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DHS Halts Effort to Define Sensitive Homeland Security Information

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Open Government advocates have been waiting three years to see how the Department of Homeland Security defines and proposes to…

Open Government advocates have been waiting three years to see how the Department of Homeland Security defines and proposes to implement protection of records designated as Sensitive Homeland Security Information. The long awaited answer, according to Steve Aftergood of Security News, is that DHS has tossed in the towel. However, an interagency effort to define the broader “sensitive but unclassified” continues. (12/12/05)

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