On Capitol Hill, most bills die young, smothered in their cribs by partisanship, philosophical differences or simple lack of money. But even with the president’s blessing, there’s no guarantee a law will achieve its authors’ high-minded aims. Some languish in the statute books, unworkable and unused. That could be the fate awaiting the Science and Technology Emergency Mobilization Act — at least a key part of it. Passed last year, the measure calls for a National Emergency Technology (NET) Guard — a group of tech-savvy volunteers to prevent, or at least mimimize, the sort of network gridlock that added to the confusion and fear the morning of Sept. 11. Full Story
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