Operation Fastlink Announcement

Prepared Remarks of Attorney General John Ashcroft

Intellectual property industries - from music to games, to summer blockbuster movies and software that families can use to track their finances or to help their children learn to read - play significant roles in the American economy.

Experts Want Warning Network for Internet

By TED BRIDIS, AP Technology Writer

WASHINGTON - Computer security experts urged the Bush administration Thursday to set up a national early warning network and crisis center to monitor and respond to significant Internet attacks, suggestions aimed at staving off new federal regulations affecting the technology industry.

Note: Apparently, these un-named so-called "Experts" have missed all the links to: National Cyber Alert System (US-Cert)

U.S. Regulators to Weigh Anti-Spam Tactics
Thu Mar 11, 2004 05:17 PM ET
By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said on Thursday they would seek to prevent spam messages from reaching mobile phones and consider setting up a registry of e-mail users who don't want to receive junk messages.

Antispam Registries Aren't Official
FTC warns that private do-not-spam sites are ineffective at best and scams at worst.
Adrienne Newell,
Medill News Service

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While the Federal Trade Commission investigates setting up a national do-not-spam registry, new private sites are claiming to keep users spam-free now--but they lack the force of law.

Is Cyberspace Getting Safer?
Federal agency issues one-year cybersecurity report card and describes goals for security efforts.
Adrienne Newell, Medill News Service

WASHINGTON -- The cybersecurity branch of the federal Homeland Security Department is taking stock not quite a year after its inception, pointing to some education programs and urging more partnerships with private industry.

Feds Launch Cyber Alert System
By Caron Carlson
January 28, 2004

In the wake of this week's devastating MyDoom worm attack, the Department of Homeland Security launched a National Cyber Alert System today to provide information on Internet threats to both the technical community and end users.

Agencies Beef Up IT Security
By Dennis Fisher
January 5, 2004

As criticism of the federal government's security practices and policies mounts, some agencies are making sweeping changes in the way they manage IT assets.

The Department of Justice, one of a handful of agencies that received a failing grade on last month's report card on IT security delivered by a congressional subcommittee, is at the forefront of the movement.

New threat to Net's future? (the 9th Circus)
By J. William Gurley
Special to ZDNet
December 22, 2003, 5:39 AM PT

COMMENTARY--In 1998, President Clinton noted that information technology now accounts for more than a third of our economic growth, and government should follow one guiding principle: First, do no harm.

Web Security Chief Has Local Tech Roots
By Ellen McCarthy

So far, Internet security chief Amit Yoran has received a warm reception from government and industry officials, but the real tests of his abilities and influence are yet to come. The housekeeping may need to begin within his own agency -- a report released this week gave Homeland Security an F in Internet security.

U.S. Says Federal Agencies Still Failing Security Test

By Jay Lyman
TechNewsWorld
December 10, 2003

Among the federal agencies that brought home failing grades for network security was the Department of Homeland Security. The agency was not graded last year, but it has been the focus of much criticism since national security efforts were folded into the agency during the past two years.