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U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs hearing: Assessing America’s Counterterrorism Capabilities, August 3, 2004. Link to Member Statements and Witness Testimony Related news, from the Washington Post and New York Times respectively (both requiring registration): Pre-9/11 Acts Led To Alerts and Reports That Led to Terror Alert Were Years Old, Officials Say.
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Let the Sun Set on Patriot. Previous posts on Patriot Act.
“Representative Jay Inslee, a Washington Democrat, and three other congressmen introduced the E-mail Privacy Act of 2004 on Thursday. The bill would require that e-mail be subject to federal wiretap law that requires a court order for real-time interception of communications.” [Link]
An Examination of S. 2560, The Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004, Senate Judiciary Committee Full Committee, July 22, 2004 Links to Testimony and Member Statements
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations – Buyer Beware: The Danger of Purchasing Pharmaceuticals over the Internet – Day 2, Federal and Private Sector Responses, July 22, 2004. (Day One) Link to Member Statements and Witness Testimony
Press release today: “The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today approved by roll call vote, S. 2281, the VOIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004. Senator Sununu (R-NH) introduced the legislation on April 5, 2004. This legislation is designed to provide a structure for the regulatory treatment of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) applications.”
House Committee on Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Inter-governmental Relations, and the Census hearing on “The Science of Electronic Voting Machine Technology: Accuracy, Reliability, and Security,” July 20, 2004. Link to opening statement and testimony “An estimated 50 million registered voters, representing nearly 30 percent of all voters, are expected to cast their …
S. 2672 – To establish an Independent National Security Classification Board in the executive branch, and for other purposes, July 15, 2004.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology: What the Future Holds for Commerce, Security, and the Consumer, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, July 14, 2004. From Computer World, this article details opposing testimony and statements from industry, privacy advocates and legislators concerning the impact of RFID on consumer privacy.
Statements of Administration Policy (July 7, 2004) H.R. 4754, Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2005 [Link, 3 pages, PDF] “If legislation were presented to the President that includes any provision that forces the courts to allow notice to criminal suspects before a search warrant is executed, …
Today the House Administration Committee held a hearing on Electronic Voting System Security. See this article on the hearing , which includes a statement fromTadayoshi Kohno of the UC San Diego Cryptography and Security Laboratory – “It is possible to have secure-enough paperless machines…But we dont have those machines today, and we cant have them …
H.R. 2929, the Safeguard Against Privacy Invasions Act or Spy Act, was approved by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 45-4, on June 24. Declan McCullagh highlights the latest amendments to the bill: “Network providers may use monitoring software to guard against network security and fraud; software vendors may choose from certain specific notices when …
