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Article: STATE PURGES WEB SITES.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- December 30, 2001
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Byline: DINA CAPPIELLO Staff writer
An unprecedented state order to remove sensitive information from government-run Web sites has prompted 10 state agencies to delete a range of content, including the addresses of nuclear power plants and driving directions to New York's two emergency stockpiles.
The order, which came in response to the events of Sept. 11, asked state agencies to review their Web sites looking for information that could ``pose a risk of being used to advance an act of terrorism.''
That directive was mailed Oct. 30 to the 70 largest state agencies after an initial screening of Web sites by the Office for Technology found a ...