Enhancing protections for sensitive information in congressional investigations

Enhancing protections for sensitive information in congressional investigations

Publication

In an op-ed for The Hill, Reginald Brown, Alyssa DaCunha and Blake Roberts assert that Congress should take the following four steps to protect data disclosed during investigations: 

  • Congress should collect only the information necessary to an investigation.
  • Congress should establish protocols to allow investigators to use the most secure data sharing arrangements available. 
  • Congress should enact ‘need to know’ protocols to limit access to confidential, highly sensitive, and proprietary commercial information.
  • Congress must continue to bolster its training and reporting protocols. 

Read the full op-ed.

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