FOIA Redux
St. Mary’s University School of Law will conduct a government-funded study of possible alterations to the Freedom of Information Act aimed at fighting terrorism, a school official said.
Jeffrey Addicott, head of the school’s Center for Terrorism Law, said the yearlong project will examine ways of rewriting the open government law to prevent terrorists from getting sensitive information about water, sewer, electricity and transportation systems.
A preliminary step in the trajectory to achieving resiliency is being taken, eventually – when they realize they can not deny access to this type of information – other methods pathyways will be followed. Pathways which will lead to these systems being able to absorb and rapidly respond to disruptions.
-Shlok
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