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                Date: 2000-04-13
                 
                 
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Cyberterror Bill Keeps Company Secrets 
 
The "Cyber Security Information Act," to be announced  
Wednesday, would keep vulnerability information away from  
the public. By Kevin Poulsen April 11, 2000 3:27 PM PST 
 
Sensitive information about computer network vulnerabilities  
and intrusions transferred from the private sector to the  
federal government would be shielded from public disclosure,  
under a bill set to be announced Wednesday by  
Representatives Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Jim Moran (D-Va.). 
 
The proposed legislation would carve out a new exemption to  
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a law used primarily  
by journalists which allows a certain degree of public access  
to government files.  
 
Companies have cited FOIA as a roadblock to the public- 
private partnership envisioned by President Clinton's  
cyberterrorism policy. The Administration has long pushed for  
the creation of an Information Sharing and Analysis Center  
(ISAC) which would act as a central repository for cyberthreat  
data, both among companies, and between corporations and  
the government. But the private sector has proven reluctant to  
give agencies potentially sensitive and embarrassing  
information that could be accessible to the public through  
FOIA. 
 
According to a draft of the proposed "Cyber Security  
Information Act" obtained by SecurityFocus.com, the bill  
would allow federal agencies to specifically designate  
requests for information as FOIA exempt. Anything obtained  
in response to such a request would be kept confidential, and  
"may not be used by any Federal entity, agency or authority  
or by any third party, directly or indirectly, in any civil action."  
 
Voll Text 
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/17
                   
 
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