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TECHNOCRACY

Information Technology, Sustainable Development, Health Care Reform

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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

IVHS (Intelligent Vehicle Highway

System)/RFID/Tracking

Global Supply Chain Management/PPPs

REAL ID

National/International Identification Card

Personally Identifiable Biometric Identification

Remote ID via CCTV/Global

SuperCorridors

RFID/Sensors

Electronic Tolling

Vehicle Tracking/Cameras

Fusion Centers

Elimination of Barriers for Information Sharing –

Fed/State

Global XML Language

Global Data Collection/Sharing

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Standardized digital data collection, aggregation, analysis, and sharing via advanced IT (information technology) systems

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Sustainable Development

Resource Management

Education for Sustainable

Development

Densification – PlaniTulsa/MAPS

Earmarks for Technology Co.

Wave Technologies – Empty Offices

OSU-UML – Drones

Triton Scientific, Triarii, etc.

State CIO

Government Modernization

State Chief Information Officer

$1M Capgemini Contract –

State IT Assessment

Health Care Reform

Exposing Health Care Reform

Electronic Health Record (EHR) –On Everyone

2 Exchanges – Information/Insurance

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Standardized digital data collection, aggregation, analysis, and sharing via advanced IT (information technology) systems

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DefinitionsTechnology –• 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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Technocracy – N.A. Technate

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Balanced Production and Consumption

TECHNOCRACY –

“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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Sustainable Development –

“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.

Sustainable Development

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Source: The Brundtland Report, 1987

Balanced Production and Consumption

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Changing Consumption Patterns

Agenda 21 - Chapter 4

CHANGING CONSUMPTION PATTERNSa. 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.

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Balanced Production and Consumption

Sustainable Development is All Encompassing

Economy• Promotes

redistribution of wealth

• Business backed by support of government

• Public/Private Partnerships vs. Private Enterprise

• NGO’s used to implement

Environment• Elevates Nature

above Man• Climate Change• Dictates Air &

Water Use• Control of natural

resources• Central land

management• Energy use• Biodiversity

Equity• Social Justice, vs.

Equal Justice• Requires shift in

attitudes, values, beliefs

• Multiculturalism• Seeks to abolish

private property• Changes in

consumption patterns

• Population Control

• Goal is to not exceed the “carrying capacity” of the Earth

• Education for Sustainable Development – For Everyone

• Requires Central Planning & Technology to Track and Monitor Compliance

• Includes Health Care (i.e. standardized and rationed)

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Sustainable Development Requires A “Technocracy”

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• Global Control of Resources - Systems Sustainable Development

• Global Control of Assets – Systems Including the people

• Global Transportation – Systems Moves goods, people and information

• Global Supply Chain Management - Systems Tracking and control of production and distribution

•Digital everything -Persons, Places, Things, and Events

•Data on persons, places, things, and events is being collected, aggregated, analyzed and shared – across jurisdictions regionally, nationally and internationally

•Technology now includes the ability to locate, identify and track (surveille) persons, places, things and events remotely

Digital Everything

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12Photo Source: Libelium.

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I.E. – Libelium’s 50 Sensor Applications

Monitoring Compliance – Selling Software and Hardware $$$

Knowledge-based Economy…

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CONTINENTAL CONTROL

Source: Technocracy Study Course, p. 225

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Resource InventoryLand and People Minerals, etc.

Source: Technocracy Study Course, p. 271,273

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Source: Technocracy Study Course, p. 277

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Industry Classification

NAIC Code

“…The codes were originally meant to help obtain statistical data on the economic status of the US. However, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are now also using the codes for regulatory and survey purposes.” Quote

Source: 1800recycling.com

•Uniform Commercial Code – 1947, 1952

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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 (including health) information” are changing to allow the seamless flow of information across organizational borders.

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Source: Vision 2015 – A Globally Integrated and Networked Intelligence Enterprise. http://www.dni.gov/Vision_2015.pdf

Federal Data “Hub” – the New American Idol.

