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Last week, the Office of Management and Budget issued an updated breach response policy for federal agencies, replacing a policy last updated in 2007.  The policy, set forth in memorandum M-17-12, provides minimum standards for federal agencies in preparing for and responding to breaches of personally identifiable information (PII).   In addition to setting forth…

By Susan Cassidy, Alex Sarria

On August 11, 2015, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a draft guidance memorandum intended to improve cybersecurity protections in federal acquisitions. Specifically, the proposed memorandum provides direction to federal agencies on “implementing strengthened cybersecurity protections in Federal acquisitions for products or services that generate, collect, maintain, disseminate,…

Today, the Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules that strengthen its restrictions on autodialed or prerecorded telemarketing calls.  The FCC billed the new rules as an effort to maintain consistency with the Federal Trade Commission’s telemarketing sales rule, which also governs telemarketing calls, and to give consumers control over the calls that they receive.

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The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) recently released a model Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) that federal agencies must use before they employ third-party websites and applications to communicate with the public.  The new rules issued by OIRA, an arm of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), build on rules the agency issued in June 2010.…

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