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Reform Government Surveillance Statement on the Introduction of the USA Liberty Act, H.R. 3989
Reform Government Surveillance commends Chairman Goodlatte, Ranking Member Conyers, and other leaders of the House Judiciary Committee...
Oct 12, 2017
RGS Letter to House and Senate Leadership: Lawful Access Priorities for 2017
Dear Leader McConnell, Speaker Ryan, Minority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader Pelosi: The Reform Government Surveillance coalition...
Feb 28, 2017
RGS Statement on The Email Privacy Act
Reform Government Surveillance applauds Reps. Yoder, Polis, Goodlatte, Conyers, and all of the original cosponsors for reintroducing the...
Jan 12, 2017
RGS Statement on US-UK Data Protection Discussion
Governments must avoid conflicts of laws to ensure people’s data is protected and avoid a race to the bottom for everyone’s rights; we...
Jul 15, 2016
Letter to Chairman Burr and Vice-Chairman Feinstein Regarding Encryption
The Honorable Richard Burr Chairman Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Dianne...
Apr 19, 2016
Encryption, the Internet and Devices: A Primer for Policy Makers
I. Defining Encryption and other Key Terms: Encryption is the conversion of readable data into a form that can only be understood be read...
Mar 18, 2016
Reform Government Surveillance Statement on the Filing of Amicus Briefs in Support of Apple
Reform Government Surveillance companies are supporting Apple in the current litigation. As technology companies, we want to keep people...
Mar 3, 2016
Statement from the RGS Coalition in Legislation to Create the National Commission on Security and...
(Title Cont.) TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES Reform Government Surveillance members believe that the National Commission on Security and...
Mar 1, 2016
Reform Government Surveillance Statement Regarding Encryption and Security
Reform Government Surveillance companies believe it is extremely important to deter terrorists and criminals and to help law enforcement...
Feb 18, 2016
Reform Government Surveillance Applauds Judicial Redress Act Passage in the Senate
Reform Government Surveillance applauds Senate passage of the Judicial Redress Act, and urges the House to pass the amended bill as...
Feb 10, 2016
RGS Government Surveillance Applauds the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Judicial Redress Act
We applaud the Senate Judiciary Committee for moving forward with the Judicial Redress Act this morning. This legislation was passed by...
Jan 28, 2016
RGS Urges Congress to Act Quickly on the Judicial Redress Act
The Reform Government Surveillance coalition strongly supports the Judicial Redress Act (H.R.1428) and encourages all House members to...
Oct 19, 2015
RGS Voices Support for the Judicial Redress Act
The Reform Government Surveillance coalition strongly supports the Judicial Redress Act (H.R.1428) and urges the House Judiciary...
Sep 17, 2015
Statement of RGS Surveillance on Senate Passage of the USA Freedom Act
We commend the Senate for passing the USA Freedom Act, a bill that makes significant progress in reforming U.S. government surveillance...
Jun 2, 2015
RGS Statement on the Senate's Vote to Proceed on the USA Freedom Act
We commend the Senate for overwhelmingly voting 77-17 to proceed on the USA Freedom Act. The expiration of certain authorities tonight...
Jun 1, 2015
Statement of Reform Government Surveillance on the Senate's Sunday Vote
Reform Government Surveillance urges the Senate to pass the USA Freedom Act when it returns Sunday afternoon. The bill, which...
May 29, 2015
Statement of Reform Government Surveillance on Senate Vote on USA Freedom Act
Even though 57 Senators joined with 338 Members of the House from both parties to vote for surveillance reform that could have protected...
May 23, 2015
RGS Open Letter to the Senate on the U.S. Freedom Act
Dear Members of the Senate, Later this week the Senate has an opportunity to pass meaningful and balanced surveillance reform by...
May 19, 2015
RGS Statement on Today's Bipartisan USA Freedom Vote in the House
Today’s strong bipartisan vote in the House on the USA FREEDOM Act is an important step forward on surveillance reform. We urge the...
May 13, 2015
RGS Joins Coalition Urging House Leadership to Support the USA Freedom Act
Dear Speaker Boehner and Democratic Leader Pelosi: We, the undersigned technology associations and groups, write to express our strong...
May 11, 2015
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