[luau] Bush plan calls 4 bkgd chks on thousands of private industry employees.

[Elizabeth Long]

WASHINGTON -- Once a cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security
is established, the Bush administration plans to convene a panel
of government and private-sector experts to determine the legal
guidelines for subjecting tens of thousands of private-sector
employees to background investigations. 

The panel -- outlined in the president's National Strategy for
Homeland Security released last week (see story) -- would be
convened jointly by the secretary of Homeland Security and the
U.S. attorney general. It would examine whether current employer
liability statutes and privacy concerns would hinder "necessary
background checks for personnel with access to critical infrastructure
facilities or systems." 


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