Political Quotes

“secure information is the lifeblood of effective government. But we've seen a wide range of incidents involving data loss or theft, privacy breaches, and security incidents at Federal agencies. In almost all of these cases, Congress and the public would not have learned of these events had we not requested the information. After all, despite the volume of sensitive information held by agencies--tax returns, military records, health records, to name a few--there currently is no requirement that agencies notify citizens whose personal information may have been compromised. We need to ensure the public knows when its sensitive personal information has been lost or compromised. Therefore I am pleased we incorporated my legislation, H.R. 2124, which requires timely notice be provided to individuals whose sensitive personal information could be compromised by a breach of data security at a Federal agency. In addition to focusing on ensuring adequate protection of individuals' personal information held by the Federal Government, I have also spent years focusing on general, government-wide information management and security policy.”