This panel is the Congressional panel and all of the discussants on this panel are either staffers or Congressmen. This discussion is their perspective of the Act and how it can and should be changed, or if it should be left alone.
The discussants and moderator for this panel, including their bios, may be found here.
There is no question that the laws that govern United States institutions' use of information-based instruments of power are antiquated and in need of reform.
Questions:
1. IS Congress prepared to tackle this issue as its own thing, i.e. separate from Armed Services, Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, etc?
2. SHOULD Congress establish a new committee structure to legislate, regulate, and oversee information-based services and disciplines in the American government and media?
3. WOULD Congress be willing to rapidly confirm a "strategic communication director" for the new administration whose responsibility it would be to lead the implementation of reforming these laws/practices?