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Ruppersberger Working on Legislation to Replace NSA Bulk Phone Data Collection

Dutch-RuppersbergerDutch Ruppersberger, the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is moving forward an effort to replace the National Security Agency‘s bulk collection of U.S. citizens’ phone data with a plan that would include closer collaboration and information sharing between the government and phone companies on suspected terrorists’ activities.

According to a Washington Post report, the U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 2nd district – which includes Fort Meade, headquarters of the NSA – said while the system is not yet finished, he has already begun working it into legislation.

This marks the first public statement by a leader of a congressional intelligence panel in favor of accomplishing the goals of the NSA program through other means, Ellen Nakashima reports.

Nakashima notes that Ruppersberger’s plan does not include a requirement for data retention and that Ruppersberger has found that the 18 months that federal law requires phone companies to hold customer data has been long enough for the intelligence community to get use out of that information in the past.

Ruppersberger will address government contracting executives on March 9 as part of the Potomac Officers Club‘s 2014 Cyber Summit.

He will be joined by the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Mike Rogers and a host of other government leaders in a discussion with executives about the future and impact of cyberspace.

Click here to learn more about the speakers and to save your spot at the summit.

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