"In late March, when the U.S. Department of Education released its proposed changes to regulations that govern the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, most of the attention focused on the latitude granted (or, in some cases, reiterated post-Virginia Tech) to college officials for determining in what circumstances and to whom students' information could be disclosed," Inside Higher Ed reports. "Since then, both offline and in online list discussions, information technology and network security officers have debated the impact of the rules on more mundane - but potentially just as relevant - functions of colleges' day-to-day operations.... officials from several organizations discussed an overview of the potential changes, offering in some cases minor tweaks - and in others, major criticisms - of specific rules. Much of the discussion centered on what colleges elect to publicize as directory information."