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NCISS History and the DPPA Many ask, what does NCISS do and what has NCISS done, for our professions? The recent death of former Rep. Don Edwards takes us back in time.%u00a0%u00a0Former Rep. Don Edwards (D-San Jose) passes away at 100 years old Allowed NCISS Language in the Driver's Privacy Protection Act(contributed%u00a0by%u00a0Ed%u00a0McClain,%u00a0NCISS%u00a0Past%u00a0President)%u00a0%u00a0Former%u00a0Rep.%u00a0Don%u00a0Edwards%u00a0(D%u2010San%u00a0Jose),%u00a0who%u00a0was%u00a0considered%u00a0the%u00a0dean%u00a0of%u00a0the%u00a0California%u00a0congressional%u00a0delegation%u00a0when%u00a0he%u00a0retired%u00a0in%u00a01995,%u00a0had%u00a0served%u00a0in%u00a0Congress%u00a0for%u00a032%u00a0years.%u00a0%u00a0%u00a0He%u00a0passed%u00a0away%u00a0in%u00a0his%u00a0sleep%u00a0at%u00a0his%u00a0home%u00a0in%u00a0Carmel%u00a0California%u00a0on%u00a0October%u00a01,%u00a02015.%u00a0He%u00a0was%u00a0100%u00a0years%u00a0old%u00a0and%u00a0had%u00a0outlived%u00a0three%u00a0wives.%u00a0As%u00a0one%u00a0of%u00a0the%u00a0most%u00a0liberal%u00a0members%u00a0of%u00a0Congress,%u00a0Edwards,%u00a0served%u00a0as%u00a0chairman%u00a0of%u00a0the%u00a0House%u00a0Judiciary%u00a0subcommittee%u00a0on%u00a0civil%u00a0and%u00a0constitutional%u00a0rights%u00a0for%u00a023%u00a0years.%u00a0He%u00a0played%u00a0a%u00a0role%u00a0in%u00a0passing%u00a0the%u00a0historic%u00a0Voting%u00a0Rights%u00a0Act%u00a0of%u00a01965%u00a0and%u00a0was%u00a0one%u00a0of%u00a0the%u00a0most%u00a0active%u00a0members%u00a0in%u00a0Congress%u00a0opposing%u00a0the%u00a0Vietnam%u00a0War.%u00a0%u00a0%u00a0In%u00a01994,%u00a0Rep.%u00a0James%u00a0Moran,%u00a0(D%u2010VA)%u00a0authored%u00a0a%u00a0bill%u00a0to%u00a0close%u00a0motor%u00a0vehicle%u00a0records%u00a0nationally.%u00a0He%u00a0did%u00a0so%u00a0at%u00a0the%u00a0behest%u00a0of%u00a0constituents%u00a0who%u00a0operated%u00a0abortion%u00a0clinics.%u00a0Anti%u2010abortionists%u00a0were%u00a0running%u00a0DMV%u00a0records%u00a0to%u00a0obtain%u00a0the%u00a0residence%u00a0addresses%u00a0of%u00a0doctors%u00a0who%u00a0operated%u00a0the%u00a0clinics,%u00a0then%u00a0picketing%u00a0outside%u00a0the%u00a0physician's%u00a0homes.%u00a0%u00a0%u00a0At%u00a0a%u00a0hearing%u00a0before%u00a0Edward's%u00a0subcommittee,%u00a0Moran%u00a0made%u00a0his%u00a0case%u00a0which%u00a0was%u00a0opposed%u00a0by%u00a0the%u00a0testimony%u00a0of%u00a0Californian%u00a0Eddy%u00a0McClain%u00a0representing%u00a0NCISS%u00a0and%u00a0private%u00a0investigators%u00a0across%u00a0the%u00a0country.%u00a0%u00a0%u00a0Following%u00a0the%u00a0hearing,%u00a0the%u00a0NCISS%u00a0delegation%u00a0including%u00a0New%u00a0Yorker%u00a0Bruce%u00a0Hulme%u00a0and%u00a0NCISS%u00a0lobbyist%u00a0Larry%u00a0Sabbath%u00a0then%u00a0caucused%u00a0with%u00a0Edward's%u00a0staff%u00a0and%u00a0together%u00a0they%u00a0hammered%u00a0out%u00a0the%u00a0language%u00a0which%u00a0became%u00a0the%u00a0DPPA.%u00a0Since%u00a0then,%u00a0motor%u00a0vehicle%u00a0laws%u00a0have%u00a0been%u00a0modified%u00a0by%u00a0States,%u00a0but%u00a0are%u00a0still%u00a0open%u00a0to%u00a0search%u00a0by%u00a0private%u00a0investigators%u00a0with%u00a0varying%u00a0restrictions.%u00a0%u00a0%u00a0NCISS Legislative Team Critiques Eddy McClain's Testimony(l to r): Dan Westbrook (back), lobbyists Larry Sabbath and William Sellery, Eddy McClain, Lloyd Davis and Kenneth Romine.