A coalition of 14 trade associations and professional organizations issued an open letter to state officials around the country Monday, urging them to oppose bills that would require government contractors to install invasive monitoring software that critics say would create severe data security and privacy risks.
The letter is the latest push against bills that have appeared in at least 30 states following an aggressive lobbying effort bankrolled by TransparentBusiness, a little-known software firm that publishes tracking software that it claims stops contractors from over-billing their clients.
