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Date Article Title Publication Author Synopsis
10/18/2011 Training Proposed After TRICARE Breach Gov Info Security Howard Anderson Three government agencies have proposed a rule that would require an appropriate level of privacy training for government contractors.
4/18/2011 A privacy committee of none congress.org Tim Starks Members of congress continue to question the Obama Administration about the dormant Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. 
3/28/2011 Cyber Hearing Postponed To Remember Judge, Online Privacy Advocate nextgov Aliya Silverstein Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller has postponed a computer security hearing to attend the funeral of Judge M. Blane Michael, a proponent of digital privacy and Rockefeller's mentor at one time. 
12/16/2010 Obama privacy board gets members after two years Cnet News Declan McCullagh President Barack Obama has begun appointing members to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
11/19/2010 House Bill to Limit Scope of Red Flags Rule with Amended "Creditor" Definition : Privacy & Information Security Law Blog Hunton & Williams Hunton & Williams Christopher Wolf and Jules Polonetsky, CIPP, of the Future of Privacy Forum, discuss the necessity of a U.S. privacy official. 
11/4/2010 FTC names Princeton computer security expert as first chief technologist Washington Post Cecilia Kang The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has appointed Princeton University Prof. Edward Felton as its first chief technologist and U.S. Small Business Administration Chief Operating Officer Eileen Harrington as the agency's executive director. 
10/22/2010 EPIC gives Obama administration mediocre privacy grades Computerworld Jaikumar Vijayan The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has issued its second annual privacy report card for the Obama Administration
8/25/2010 U.S. Scans Afghan Inmates for Biometric Database Wired Spencer Ackerman A report on the U.S. military's new detention facility in Parwan, Afghanistan, as "an emerging datafarm" where all detainees brought to the facility are given medical exams and have their irises scanned and fingerprints taken to be stored in a military database called the Automated Biometric Information System. 
8/10/2010 White House praises defense privacy efforts The Hill Sara Jerome The White House has commended the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for its new privacy principles, which aim to balance national security and individual privacy.
5/13/2010 Obama keeps privacy oversight board on ice CNET News Declan McCullagh The Obama Administration still has not appointed members to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. 
4/19/2010 The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board sits empty Los Angeles Times   An editorial describes the fallow Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board as "an embarassment" to the Obama administration. 
4/9/2010 Lawmakers, advocates push administration for appointments to privacy board Washington Post Ellen Nakashima The Obama Administration is facing mounting pressure to fill the five vacant seats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board.
3/17/2010 Bid To Revive Privacy Board Awaits Nominees National Public Radio Ari Shapiro Privacy advocates and members of Congress are asking why President Barack Obama has not yet appointed nominees to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
3/9/2010 Obama is Late Again in Keeping Privacy Promise Government Info Security Eric Chabrow Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is the latest lawmaker to urge President Obama to reinstitute the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
2/2/2010 Liberties oversight panel gets short shrift Washington Times Eli Lake Two more lawmakers have written to President Obama about reinstituting the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
1/29/2010 Privacy not taking back seat to security, cyberchief says Federal News Radio Jason Miller The White House's cybersecurity coordinator has reaffirmed the Obama administration's commitment to data. protection and privacy
12/22/2009 Obama to name Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity coordinator Washington Post Ellen Nakashima President Obama will name Howard A. Schmidt as the new White House cybersecurity coordinator.
11/16/2009 Obama said to be close again to naming cybersecurity chief Computerworld Jaikumar Vijayan A report that the White House may be close to naming a cybersecurity coordinator. 
11/16/2009 Obama picks Brill, Ramirez as FTC commissioners Reuters Jeff Mason & Diane Bartz President Obama has filled two vacant spots on the Federal Trade Commission.
10/27/2009 Coalition seeks investigation of Homeland Security privacy office Washington Post Spencer Hsu The Privacy Coalition--a group of 21 organizations and seven individuals--wants lawmakers to investigate the Department of Homeland Security privacy office.
10/27/2009 Harman Backs Conyers' PATRIOT Revisions CongressDaily Andrew Noyes Senate and House committee members wrote to President Obama this week to urge him to appoint members to the currently defunct White House Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
9/23/2009 Group seeks answers from DHS on delay of privacy report Computerworld Jaikumar Vijayan The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) wants to know more about what the Department of Homeland Security has been doing about privacy.
