Last week’s deadly attack in San Bernardino, California, shows why the U.S. needs to move as quickly as possible to next-generation 911, said FCC Public Safety Bureau Chief David Simpson. The commission’s Task Force on Optimal Public Safety Answering Point Architecture where he spoke Thursday approved TFOPA's final two reports, on cybersecurity and optimal PSAP architecture. A report approved by TFOPA in September addressed PSAP funding (see 1509290057).
Last week’s deadly attack in San Bernardino, California, shows why the U.S. needs to move as quickly as possible to next-generation 911, said FCC Public Safety Bureau Chief David Simpson. The commission’s Task Force on Optimal Public Safety Answering Point Architecture where he spoke Thursday approved TFOPA's final two reports, on cybersecurity and optimal PSAP architecture. A report approved by TFOPA in September addressed PSAP funding (see 1509290057).
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez had some advice on the sharing economy, the subject of a paper released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution, where she and others spoke. It's "important for policymakers to look at this issue very carefully and not hastily overregulate" because this innovation should be encouraged, she said. Through this "disruptive competition," Ramirez said, consumers are getting products and services that are "vastly different" from traditional methods, but these business models are also taxing existing regulations around the world.
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez had some advice on the sharing economy, the subject of a paper released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution, where she and others spoke. It's "important for policymakers to look at this issue very carefully and not hastily overregulate" because this innovation should be encouraged, she said. Through this "disruptive competition," Ramirez said, consumers are getting products and services that are "vastly different" from traditional methods, but these business models are also taxing existing regulations around the world.
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez had some advice on the sharing economy, the subject of a paper released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution, where she and others spoke. It's "important for policymakers to look at this issue very carefully and not hastily overregulate" because this innovation should be encouraged, she said. Through this "disruptive competition," Ramirez said, consumers are getting products and services that are "vastly different" from traditional methods, but these business models are also taxing existing regulations around the world.
Final language for a conference cybersecurity information sharing bill is likely to go public as early as Tuesday, industry lobbyists told us. Days ago, language began circulating for a largely rewritten information sharing bill that would swing the center of gravity in an expanded information sharing apparatus away from the Department of Homeland Security and back toward intelligence and law enforcement agencies. House and Senate cybersecurity leaders have been in informal negotiations on a conference information sharing bill since the Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S-754) in late October (see 1510280057).
Final language for a conference cybersecurity information sharing bill is likely to go public as early as Tuesday, industry lobbyists told us. Days ago, language began circulating for a largely rewritten information sharing bill that would swing the center of gravity in an expanded information sharing apparatus away from the Department of Homeland Security and back toward intelligence and law enforcement agencies. House and Senate cybersecurity leaders have been in informal negotiations on a conference information sharing bill since the Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S-754) in late October (see 1510280057).
House Judiciary Committee members appeared largely supportive of the Email Privacy Act during a hearing Tuesday on HR-699, which would update the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). The bill, sponsored by Reps. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., and Jared Polis, D-Colo., has more than 300 co-sponsors, but it has languished in subcommittee since it was introduced in March. Lawmakers such as Reps. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, who’s not a cosponsor, and Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, who is, said during the hearing they would like to see the bill go to markup. When asked whether a markup is planned, a House Judiciary aide emailed that Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., had a good hearing and highlighted some issues that need to be addressed.
House Judiciary Committee members appeared largely supportive of the Email Privacy Act during a hearing Tuesday on HR-699, which would update the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). The bill, sponsored by Reps. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., and Jared Polis, D-Colo., has more than 300 co-sponsors, but it has languished in subcommittee since it was introduced in March. Lawmakers such as Reps. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, who’s not a cosponsor, and Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, who is, said during the hearing they would like to see the bill go to markup. When asked whether a markup is planned, a House Judiciary aide emailed that Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., had a good hearing and highlighted some issues that need to be addressed.
Tuesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Email Privacy Act (HR-699) is shaping up as a showdown between law enforcement officials, who say the legislation will hinder their investigations, and civil liberties and privacy supporters, who say the 30-year-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) needs to be updated. That's according to prepared testimony from the witnesses.