“CDT Executive Director Jim Dempsey today warned a House subcommittee [Testimony: 12 pages, PDF]that government efforts to create a new air traveler screening system — called Secure Flight — have yet to adequately address critical issues concerning the system’s effectiveness and ability to protect the privacy and due process rights of Americans. CDT said that the government must develop consistent criteria for adding suspected terrorists to watch lists and should collect from airlines only the minimum amount of data necessary to make effective matches against those lists.”
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Daily Archives: June 29, 2005
Patriot Act Reauthorization Hearings Available From GPO
Now available from GPO Access: Serial No. 109-10, Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act (80 pages, PDF). Serial No. 109-12, USA Patriot Act: A Review for the Purpose of Reauthorization (168 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
Specter, Leahy Introduce Personal Data Privacy And Security Act Of 2005
Press release: “…the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005, legislation…would help consumers better protect the privacy of their personal information in the face of recurrent data security breaches across the country…” Note that the press release includes: key features and a summary of the Specter-Leahy legislation, Senator Leahy’s statements on the introduction of… Continue Reading
New Report Makes Recommendation on E-Records Archives
The Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, The National Academies, issued a new report on June 20, Building an Electronic Records Archive at the National Archives and Records Administration: Recommendations for a Long-term Strategy, that “examines several important long-term issues in archiving electronic records.” Continue Reading
