“In a letter (PDF) to the Transportation Security Administration’s privacy officer, EPIC has asked why the Secure Flight Privacy/IT Working Group is not being operated in accordance with federal law intended to ensure transparency of government advisory committees. “EPIC has urged TSA, since the earliest days of its existence, to develop aviation security policies and initiatives in an open and public manner,” EPIC stated. “Given the clear privacy implications of the Secure Flight program . . . and the obvious public concern surrounding a system that will conduct background checks on tens of millions of citizens, we belive it is critical that any assessments of Secure Flight be made in an open manner.” For more information, see EPIC’s Passenger Profiling Page.”