that “inadvertently and unnecessarily prohibit or limit the appropriate
exchange of information…”
must change to accommodate the technology.
Technology Trumps Principle!
13 Source: Office of the National Coordinator – http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt/community/healthit_hhs_gov__home/1204
Federal Data “Hub”
The new American Idol
Seamless
Flow of
Information
•Information
sharing
requires common
standards and
interoperability of
information technology
systems – at the federal,
state, local, tribal and
territorial level
•Requires
the
elimination of
institutional and
jurisdictional barriers to
information sharing
State laws, regulations
and policies that
“inadvertently and
unnecessarily prohibit or
significantly limit the
exchange of electronic
information” (including
health information) are
changing to allow the
seamless flow of
information across
organizational borders.
•
By 2015
Source:Vision 2015 – A Globally Integrated and Networked Intelligence Enterprise. http://www.dni.gov/Vision_2015.pdf
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I.E. – Libelium’s 50 Sensor Applications
“Knowledge-based Economy”
Selling Software and Hardware
For Monitoring Compliance
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Standardization & Interoperability
• Standards – Common use, rules, guidelines, formats, coding, etc.
Establishes UNIFORMITY.
• HL7 International – Health Level 7 International has been adopted by U.S.
(global)
• ICD-10 – International Classifications of Diseases, V10 – For health coding
and claims, adopted by U.S. (global)
• Interoperability – one system can communicate with another
system, even if using different software and hardware.
ALL FEDERAL GRANTS that involve
technology, including all healthcare, law
enforcement and education grants,
REQUIRE compliance with federal IT
standards and interoperability capabilities.
ALL federal standards are international
standards and globally interoperable.
ALL healthcare systems must comply.
Sources: http://worldstandardscooperation.org/about.html; Health Level 7 International - http://www.hl7.org/ ;
S & I Framework - http://wiki.siframework.org/Query+Health+Commitment+Tracker
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IT in ARRA and PPACA
2009 – The Stimulus Bill Was the REAL Health Care Reform Law
• The HITECH Act – Health Information for Economic and Clinical Health -Title
XIII of Division A, and Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5
• Adoption of certified EHR technologies and requirements for their
“meaningful use” - State Health Information Exchanges/ SHIECAP (Cooperative Agreements)
2010 – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(PPACA, aka “ObamaCare”)
Public Laws 111-148 and 111-152
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Health IT provisions:
Quality of Care - Sections 2717, 3004, 3005, 3013, 4302, 6301,
10332,10333, 10109, 10305
Programs – Sections 1322, 1323, 2401, 2703, 3011, 4103, 5405, 934, 5604,
6701, 10410
Reimbursement Structure (Insurance Exchanges) – Sections 1311, 2706,
3002, 3021, 3022, 3024, 3201
Operating Rules and Standards –Sections 1104, 1561
Health IT Workforce – Sections 2801, 3012, 3501, 3502, 5101, 5301, 6114
Sources: The HITECH Act, PL11-5; HIMSS Summary on Key HIT in PPACA http://www.himss.org/content/files/PPACA_Summary.pdf
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Health Care Reform - Defined
• Health Care Reform - is really about the use of IT to implement a nationwide
health information network (NHIN), that will enable the seamless flow of
information across boundaries, and that allows a growing global surveillance
system to function.
• Electronic Health Records - Reform is predicated on the creation of a
standardized, interoperable electronic health record (EHR) on every single
individual
“Knowledge-based Economy”
• Cradle-to-Grave – EHRs are used for data collection, aggregation and
reporting and are intended to track a person from birth to death. (Longitudinal)
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•
Health Care Reform:
EHRs are universal and to be shared globally – not only within our
Selling Software and Hardware
government, but with foreign governments, universities, and other third parties.
For Monitoring
Compliance
Requires Standardization
and Interoperability
– to establish uniformity and
compatibility in data collection, regardless of jurisdiction
• EHRs include each person’s genetic information – and will be used for research
purposes without the knowledge or consent of the person
• Rights killing - Health care reform, and other data collection networks, do an “end-run” around
search warrants and nullify our inherent rights to life, liberty and property.
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Diagram from NGA’s Krista Drobac presentation 11/3/11 to OK Joint Legislative Committee on Federal Health Care Reform
The Seamless Flow of Information –
From You to the Feds…and Beyond
Individual
Health IT Data
Collection System
Government/
Research Universities
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Private Sector/
Foreign organizations
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Government, Industry, and Academia Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
The “New Economy”
Triangle:
A “knowledge-based” economy
involves strategic alliances, aka
public-private partnerships:
1. Government
2. Industry anchor
company
3. Academia
This is NOT a free-market
model.
It is a model for technocratic
governance.
Sources: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20090407/ai_n31516321/-: and Michigan Economic Dev. Corp.; and Greg Mains,
President of St. Gregory’s University, ppt presentation at the OEDC 2011 Summit, Oct. 3, 2011, Norman, OK
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From Government to Governance
Word
Assumed Meaning
Real/Political
Government
needs to be run
more like a
business
Government operating in an
orderly manner, not wasting
taxpayers’ money, while still
operating within its’ proper
authority and respecting the
God-given rights of the
individual; operates as a
sovereign entity with a
constitution, with separate but
equal Executive, Legislative,
and Judicial branches.
Government operates from a
business plan, focusing on revenue
generation, cost savings, and
efficiencies. Functions of
government are viewed as services;
services to the public are
considered a business process &
commoditized.
Does not function as a
business.
It is a Government, not
governance.
Governance by ‘experts’.
Government services are called
“business processes” subject to
consolidation/ outsourcing to
“eliminate waste, create efficiencies,
and reduce fragmentation.”
Citizens are viewed as an asset or
liability, and are charged for using
services.
Recommendations
Repent – not kidding here
Individuals need to minimize their “electronic footprint” and finds ways to
not participate in the data accumulation systems.
Educate yourselves on the issues facing this country and recognize the face
that we no longer operate under a “constitutionally constrained” system of
government.
Work with your elected officials to educate them on the issues of loss of
liberty. Replace those elected officials who do not listen or take positive
action to reduce the size and scope of “administrative governance”.
Do not establish a state-based Health Insurance exchange – it will be the
same as the Federal government’s version
Allow people to escape HIT/HIE system without penalty; do not penalize
providers who opt not to adopt EHRs or participate in this system
Repeal state laws that prohibit individuals from seeking alternative health
care services, i.e. homeopathic medicines or non-traditional treatments
Terminate the Oklahoma Health Information Exchange Trust
Audit the Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Adhere to the OK Constitution - work to restore liberty
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Source: The People of Oklahoma
Conclusion
The U.S. federal government, via
various initiatives [including
health care reform], is actively
participating in the
establishment a globally
networked and integrated
intelligence enterprise – based on
a technocratic governance model.
This technocratic model includes
the accumulation of an
extraordinary amount of
extremely personal, detailed
information about the America
people.
Government, in it’s attempt to be
an all-knowing technocratic “god”
and to satisfy the IT industry’s
insatiable, ever-changing
appetite, is doing an end-run
around human dignity and
nullifying our God-given rights to
life, liberty and property.
The American People Are Not
Slaves
“Nature has not made men slaves, but free,
with an intrinsic right to liberty when they
infringe not the equal freedom of others.
Not only so, but liberty is a divine
principle, recognized in Scripture. So the
Psalmist declared, “I will talk at liberty; for
I seek thy precepts,” and Jesus taught that
it is lawful for a man to do what he will
with his own, when he thereby commits no
wrong to others.”
Biblical Law , by H.B. Clark, p. 15
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