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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
Can you give us any assurance that those guidelines will in fact not leave customer agency personnel, expert in agency matters, as decision makers for the security of Federal assets?
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton seeks assurance that security decisions won't be made by non-experts.

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