User:Elhugheszete/Draft of Secure Federal File Sharing Act

The Secure Federal File Sharing Act is a proposed United States federal law currently under review by the United States Senate as of March 25, 2010. If enacted, the Secure Federal File Sharing Act will require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance and update regulations on the use of open-network peer-to-peer filesharing software to prohibit the personal use of such software by federal employees. The Act would require heads or chief information officers of agencies to request permission for employees to use specific peer-to-peer filesharing programs for work-related tasks, including regulating use of such programs on employee's personal home computers.

Background
The bill was introduced by New York Representative Edolphus Towns on November 17th, 2009. It was written in response to highly sensitive materials

Primary Source: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:H.R.4098:

Secondary Sources:
 * 1) http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4098
 * 2) http://oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4682&Itemid=49
 * 3) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4098/show
 * 4) http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224200362

For use in "Reception"
 * 1) http://www.afcea.org/signal/articles/templates/Signal_Article_Template.asp?articleid=2322&zoneid=296
 * 2) http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141099/Bill_would_restrict_P2P_use_on_government_networks_
 * 3) http://blog.eset.com/2010/03/26/h-r-4098-secure-federal-file-sharing-act