The truth about the Texas Disclosure law and disclosure laws and regulations around the country is that they do not exist to address any real operationalissue related to the oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing process.
As I understand it, one reason why RBS has not given much detailed information about why its services have been so badly disrupted is that so much of the operational responsibility for IT is outsourced - so there is a sensitive issue of where to attribute blame.
We call upon the Department of Defense to take the lead and issue a new weighty policy directive that states clear and specific guidelines for the appropriate release of operational information.