9/3/2009 US FTC may pick privacy expert, Obama ally-sources Reuters Diane Bartz Eighteen months after the resignation of Federal Trade Commissioner Deborah Majoras, the agency may be on the cusp of naming a replacement.
9/2/2009 Coakley takes out papers needed for Senate bid Boston Globe Frank Phillips and Matt Viser The Boston Globe reports that Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat, took out nomination papers to run for the Senate seat of Edward M. Kennedy. 
8/4/2009 Pressure on Obama to move fast on cybersecurity appointment Computerworld Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld reports that the departure of a government cybersecurity advisor could increase pressure on the Obama administration to name its pick for White House cybersecurity coordinator. 
8/4/2009 Cybersecurity Offician Resigns Over Delays in Appointment Washington Post Ellen Nakashima A contender for the White House cybersecurity coordinator job has withdrawn her application and resigned from her role as a senior aide on cybersecurity.
7/27/2009 IP, cyber czar jobs remain open nextgov Andrew Noyes Although the frontrunners have been named, no one has been appointed to the new White House cybersecurity coordinator post yet.
7/21/2009 GAO report cites government weaknesses, data leakage SearchSecurity.com Robert Westervelt A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report issued this week reveals weak security policies and practices at major federal agencies.
7/7/2009 Obama's Cyber Plan Raises Privacy Hackles Forbes Andy Greenberg The few details released so far on White House cybersecurity plans have raised concerns about privacy and civil liberties.
6/19/2009 A Favorite Emerges in Obama's Cyberczar Search Time Bobby Ghosh Virginia Republican Tom Davis is at the top of a short list of candidates for the position of White House cybersecurity coordinator. 
5/29/2009 President announces cybersecurity push Boston Globe Foon Rhee President Obama discussed his administration's commitment to improving cybersecurity and confirmed that a cybersecurity "czar" will oversee these efforts.
4/23/2009 Hathaway advocates for direct White House role on cybersecurity  Computerworld Jaikumar Vijayan  Says federal government isn't 'organized appropriately' to address cyberthreats.
4/21/2009 Hentoff: Is Obama guided by Cheney? Courier-Express/Tri-County  Nat Hentoff Obama is giving defenders of the Constitution less and less hope they can believe in.
4/20/2009 Workshop to explore social-media privacy  FCW Ben Bain The Homeland Security Department's privacy office will hold a conference to explore the use of social media as if affects security and privacy. 
4/18/2009 Obamb picks Virginia technology leader for TCO Post Cnet News Michelle Meyers President Barack Obama has named Aneesh Chopra the nation's first chief technology officer.
4/16/2009 AFP:  US spy agency exceeded powers: Justice Department Agence France-Presse    A key US spy agency overstepped legal limits in intercepting private e-mail messages and phone calls.
4/16/2009 N.S.A.'s Intercepts Exceed Limits Set by Congress  New York Times Quantcast
ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN
The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year, government officials said in recent interviews.
4/15/2009 Gov't won't classify proxies as 'sophisticated' The Associated Press via Google Jordan Robertson The U.S. government has dropped - for now - a plan to classify the use of "proxy" servers as evidence of sophistication in committing a crime.
4/15/2009 Privacy, Transparency Needed in Cybersecurity Policy  PC World Grant Gross U.S. President Barack Obama's administration and Congress will have to address major civil liberties and transparency concerns as they create new policies to tackle ongoing cybersecurity vulnerabilties in the government and private industry.
4/14/2009 FTC Chairman John Leibowitz Appoints Senior Staff Federal Trade Commission   Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz yesterday appointed six senior staff members, according to an FTC announcement. 
4/8/2009 Privacy challenges of Obama's stimulus affect all organizations  ADVANCE Gwen Hughes There are three new privacy- and security-related requirements that health care executives cannot afford to ignore. 
3/26/2009 Cybersecurity review is putting emphasis on privacy cNet News Stephanie Condon The Obama-directed 60-day review of federal cybersecurity programs is ongoing and is reported to be drilling down on privacy and civil liberties issues. 
