Bipartisan Bill Creating Panel to Address Encryption, Privacy Introduced
Bipartisan legislation to establish an independent blue ribbon panel that addresses encryption and privacy was introduced by a group of congressional lawmakers led by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas. The bill (see 1602240056) would create the…
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16-member National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges with members chosen from different areas such as cryptography, civil liberties, law enforcement and technology. The panel would provide an interim report within six months. In addition to Warner, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and McCaul, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, there are 22 co-sponsors including Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, Dave Reichert, R-Wash., Jim Langevin, D-R.I., and Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y.