From: FedScoop
The telecom industry proposal to track terrorists through big data echoes the controversial Pentagon effort known as Total Information Awareness.
By Shaun Waterman
Companies that share customers’ personal data with federal agencies during a natural disaster or major cyber or terror attack would get legal immunity under a “good Samaritan framework,” called for in a draft report to the Obama administration.
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NSTAC’s 21 members are meeting Wednesday in Palo Alto, California, to approve the draft, which will then be formally submitted to the White House. The committee, meeting in Silicon Valley for the first time, will be briefed by Cabinet-level officials including Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Defense Secretary Ash Carter — all part of the administration’s effort to cross-fertilize some of the valley’s legendary innovation into the sometimes creaky edifice of the federal government.
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