2/28/2009 Data about Obama's helicopter breached via P2P? cNet News Charles Cooper Engineering and communications data about President Obama's Marine One helicopter is said to be in the hands of Iranians, who potentially lifted it from a peer-to-peer file-sharing network.
2/27/2009 President Obama Announces More Key Appointments The White House Office of the Press Secretary President Obama nominated Democrat Jon Leibowitz as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission on Friday. Leibowitz has been an FTC commissioner since 2004. Because of his previous Senate approval, no confirmation hearings are required.
2/24/2009 Leibowitz Next FTC Chair The Daily Online Examiner Wendy Davis President Obama will appoint current Federal Trade Commission member Jon Leibowitz, a Democrat, as the next chair of the commission.
2/19/2009 DHS:  Secretary Napolitano Appoints Mary Ellen Callahan as DHS Chief Privacy Officer Department of Homeland Security   Mary Ellen Callahan, CIPP, has been named the new chief privacy officer at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 
2/5/2009 Treasury still working on privacy policies Federal Computer Week Mary Mosquera The United States Treasury Department, which recently consolidated privacy functions, has yet to finalize the agency's privacy policies.
1/26/2009 Q&A:  Advice to the next Homeland Security CPO ComputerWorld Jay Cline Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Privacy Officer Hugo Teufel and his 35-member staff have been "at the forefront of American privacy protection domestically and internationally." 
1/25/2009 Federal departments fall short on civil liberties USA Today Peter Eisler According to federal records, several U.S. government departments have failed to meet legal requirements designed to protect Americans' civil liberties. 
1/22/2009 White House exempts You Tube from privacy rules cnet news Chris Soghoian An exemption in the privacy policy of the three-day-old Obama Whitehouse.gov Web site is attracting the notice of privacy activists and others who pay attention to the use of persistent cookies in tracking users' Web behavior.
1/22/2009 Varney Said to Be Choice to Head Antitrust Division  Bloomberg.com Greg Stohr and James Rowley Christine Varney will be appointed head of the Justice Department's antitrust division.
1/13/2009 Obama About to Face Tests on Consumer Privacy Washington Post Kim Hart Barack Obama was the most wired U.S. presidential candidate in history and his administration promises to continue harnessing Web 2.0 technologies as a means of communicating with the American public and the world at large. 
12/27/2008 Battle Over  Privacy, Real ID Awaits Obama PC World Jaikumar Vijayan The incoming Obama administration will have a number of privacy related issues before it when the president elect takes the oath of office next month.
12/22/2008 Facebook privacy chief eyes Calif. AG office cnet News Steven Musil Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly, CIPP, is eyeing the California attorney general seat.
12/19/2008 DHS to expand US-VISIT biometric collection Federal Computerworld Ben Bain Starting next month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will expand its collection of biometric data through the US-VISIT (Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology) program.
12/15/2008 Obama's opportunity Government Computer News William Jackson William Jackson says the Obama administration has the potential to reverse the "anti-privacy positions" of the Bush presidency and is hopeful that the new leadership will do just that. 
12/3/2008 Experts spell out privacy platform for next Congress nextgov Andrew Noyes A panel of privacy experts met with Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee on Monday to discuss privacy in the new Congress.
11/21/2008 Obama Urged To Focus On Government Data Use Tech Daily Dose Andrew Before the November 4 presidential election, Hunton & William's Centre for Information Policy Leadership polled its members about possible government privacy policy activities. 
11/21/2008 New Commerce Chair Bodes Well For Privacy The Daily Online Examiner Wendy Davis Henry Waxman's (D-CA) appointment as chair of the House Energy and Commerce committee met wide acceptance by privacy advocates who call it a win for consumers. 
11/17/2008 Barack Obama's Privacy Challenge Wired.com Sarah Lai Stirland  What will President-Elect Barack Obama do with the mass of data his campaign collected over the past two years? 
11/5/2008 Obama transition team announced CNN   A leading privacy attorney and founder of the Online Privacy Alliance has been named to Barack Obama's transition team.
