100 Congressmen Cosponsor Rep. Bentivolio's Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act

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Following new revelations that the ObamaCare website, healthcare.gov, still lacks basic security protections, support for Rep. Bentivolio's Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act attained 100 cosponsors this week.

Four committee chairmen, two-thirds of the Republican members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and three past and present chairmen of the Republican Study Committee count themselves among cosponsoring supporters of Rep. Bentivolio's bill.

"I thank my colleagues for giving this issue the attention it deserves and responding quickly to the national emergency that this is," Rep. Bentivolio asserted.

"Recent hearings at the Oversight and Science committees have left no reasonable doubt that the Healthcare.gov is unsafe to use, and raised serious questions whether in fact the website might be a point of entry for malicious hackers into even larger, more sensitive federal, state, and private databases--everything from citizenship records at INS and veterans' medical records at the VHA, to the medical records of state exchanges and private insurers.

"The opinion of the information security community is unanimous. The Administration is hiding behind the absurdly weak FISMA standards that security professionals dismiss as worthless. The website was launched un-tested and the Administration has turned a blind eye toward its own security failings.

"Worst of all, CMS has assumed responsibility for all of these data systems and CMS is exempt from HIPAA medical privacy laws. The American people have no recourse as a result of a data breach.

"We are talking about the end of medical privacy as we know it. Nobody's records are safe. This is an emergency and must be addressed immediately.

"I thank my colleagues for their support for this bill and look forward to seeing it brought forward expeditiously. The American people deserve action now. We can't afford to wait."

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