They also argue that harm caused by unsafe products can be adequately handled through traditional tort law. Several finalists won awards this year for their use of the Internet and computer technology. The Largo police department did not respond to a written request for information on whether the incidence of domestic violence in Largo is decreasing. The U.S. Department of Agricul-ture's Agricultural Marketing Service recently created a Rulemaking for Organic Food Standards Program, allowing the public to read about and comment on proposed regulatory rules via the Internet. In 1994, the U.S. Department of Defense began using the Internet to sell surplus military equipment and property to nonprofit organizations and other government agencies.
Some users can electronically place an order.
This facilitates faster detection of foodborne disease outbreaks and may lead to the recall of contaminated food. Just as businesses and individuals are using the Internet and computers to increase efficiency and cut costs, government should be expected to do so as a matter of course to enhance law enforcement, sell bonds, make information more readily available to the public and the like. Although this is a rare action worthy of praise and emulation, taxpayers should expect such treatment. Other Questionable Programs Awards have gone to other questionable programs. Yet there is no clear evidence that CFCs have caused significant worldwide ozone depletion.