U.S. to Curb Computer Access by Foreigners
The move comes amid a growing awareness of the vulnerability of government computer systems in an era when software espionage and malicious hacking have become commonplace.
The Defense Department's proposal, covering a work force that accounts for one-third of federal civilian employees, would represent the most sweeping implementation of the government's restrictions on foreign technology workers. The much-smaller Justice Department instituted little-noticed restrictions in July, and the Treasury Department has had a ban on noncitizens working on its communications systems since 1998.
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