Ostensibly, the bill is aimed at enhancing data security. However, many aren't convinced that the provisions of the bill would provide any value at all.
From the USA Today article:
Nevada could become the first state in the nation to mandate the physical route government data takes as it travels the Internet under a bill being considered by the Nevada Legislature.
The bill's sponsors, Assembly Majority Leader Paul Anderson, R-Las Vegas, and Sen. Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, argue their measure is critical for cybersecurity because it would keep government Internet traffic confined to the state, instead of allowing that data to travel traditional paths that often include out-of-state connection points.
But both critics of the bill and independent Internet security experts said the measure would do just the opposite, creating a single-point bottleneck that could make data more vulnerable to attack and would defeat the Internet's greatest strength, that it is decentralized with an almost infinite number of traffic routes.
The bill has until Friday (4/10/2015) to make it out of committee or it will die.
It's worth noting that the only public supporter of the bill is Switch (better known as Supernap) which would have a lot to gain should this bill pass.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Friday April 10 2015, @11:23AM
When did government corruption become so obvious. At least in the old days people had the discretion not to broadcast their ownership of senators so blatantly.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 10 2015, @06:06PM
Shortly after money became concentrated enough [wikipedia.org] to buy the government whole.