9/9/2008 Feds Set to Take Over Airline Watch List Checking, Again Wired Ryan Singel Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief Michael Chertoff has certified that a program designed to net suspected terrorists is working and will protect travelers' privacy. 
9/9/2008 DOD wants contractors to focus on data security Washington Technology   The Department of Defense (DOD) is engaging industry in talks to ensure the security of military data on its systems.
9/8/2008 Congress set wo weigh in on tech, telecom issues CNNMoney.com Associated Press Privacy is on a short list of Congressional topics for discussion as lawmakers look ahead to 2009. Specifically, the practice of online behavioral tracking to serve personalized advertising to Web users is likely to be discussed in more depth.
9/5/2008 Libertarian Barr, EPIC  Outline Privacy Agenda PC World Grant Gross Privacy is not top of mind for the Democratic and Republican candidates for president, according to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Libertarian candidate for president Bob Barr, citing the absence of any discussion of privacy issues at the Democratic and Republican national conventions.
8/20/2008 DHS seeks Privacy Act exemptions Federal Computer Week Ben Bain The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed the exemption of certain departmental systems from Privacy Act requirements.
8/7/2008 Memo to Next President -- How to get Cybersecurity Right Wired Bruce Schneier Bruce Schneier provides presidential candidates with three pieces of free advice that are "essential for improving information security in our society." 1 ) "Use your buying power to improve the security of commercial products and services;" 2) "Legislate results instead of methodologies; and 3) "broadly invest in research" and spread those dollars wide. 
7/29/2008 GAO:  Most sensitive data on government laptops still unencrypted ComputerWorld Grant Gross Computerworld reports that only 30 percent of the sensitive information stored on the computers and mobile devices of federal employees was encrypted as of last September. The findings come from a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, released yesterday, which looked at the use of encryption technology at 24 major agencies. 
7/22/2008 Momentum Building for US Privacy Policy PC World Grant Gross Activity in the areas of online advertising, government surveillance and information breaches, among others, has seen privacy advocates swarming Capitol Hill in recent months. 
7/17/2008 Bob Barr:  The Privacy Candidate for President Cnet News.com Declan McCullagh While Barack Obama toured the Middle East and John McCain rallied Michigan automakers, Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr spoke about privacy and government eavesdropping at a political conference in Las Vegas on Friday. 
7/15/2008 Bill would require more privacy officers Federal Computer Week Michael Hardy The House of Representatives is considering a bill to add more privacy officers to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). H.R. 5170 calls for privacy officers in each of DHS's nine components. Currently only four of these components have full-time privacy officers. 
6/20/2008 GAO:  Senior privacy officials need authority Federal Computer Week Mary Mosquera A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says that agencies should give their senior privacy leaders full oversight over all key privacy functions. After reviewing 12 government agencies, the GAO concluded that in order for agencies to ensure consistent implementation of privacy protections and effectively protect the personal data collected by the government, privacy officials must have more oversight. 
6/20/2008 GAO:  Senior privacy officials need authority Federal Computer Week Mary Mosquera A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says that agencies should give their senior privacy leaders full oversight over all key privacy functions. After reviewing 12 government agencies, the GAO concluded that in order for agencies to ensure consistent implementation of privacy protections and effectively protect the personal data collected by the government, privacy officials must have more oversight. 
6/19/2008 FCC expected to rule Verizon violated privacy laws Associated Press Dibya Sarkar A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling on allegations against Verizon Communications, Inc. could come as soon as today. The company was accused by its competitors of violating privacy laws by retaining customer information after customers cancelled voice services. 
6/19/2008 FCC expected to rule Verizon violated privacy laws Associated Press Dibya Sarkar A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling on allegations against Verizon Communications, Inc. could come as soon as today. The company was accused by its competitors of violating privacy laws by retaining customer information after customers cancelled voice services. 
6/18/2008 Immunity likely for phone companies in spy bill Reuters Thomas Ferraro A measure to grant U.S. phone companies retroactive immunity for participating in the Bush Administration's warrantless domestic surveillance program is poised for approval.
6/18/2008 Immunity likely for phone companies in spy bill Reuters Thomas Ferraro A measure to grant U.S. phone companies retroactive immunity for participating in the Bush Administration's warrantless domestic surveillance program is poised for approval.
