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Articles by Paul Rosenzweig
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Rogers-Ruppersberger Privacy and Civil Liberties Amendments
Minimization, Retention, and Notification Amendment: An amendment will be filed today that would:Provid Provide clear authority to the Federal Government to undertake reasonable efforts to limit the impact on privacy and civil liberties of the…
CISPA Amendments Make the Good Even Better
Recognizing that the U.S. faces serious cybersecurity threats, Congress has wisely decided to take action in this important arena, and the House of Representatives will vote on multiple cybersecurity bills this week. It is just as important, however,…
Lungren Bill Emerges from Committee
On Wednesday the House Homeland Security Committee marked up the Lungren cybersecurity proposal. The details are reported here and are difficult to piece together. In so far as one can tell, the Chairman’s amendment softened the directive nature of…
The Politics of the Cyber Legislation Debate
Over the past several weeks, I’ve written a number of blogs about the substance of the cybersecurity bills pending before Congress. As the House moves to consider cyber legislation next week and as the Senate prepares to begin its debate, I wanted to…
House Homeland Cyber Bill — The Lungren Substitute
The House Homeland Security Committee has now released its own updated version of a cybersecurity bill. The text is (Lungren Substitute April 2012). This bill stands in pretty significant contrast to the Rogers-Ruppersberger bill which (in it The…
Rogers-Ruppersberger Manager’s Amendment
The Rogers-Ruppersberger bill will come to the floor the week of April 23. It's information sharing provisions are likely to be the crux of the debate on the House side. Today, the Manager's filed a draft amendment in the nature of a substitute. Major differences:...
Spafford to Congress: “Just Say No”
OK. I made up the quote, but it is a fair assessment of Professor Eugene Spafford’s message to Congress. On Wednesday April 11, Spaf (as he is widely known) gave the invited Frank Howard Distinguished Lecture at the George Washington University…
The Who, What and Why of Information Sharing in Cybersecurity Legislation
In earlier posts I’ve written generally about the information sharing provisions of the Lieberman-Collins cybersecurity bill and the McCain bill. Today I want to continue drilling down in comparing the two bills on a more detailed basis by examining…
The Dark Side of International Cybersecurity Information Sharing
Earlier this week, I wrote a short blog suggesting the need for an international component to the cybersecurity information sharing proposals pending in the Senate. In the interests of doing the idea fair justice, today’s post is a short reference to…
Bono Mack and Blackburn Introduce Cyber Bill in House
Representatives Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) have introduced a companion cybersecurity bill in the House of Representatives that is said to be identical to the McCain Senate proposal. Representatives Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and…