Thursday, July 26, 2012

Big Brother is watching

Today, we learn that starting in 2015, the Japanese government will be watching you more closely, or at least able to provide a more uniform set of data regarding your taxes and social welfare benefits. Oh, Happy, Day.

「マイナンバー」民 自公合意へ 納税と 社会保障の情報管理 15年運用へ今国 会成立の公算大

(07/26 19:53、07/26 19:55 更新)

国民一人一人に番号を割り振って、納税 と社会保障の情報を一元管理する共通番号 制度を導入する「マイナンバー法案」につ いて、政府内に最高情報責任者(CIO) を置くなどの修正を行うことで、民主、自 民、公明の3党が合意する見通しになった ことが26日分かった。

法案は2月に政府が今国会に提出し、こ れまで3党の実務者が水面下で協議してい た。来週にも各党内で合意に向けた了承手 続きに入る。政府は2015年1月からの 運用を予定しており、今国会で成立する公 算が大きくなった。

修正は、政府の情報管理体制を強化する ことが柱。

http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/politics/390725.html

DPJ, LDP, and Komeito agree on “My Number” program for managing of tax and social welfare information -- High probability of passing this Diet session and going into effect in 2015

It was learned on the 26 th that the “My Number” bill, which proposes to assign an individual number to every citizen to allow for centralized management of tax and social welfare information, is projected to be approved by the DPJ, LDP, and Komeito based on revisions that include creating a Chief Information Officer role within the government.

The bill was submitted in February by the party in power and party officials had been holding behind the scenes discussions up to this point. Each party will enter proceedings to approve the measure next week. The government plans to implement the policy in January 2015 and the likelihood of it passing this session have improved.

The revisions focused on strengthening the government’s information management structure.

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