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March 25, 2006
More Department of Homeland Security
Homeland security group to meet away from public eye from CNet
The Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council is a new addition to the Department of Homeland Security that will deal with communications giants to guard our nation's communications infrastructure. DHS admins don't see the committee being within the confines of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 1972 law that requires federal committees to share information publicly.
Here's a valid concern from a member of the EPIC:
One privacy advocate said he didn't buy the excuses. "The public has an extremely strong interest in knowing whether DHS and the relevant industries are doing enough to protect facilities, and whether there might be company negligence that contributes to any possible security vulnerabilities," David Sobel, a general counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, wrote in an e-mail interview.
Posted by xncroft at March 25, 2006 11:31 PM