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So-Called "Railway Safety Act" Constitutes a Political Handout to Big Labor That Does Nothing to Improve Safety At All

America as we know it was built largely upon and because of our rail industry, and today it remains a pillar of our economy.

Unfortunately, a destructive proposal before Congress misleadingly named the "Railway Safety Act" (RSA), part of broader surface transportation reauthorization, threatens great harm to our railroads.

Simply put, the bill has nothing to do with improving safety, but has a lot to do with advancing the political agenda of Big Labor.  At a moment when inflation burdens American families and fragile supply chains remain vulnerable to disruption, the last thing our economy or rail sector need is another costly federal mandate imposed upon one of the nation’s most important transportation sectors.

As an initial matter, as noted by The Wall Street Journal, the…[more]

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Home Jester's Courtroom Will the ACT Fail the Confidentiality Test?
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Wednesday, December 04 2013

A high school student is seeking more than $5 million in damages from standardized testing agencies College Board and ACT for allegedly selling personal information to colleges.

The Cook County, Illinois, student, about whom little else is known, filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in Illinois charging that the test makers with "unfair, immoral, unjust, oppressive and unscrupulous" conduct.  More specifically, the plaintiff alleges that when test takers are asked if the agencies can "share" their personal information with others, the high schoolers are not being told that their information is in fact being sold to colleges that want to market to students.  According to news reports, the current price is about 37 or 38 cents per name.

A spokesman for ACT said it would not comment on pending litigation but that the lawsuit was a “unique instance," meaning ACT at least has not previously faced such a challenge. The College Board could not immediately say if it had ever faced such a lawsuit and would not comment on ongoing litigation, but a spokeswoman said, “as a guiding principle in all we do, the College Board takes very seriously the privacy, security and confidentiality of information entrusted to us by the students in our care.”

—Source:  insidehighered.com

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