The merits of company privacy policies were debated today as an FTC commissioner criticized them for being confusing and unwieldy while some corporate privacy officers said the federal government was partly to blame for the complex statements. Two U.S. senators, joined by a group of 10 co-sponsors, filed legislation that proposes the creation of a federal CIO who would be responsible for all of the government's IT operations. If the federal government's outsourcing goal in IT and other areas is simply to eliminate civil servants and steer more business toward the private sector, then it's squandering an unprecedented opportunity to create more sophisticated digital-era mechanisms to maximize service to citizens. A bill that would establish the nation's first state-level infrastructure protection center has passed its first hurdle in the Arizona House. Wireless devices are turning up at federal agencies in increasing numbers, but their spread is outpacing federal policies for dealing with them.
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