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White House draft plan wants new Internet role for Feds
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 01:40:23 -0400
- To: politech@politechbot.com
- Subject: FC: White House draft plan wants new Internet role for Feds
- From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
I'm going to try to put part of the report online before I leave in
about five hours for the Internet Law and Policy Forum conference in
Seattle. (I'm speaking on Wednesday and will be in Seattle through
Saturday.) See: http://www.ilpf.org/conference2002/
I don't have a great way to scan in and OCR large documents, so I
may post efax files and ask for a volunteer to OCR 'em.
-Declan
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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958159.html?tag=politech
White House preps cybersecurity plan
By Declan McCullagh
September 16, 2002, 6:58 PM PT
WASHINGTON--The White House's cyberspace security plan, scheduled to
be released Wednesday, envisions a broad new role for the federal
government in maintaining Internet security.
While couching many concepts as mere suggestions, a draft of the plan
seen by CNET News.com says the government should improve the security
of key Internet protocols and spend tens of millions of dollars on
centers to recognize and respond to "cyber attacks."
[...]
It says the executive branch should consult with privacy groups and
attempt to preserve civil liberties, but concludes that in some cases,
privacy could be limited. "Allowing completely anonymous
communications on a wide-scale basis, with no possibility of
determining the source, could shelter criminal, or even terrorist
communications," the draft says.
[...]
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