Good, I can think of a lot of Republican and Democratic politicians who should be on this list soon, as well as former (and current) Homeland Security employees.
President George W. Bush on Thursday signed legislation that will establish a national sex offender registry and try to make it harder for sexual predators to reach children on the Internet.
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The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that there are more than 560,000 registered sex offenders in the United States. About 100,000 are not registered or do not have up-to-date registrations.
The legislation will create a national sex offender registry, available to the public, to plug gaps in existing state systems and community notification requirements.
An offender who does not keep his registration up to date in any state in which he lives, works or attends school could face felony charges and up to 10 years in prison.
It will also create a registry for substantiated cases of child abuse or neglect to help law enforcement and child protective services.
Addressing concern about Internet predators and online pornography, the bill establishes education grants, and provides for 200 new federal prosecutors and 45 new computer forensic scientists to work on such crimes.
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