President Obama seems to be poised once again to use executive powers to get what Congress won’t give him. In this case, it’s the imposition of a sweeping set of cybersecurity mandates and regulations on the private sector.
My latest commentary at Reason.org addresses the problems of the original Cybersecurity Act, which did not muster enough support in the Senate to get to a vote, and why a White House decision to implement it by executive order simply expands the government’s surveillance and datagathering power while doing little to secure the nation’s information infrastrucuture.
Find the commentary here.
— Steven Titch
Steven Titch (@stevetitch), founder of Expert Editorial Inc., is recognized internationally as one of today’s top telecommunications journalists and analysts. Titch has been telecom and IT policy analyst for the Reason Foundation since 2005. He formerly was a senior fellow at the Heartland Institute and managing editor of Heartland's InfoTech & Telecom News. He has published research reports on municipal broadband, network neutrality, universal service and telecom taxes. Titch holds a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and English from Syracuse University. He lives in Sugar Land, Texas. He burns off energy running 5K and 10K races and likes to mellow out in cellar jazz bars.
