via ThomasNet News The U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DoC) Internet Policy Task Force has issued a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on its cybersecurity report released on June 8. Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy recommends consideration of a new framework for a...
via InformationWeek Government The Department of Commerce has proposed new cybersecurity standards to protect Internet businesses and services providers that aren’t part of the U.S. critical infrastructure sector. A report released Wednesday by the department’s Internet Policy Task Force...
via Time On Wednesday, the Obama administration went very public about online privacy. President Barack Obama’s top advisor on communications and information policy, Lawrence E. Strickling, told the Senate Commerce Committee that the administration now backs enforcement of a new “Consume...
via Federal News Radio The Internet Policy Task Force says the Commerce Department should have its own privacy office and develop codes of conduct for companies that track people on the Internet. The Task Force, which is part of Commerce, argues that a privacy bill of rights should give Internet use...