more on Fiscal 2005 spending bill addresses privacy issues

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Bob Rosenberg <bob () bobrosenberg phoenix az us>
Date: December 7, 2004 9:20:24 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: RE: Fiscal 2005 spending bill addresses privacy issues

Dave

[from the final paragraph] "The bill also would waive "Buy America" 
provisions
requiring federal IT purchases to include U.S.-made content...."

Am I the only one who wonders how the Gummint will protect itself/us 
from some
"bad guy" furr'ner who would put rogue code into those IT purchses?

Have others screamed & complained?  Will they?

Bob
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Bob Rosenberg, Principal
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http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1204/120604tdpm1.htm

DAILY BRIEFING
December 6, 2004
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Fiscal 2005 spending bill addresses privacy issues

By Chloe Albanesius, National Journal's Technology Daily
The omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2005 includes privacy provisions
crafted to prevent the unlawful transfer of or access to confidential
information.

...

The bill also would waive "Buy America" provisions requiring federal IT
purchases to include U.S.-made content, and it would allow the Federal
Railroad Administration to reimburse employees for home Internet
connections.
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