6/17/2008 Report:  Feds need better privacy protection for data USA Today Mimi Hall The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that Congress should update the Privacy Act of 1974 in order to ensure that citizens' data is protected, says a USA Today report. The results of a new GAO report showing that the government is not doing enough to secure the data it collects on citizens will be shared in today's hearing by the Senate Homeland Security Committee. 
6/17/2008 Report:  Feds need better privacy protection for data USA Today Mimi Hall The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that Congress should update the Privacy Act of 1974 in order to ensure that citizens' data is protected, says a USA Today report. The results of a new GAO report showing that the government is not doing enough to secure the data it collects on citizens will be shared in today's hearing by the Senate Homeland Security Committee. 
6/11/2008 FTC wants strong civil penalties for spyware distributors Network World Layer 8 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is urging the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee to consider the civil penalty provisions in Senate Bill S. 1625, the Counter Spy Act, currently under review by the committee.
6/11/2008 FTC wants strong civil penalties for spyware distributors Network World Layer 8 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is urging the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee to consider the civil penalty provisions in Senate Bill S. 1625, the Counter Spy Act, currently under review by the committee.
4/2/2008 Everything You Wanted to Know About the Wiretap Debate Wired Ryan Singel Returning last week from a two-week break, Congress looks ahead to negotiating with the Bush administration a compromise on wiretapping powers and amnesty for the telecoms that released U.S. citizens' data to the federal government. 
4/2/2008 Everything You Wanted to Know About the Wiretap Debate Wired Ryan Singel Returning last week from a two-week break, Congress looks ahead to negotiating with the Bush administration a compromise on wiretapping powers and amnesty for the telecoms that released U.S. citizens' data to the federal government. 
3/27/2008 Kovacic Appointed New FTC Chairman Washington Post Annys Shin William Kovacic is the new chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Kovacic started yesterday, taking over for Deborah Platt Majoras. 
3/27/2008 Kovacic Appointed New FTC Chairman Washington Post Annys Shin William Kovacic is the new chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Kovacic started yesterday, taking over for Deborah Platt Majoras. 
3/26/2008 Leahy Calls For Privacy Legislation wcax.com Kristin Carlson Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy proposes legislation to fortify privacy-related laws and penalties. 
3/26/2008 Leahy Calls For Privacy Legislation wcax.com Kristin Carlson Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy proposes legislation to fortify privacy-related laws and penalties. 
3/19/2008 Help Name the Homeland Security Privacy Pig Wired Ryan Singel Who could forget that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a Privacy Incident Handling Guidebook, better known as PIHG, in its stable of readiness materials?
3/19/2008 Help Name the Homeland Security Privacy Pig Wired Ryan Singel Who could forget that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a Privacy Incident Handling Guidebook, better known as PIHG, in its stable of readiness materials?
2/29/2008 Bush Nominates Three to Empty Privacy Board Wired Ryan Singel After remaining empty for a month, President George Bush last week nominated three individuals to fill the five vacancies on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
2/29/2008 Bush Nominates Three to Empty Privacy Board Wired Ryan Singel After remaining empty for a month, President George Bush last week nominated three individuals to fill the five vacancies on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
2/26/2008 Senate antiphishing bill outlaws…what's already illegal Cnet News.com Declan McCullagh Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson (Fla.) and Republicans Olympia Snowe (Wash.) and Ted Stevens (Alaska) introduced a bill this week called the Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act. It contains 31 pages of new regulations that could raise the cost of doing business for legitimate companies--but will do little to stop the malcontents behind phishing attacks.
2/26/2008 Senate antiphishing bill outlaws…what's already illegal Cnet News.com Declan McCullagh Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson (Fla.) and Republicans Olympia Snowe (Wash.) and Ted Stevens (Alaska) introduced a bill this week called the Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act. It contains 31 pages of new regulations that could raise the cost of doing business for legitimate companies--but will do little to stop the malcontents behind phishing attacks.
2/18/2008 Bush Surveillance Directive A Policy Mistake, Experts Say Federal Computer Week Jason Miller President Bush's cybersecurity directive, issued last month, was a policy error that gives Defense Department surveillance authority over civilian data networks. 
