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Tech CEOs call for better government security practices
December 5, 2001 The Chief Executive Officers of 11 top software companies called for better government security practices and stronger enforcement of laws against hackers and copyright infringers on Wednesday. Speaking in a panel discussion and in a press conference at the Business Software Alliance conference, they also expressed their willingness to work ...
Environmental groups protest cybersecurity information sharing bill
December 3, 2001 More than a dozen environmental groups recently have joined civil liberties and consumer protection groups in their longstanding fight against legislation designed to spur the disclosure of cybersecurity information. The environmental groups' vigorous campaign against the bill, S. 1456, has breathed new life into the opposition and could trigger a ...
Bill could classify computer hacking as terrorism
September 27, 2001 Minor computer hacking could be considered terrorist acts subject to life imprisonment under a section in the Bush administration's anti-terrorism proposal, electronic civil liberties groups scrutinizing the plan said Thursday. That section and another that would permit law enforcement officials to engage in extensive electronic surveillance when authorized by Internet ...
U.S. antiterrorism efforts to include Internet
September 21, 2001 The United States' war against terrorism will be fought through unconventional means that will include the Internet, Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, said on Friday, even as he added that President Bush's Thursday night address to the nation was likely to minimize any risks of cyberwarfare by terrorists. "By virtue of ...
Tech firm invests $2 million in e-government lobbying
August 24, 2001 Flush from eight years of rapid growth selling software to manage customer relations to the private sector, Siebel Systems has launched a major new push into the e-government marketplace, and the firm is backing its commitment with a new lobbying shop in Washington and a $2 million political action committee ...
Groups call proposed cybersecurity bill a 'smokescreen'
August 3, 2001 Consumer protection and privacy groups are raising opposition to elements of a draft computer security bill that Republican Sens. Robert Bennett of Utah and Jon Kyl of Arizona had planned to introduce Thursday but postponed until September to woo more cosponsors. The draft legislation, which provides businesses with exemptions from ...
Senator criticizes FBI's computer security center
July 26, 2001 In her first hearing as chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information Subcommittee, California Democrat Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday criticized the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC). Citing a General Accounting Office report she had commissioned and that was released at the hearing, Feinstein said, "The GAO ...
Ashcroft announces new computer crime units
July 23, 2001 Citing the growing threat of crime on the Internet, Attorney General John Ashcroft on Friday announced the formation of 10 specialized prosecutorial units designed to fight computer crime and intellectual property cases and he urged businesses to cooperate fully with law enforcement. Dubbed the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) ...
Tech firms reluctant to conduct R&D with the government
July 20, 2001 Many technology businesses are reluctant to conduct research and development with the government because of uncertainties about who would receive the intellectual property that results from the ventures, government and private-sector contracting officials told a House Government Reform subcommittee this week. Technology and Procurement Policy Subcommittee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., ...
Ex-Census chief proposes new privacy protection
July 10, 2001 The former director of the Census Bureau has proposed that future population surveys no longer release data for geographical units such as street blocks. The proposal--in a June 26 letter to the White House's top statistician--comes at a time of increasing concern about the privacy of government-collected data and the ...
