Markle Task Force: "Creating a Trusted Information Network for Homeland Security"

The Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, in conjunction with Stanford Law School, will hold a briefing and panel discussion on its latest report, "Creating a Trusted Information Network for Homeland Security." In the report, the Task Force addresses the key actions needed to create an information network that will increase our nation's security while preserving our fundamental rights and civil liberties.Task Force members -- including some of the nation's leading experts on information technology, national security, and privacy -- will discuss their findings and recommendations with Silicon Valley's technology community. The briefing will include an interactive presentation of the SHARE Network, a computer network proposed by the Task Force to share information about counter-terrorist efforts among federal, state, and local government agencies as well as the private sector. The event is open to the press.

Task Force members attending the briefing include Zoe Baird, Co-Chairman of the Task Force and President of the Markle Foundation; Eric Benhamou, Chairman of the Board of 3Com; Abraham Sofaer, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Esther Dyson, Chairman of EDventure Holdings; James Morris, Dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University; Tara Lemmey, CEO of LENS Ventures; Gilman Louie, President and CEO of In-Q-Tel; Jim Steinberg, Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution; and Rick White, CEO of TechNet.