By 2015

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.

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 18

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.

National Standards Acronyms • FHIM - Federal Health Information Model. Federal information model• NHIN - Nationwide Health Information Network. A “network of

networks” • NIEM - National Information Exchange Model. Data model.

Goal - Information sharing across all levels and branches of government. Collaborators are DHS, USDOJ, and HHS.

The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) is the result of a collaborative effort by the United States Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security to produce a set of common, well-defined data elements to be used for data exchange development and harmonization.

Source: FHIM – http://fhim.wikispaces.com NHIN and NIEM - www.niem.gov 19

Diagram from NGA’s Krista Drobac presentation 11/3/11 to OK Joint Legislative Committee on Federal Health Care Reform

IT in ARRA and PPACA

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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

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

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

• Cradle-to-Grave – EHRs are used for data collection, aggregation and reporting and are intended to track a person from birth to death. (Long itud ina l)

• EHRs are universal and to be shared globally – not only within our government, but with foreign governments, universities, and other third parties.

• Requires Standardization and Interoperability – to establish uniformity and compatibility in data collection, regardless of jurisdiction

• EHRs include each person’s genetic information – a n d w il l b e u s e d fo r r e s e a rc h

p u rp o s e s w ith o u t th e k n o w le d g e o r c o n s e n t o f th e p e rs o n

• Rights killing - H e a lth c a re r e fo rm , a n d o th e r d a ta c o l le c t io n n e tw o rk s , d o a n “e n d - ru n ” a ro u n d

s e a rc h w a r ra n ts a n d n u l l i f y o u r in h e re n t r ig h ts to l i fe , l ib e r ty a n d p ro p e r ty.

• 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

• Cradle-to-Grave – EHRs are used for data collection, aggregation and reporting and are intended to track a person from birth to death. (Longitudinal)

• EHRs are universal and to be shared globally – not only within our government, but with foreign governments, universities, and other third parties.

• 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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The Seamless Flow of Information – From You to the Feds…and Beyond

Individual Health IT Data Collection System

Government/ Research

Universities

Private Sector/ Foreign

organizations

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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)

Source: Office of the National Coordinator – http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt/community/healthit_hhs_gov__home/1204

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!

Government, Industry, and Academia - PPPs

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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The “New Economy” Triangle:

A “knowledge-based” economy involves strategic alliances, aka public/private partnerships:

1. Government2. Industry anchor company3. Academia

This is NOT a free-market model.

This IS a technocratic governance model.

From Government to Governance

Word Assumed Meaning Real/PoliticalGovernment 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.

Does not function as a business.

It is a Government, not governance.

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.

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.

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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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.

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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

Source: The People of Oklahoma

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Technocracy Video Links• Pandora’s Box Series by Adam Curtis – 1992 BBC

Adam Curtis -Pandora's Box: Episode 1. The Engineers' Plot (1992)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3gwyHNo7MI• Adam Curtis - Pandora's Box [Part 2: To The Brink of Eternity] (1992)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JOyPWQtq5U&feature=related• Adam Curtis - Pandora's Box [Part 3: The League of Gentlemen] (1992)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRu4SnBz7TY&feature=relmfu• Technocracy: A Christian Society 1946 (Part 1)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9OZVN6PlSc&feature=relmfu• Technocracy: A Christian Society 1946 (Part 2)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eixBysKX5xc&feature=relmfu• Technocracy: Howard Scott Q&A - Detroit - (1958)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTjzyUO5rq8&feature=relmfu• Howard Scott Interviewed by Radcliff Student - Origins of Technical Alliance & Technocracy - (1962)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TRc9kGle7U&feature=relmfu• Howard Scott Interviewed by William A. Swanberg - Theodore Dreiser & Technocracy's origins - (1962)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ek8GFywTd0&feature=relmfu• Part 5. The North American Technate TNAT Technocracy

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogat7OIaMkQ&feature=related• Technocracy: "It's the Stupid Economy" - (1994)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-1cWricfdk&feature=relmfu