Neustar Disputes NAPM Criticism on Treatment of Confidential Information
Neustar rejected North American Portability Management accusations the incumbent local number portability administrator was to blame for the lack of information sharing by NAPM and PwC in the LNPA transition to Telcordia/iconectiv. Responding to complaints from Neustar IT experts (see…
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1611210039), NAPM counsel Todd Daubert had said Neustar was claiming a right to disclose confidential information it's receiving as the current LNPA and refused to sign a reasonable nondisclosure agreement (see 1611300026). Daubert "offered a series of false accusations and ad hominem attacks," said Neustar counsel Marc Martin in a letter posted Monday in docket 09-109. "Mr. Daubert falsely asserts that Neustar began claiming over a year ago the right to disclose publicly confidential information it receives from the Parties." He said NAPM can safely deliver confidential information to Neustar under an existing agreement. "The Parties know that Neustar has repeatedly expressed its willingness to accept a commercially reasonable non-disclosure agreement, but for nearly a year the Parties have been unwilling to address Neustar's concerns regarding the transparency of testing that is essential to the success of the transition as well as the need to address false or misleading statements made by others that could undermine the transition," he wrote. "Mr. Daubert's suggestion that confidential information about critical national infrastructure cannot be shared with Neustar is baseless and absurd. It was Neustar who proposed making explicit that national security-related information must be protected. Mr. Daubert's argument is particularly rich given that it is well established that the selected vendor caused significant delays due to its own compliance failures with certain national security-related obligations." Daubert didn't comment Monday.