I believe Courtney got it wrong. Isn't it Pro-CODE that has the Info Board provision? See: SEC. 6. INFORMATION SECURITY BOARD. (a) INFORMATION SECURITY BOARD TO BE ESTABLISHED- The Secretary shall establish an Information Security Board comprised of representatives of agencies within the Federal Government responsible for or involved in the formulation of information security policy, including export controls on products with information security features (including encryption). The Board shall meet at such times and in such places as the Secretary may prescribe, but not less frequently than quarterly. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) does not apply to the Board or to meetings held by the Board under subsection (d). -Declan On Tue, 13 May 1997 jamesd@echeque.com wrote:
according to http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,10604,00.html
Kerrey's effort has one thing in common with the SAFE Act: It calls for the creation of an Information Security Board. The board proposal caused some privacy watchdogs to pull their endorsements of SAFE because it wouldn't have to comply with federal open-meeting act.
Since a common hand has presumably been at work in both bills, this looks like good cop / bad cop to me.
The good cop says, "I am your friend"
He is not your friend.
Create a federal board, and it will exercise power.
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