HB 2411-S.E - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/16/02)

     Proposes to protect those portions of records assembled, prepared, or maintained to prevent, mitigate, or respond to terrorism crimes specified in sections 3 through 8, chapter . . . (Substitute House Bill No. 2879), Laws of 2002, the public disclosure of which would have a substantial likelihood of threatening public safety, containing:  (1) Specific and unique vulnerability assessments or specific and unique response or deployment plans, including compiled underlying data collected in preparation of or essential to the assessments, or to the response or deployment plans;

     (2) Specific intelligence information and specific investigative records shared by federal and international law enforcement agencies with state or local law enforcement, the governor, the military department, the department of transportation, state and local health departments, or state and local emergency management agencies, to the extent necessary and for the period of time necessary to prevent, mitigate, or respond to terrorism crimes specified in sections 3 through 8, chapter . . . (Substitute House Bill No. 2879), Laws of 2002; and

     (3) National security records classified under federal executive order and not subject to public disclosure under federal law that are shared by federal agencies, and records prepared from national security briefings provided to state or local government officials related to domestic preparedness for acts of terrorism.

     Proposes to protect information regarding the infrastructure and security of computer and telecommunications networks, consisting of security passwords, security access codes and programs, access codes for secure software applications, security and service recovery plans, security risk assessments, and security test results to the extent that they identify specific system vulnerabilities.

     Provides that, no later than September 1, 2004, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall review the effect of RCW 42.17.310(1) (ww) and (aaa) on state agency performance in responding to requests for disclosure of records under chapter 42.17 RCW.  In conducting this review the joint legislative audit and review committee shall select a representative sample of requests for public disclosure, and the agencies' responses to those requests, from up to five state agencies.  The joint legislative audit and review committee shall report its findings to the legislature no later than November 30, 2004.