To Gut Key Provisions Of SAFE bill . Legislation to lift export controls on strong encryption technology hit its toughest resistance Tuesday as the House Committee on National Security voted 45-1 to gut key provisions of the Security and Freedom through Encryption Act. The final vote resulted in a bill that, if passed, would strengthen export controls on encryption technology, reversing the original intent of the SAFE bill.
Credit bureau yields to Net critics .
One of the nation's largest credit bureaus is withdrawing from an online direct marketing venture, reportedly because of heated criticism from Internet users. Mars Global Surveyor . The Mars Global Surveyor mission is designed as a rapid, low-cost recovery of the Mars Observer mission objectives. The science objectives involve high resolution imaging of the surface, studies of the topography and gravity, the role of water and dust on the surface and in the atmosphere of Mars, the weather and climate of Mars, the composition of the surface and atmosphere, and the existence and evolution of the Martian magnetic field. Overhaul of SAFE bill approved .