Secure Federal File Sharing Act
Secure Federal File Sharing Act | ||
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Bill title H.R. 4098 | | |
Introduced by | Representative Edolphus Towns (D-NY10) | |
Introduced | November 17, 2009, 111th United States Congress | |
Committee report | H. Report 111-431 | |
Related legislation | ||
S. 3484 |
The Secure Federal File Sharing Act, also known as H.R. 4098, was a
The bill passed in the House of Representatives by a
Purpose and description
The Secure Federal File Sharing Act was proposed in response to leaks of highly sensitive United States government information (which includes a list of ongoing
The proposed act sought to limit the use of open-network
The proposed Secure Federal File Sharing Act sought to establish a policy that would require, within 180 days of its enactment, the
Process
Introduced in the House by Representative
The bill was introduced into the Senate on March 25, 2010, and referred to that chamber's
File sharing report; criticism
On May 10, 2010, MeriTalk, a U.S. government IT network, released a report on federal file sharing in which 200 federal government employees and security officials were interviewed to understand their file transfer practices. Of those interviewed, 58 percent were aware of their agency's policies for secure file transferring, and 43 percent reported that they consistently followed the file sharing policies. Furthermore, 71 percent said they were concerned with the current security of federal file transfers, yet 54 percent admitted to not monitoring their own
The Electronic Frontier Foundation stated, prior to the introduction of this bill, that a government-wide restriction on peer-to-peer file sharing would limit the government's ability to take advantage of potentially useful file-sharing software. To support its opinion that peer-to-peer filesharing can be useful, the foundation offered as examples licensed music services and video gaming companies, which use peer-to-peer tools.[15]
References
- ^ "Secure Federal File Sharing Act". GovTrack.us. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ^ "House Bill Bans Government Employee File Sharing". eweek.com. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Towns Introduces Legislation to Prevent Inadvertent File Sharing". November 17, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ^ "Leaked House Ethics document spreads on the Net via P2P". Computerworld.com. 30 October 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "H.R.4098 - Secure Federal File Sharing Act". OpenCongress. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Bill Text". Thomas.loc.gov. Archived from the original on October 4, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ^ "H.R. 4098". LegislativeDigest. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ "H.R. 4098, The Secure Federal File Sharing Act". WashingtonWatch. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ "Major Actions in the House of Representatives". Thomas.loc.gov. Archived from the original on July 4, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ^ "Roll Call Vote Results". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ^ "S.3484, The Secure Federal File Sharing Act". Thomas.loc.gov. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ "Why Encrypt? Federal File Transfer Report". MeriTalk research. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Federal File Sharing Practices Need Some Work". afcea.org/signal. AFCEA. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Bill would restrict P2P use on government networks". ComputerWorld. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2010.