TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS

Wednesday, October 22, 2003

UPI:

Makers of antiterrorist technology are lining up to register under a new government program that provides them with immunity from lawsuits if their products don't work during a terrorist attack. . . .

A get-out-of-court-free card for the makers of inferior products . . .

Any technology considered effective, necessary and available immediately can be "designated" if officials believe the risk of liability might stop the manufacturer from taking it to market.

Designation limits the liability in lawsuits "arising out of, relating to, or resulting from an act of terrorism" of the makers, sellers and users of products in several ways.

In addition, if the department decides that — as well as meeting the criteria for designation — products are safe for use as intended, they can be "certified."

Certification, Mr. Pankowski said, grants a complete immunity on a "very broad" basis. "It basically covers any kind of lawsuit."

Federal Register:

This interim rule is effective October 16, 2003. Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before December 15, 2003. . .

You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket number USCG-2003-15425 to the Docket Management Facility at the Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one of the following methods:
(1) Web site: http://dms.dot.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(3) Fax: 202-493-2251. . . .
(5) Federal eRulemaking portal: http://www.regulations.gov . . .

Department of Homeland Security (Department) finds that the need to foster anti-terrorism technology by instituting liability protection measures, as soon as practicable, furnishes good cause for this interim rule to take effect immediately . . .

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