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Privacy Perils Loom For DHS Contractors

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 06.07.05

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) mission demands prodigious information access and sharing, yet privacy concerns -- stoked at federal, state, and international levels -- have ignited a host of challenges to homeland security initiatives, sometimes delaying or even stopping anti-terrorism programs. In "Privacy vs. Information Sharing: The Gathering Storm Over Homeland Security and How Contractors Can Reduce Their Risks" published in the Federal Contracts Report on May 31, 2005 (http://www.crowell.com/pdf/FederalContracts_Privacy.pdf), Crowell & Moring partner David Bodenheimer discusses these privacy perils, their impact on homeland security initiatives, and some ways to reduce these privacy risks.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.23.26

Bipartisan Coalition of State AGs Backs Federal PBM Transparency Rule

In mid-April, a bipartisan coalition of 45 State Attorneys General (AG) submitted a formal letter to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) expressing their collective support for a proposed rule (Improving Transparency into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure, or RIN 1210-AB37), which would — if enacted — impose new disclosure obligations on pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) regulated under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)....