Big Brother, ever wise...

HUD is trying to collect numbers on homeless folks by creating a huge database of everybody that's staying in a shelter or other temporary residence, including women escaping domestic violence. Of course the data would be shared among all the service providers, to avoid duplication. Hello? Do you know why those women have gone into hiding, and how hard they work to keep their locations secret? Ampersand suggests putting in a call to the White House on this one: see the above link.