LexisNexis Commences Dialogue with Independent Forum of Information Po

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    DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2005--LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of legal, news and business information services, announced it has convened a working group of independent private sector and public interest thought leaders who have come together to discuss the important issues surrounding government use of commercial data and the challenges of information sharing in support of homeland security and risk assessment for counterterrorism. The group held its first meeting on February 17th in Washington, DC.
    "The policy initiatives mandated in Section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform Act underscore the crucial need for clearly expressed rules and policies concerning government access to and use of private sector data," said Thomas Regan, LexisNexis Executive Director for Privacy and Regulatory Affairs. "In order to identify the core issues involved in developing effective and practical policies and rules regarding how private sector information can be shared with the government, it is imperative that we engage in a full discussion to understand how to enhance public safety and homeland security while simultaneously protecting privacy and civil liberties."
    Participants in the group were selected based on their expertise in the areas of information use, privacy and national security policy. They include:

Martin Abrams Executive Director, the Center for Information Policy Leadership Robert D. Atkinson Vice President, Progressive Policy Institute Jerry Berman President, Center for Democracy and Technology James Jay Carafano Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation Fred H. Cate Distinguished Professor, Indiana University School of Law and Senior Fellow, the Center for Information Policy Leadership James X. Dempsey Executive Director, Center for Democracy and Technology Mary DeRosa Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies Margaret P. Eisenhauer Privacy and Information Management Practice Group Leader, Hunton & Williams Daniel Gallington Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Heather MacDonald Senior Fellow, The Manhattan Institute Paul Rosenzweig Senior Legal Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation Peter Swire Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University Kim Taipale Executive Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy

    About LexisNexis

    LexisNexis(R) (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE:ENL)(NYSE:RUK) (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based Lexis(R) and Nexis(R) research services, the company includes some of the world's most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, JurisClasseur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.

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