In a column for The Washington Post, Steptoe & Johnson Partner Stewart Baker writes that the new information-sharing bill—now called the Protecting Cyber Networks Act—adopted by the House Intelligence Committee could actually deter information-sharing. “I fear that the House bill is indeed seriously flawed, but not because it invades privacy,” he writes. “Instead, it appears to pile unworkable new privacy regulations on the private-sector information-sharing that’s already going on.” Baker notes that key information sharing is already happening and that there’s no evidence “this bill will do anything to encourage information-sharing.” (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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