2/18/2008 Bush Surveillance Directive A Policy Mistake, Experts Say Federal Computer Week Jason Miller President Bush's cybersecurity directive, issued last month, was a policy error that gives Defense Department surveillance authority over civilian data networks. 
2/11/2008 DHS Delivers Privacy Report To Congress Federal Computer Week Ben Bain The Privacy Office of the Department of Homeland Security delivered its annual report to Congress providing a summary if issues faced by, and progress made by the department in carrying out its mandate.
2/11/2008 DHS Delivers Privacy Report To Congress Federal Computer Week Ben Bain The Privacy Office of the Department of Homeland Security delivered its annual report to Congress providing a summary if issues faced by, and progress made by the department in carrying out its mandate.
2/8/2008 DHS Sued For Interrogation Tactics San Francisco Chronicle Bob Egelko The Department of Homeland Security is facing a law suit brought by the Asian Law Caucus and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in response to complaints lodged by South Asian and Muslim travelers returning to the United States after traveling abroad. 
2/8/2008 DHS Sued For Interrogation Tactics San Francisco Chronicle Bob Egelko The Department of Homeland Security is facing a law suit brought by the Asian Law Caucus and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in response to complaints lodged by South Asian and Muslim travelers returning to the United States after traveling abroad. 
2/7/2008 Privacy Laws Make Progress In California Direct Mag   Two new laws aiming to boost consumer privacy protections are progressing through the California legislature. 
2/7/2008 Privacy Laws Make Progress In California Direct Mag   Two new laws aiming to boost consumer privacy protections are progressing through the California legislature. 
2/4/2008 Federal Privacy Oversight Committee Lacks Nominees Wired Ryan Singel As memberships to the federal Privacy and Civil Liberty Oversight Board approach expiration, the Bush Administration is coming under fire from members of Congress for failing to nominate potential new appointees.
2/4/2008 Federal Privacy Oversight Committee Lacks Nominees Wired Ryan Singel As memberships to the federal Privacy and Civil Liberty Oversight Board approach expiration, the Bush Administration is coming under fire from members of Congress for failing to nominate potential new appointees.
1/2/2008 Government Records Routinely Contain SSNs Washington Post.com Bill Brubaker Social Security numbers are readily available in government databases, Web sites and in files, including public records in courthouses. There is little uniformity among states about the protection of sensitive personal data.
1/2/2008 Government Records Routinely Contain SSNs Washington Post.com Bill Brubaker Social Security numbers are readily available in government databases, Web sites and in files, including public records in courthouses. There is little uniformity among states about the protection of sensitive personal data.
12/30/2007 Joanne McNabb: California's Public Sector Privacy Pioneer  San Francisco Chronicle Deborah Gage A profile of Joanne McNabb, CIPP/G, Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection, the first state agency in the nation dedicated to consumer privacy.
12/30/2007 Joanne McNabb: California's Public Sector Privacy Pioneer  San Francisco Chronicle Deborah Gage A profile of Joanne McNabb, CIPP/G, Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection, the first state agency in the nation dedicated to consumer privacy.
12/10/2007 Government Risk Manager Issued Warning Three Years Before Breach vnunet.com Matt Chapman Treasury Risk Manager Richard Fennelly warned in a March 2004 letter of lax security and access procedures involving the child benefit database.
12/10/2007 Government Risk Manager Issued Warning Three Years Before Breach vnunet.com Matt Chapman Treasury Risk Manager Richard Fennelly warned in a March 2004 letter of lax security and access procedures involving the child benefit database.
12/4/2007 GAO praises TSA for its handling of sensitive info Federal Computer Week Ben Bain The Homeland Security Department’s Transportation Security Administration has improved how it handles some sensitive but unclassified data.
12/4/2007 GAO praises TSA for its handling of sensitive info Federal Computer Week Ben Bain The Homeland Security Department’s Transportation Security Administration has improved how it handles some sensitive but unclassified data.
11/28/2007 TSA Plans To Require Collection Of Birth Dates, Gender For Airline Passengers USA Today Thomas Frank The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is planning to require passengers to provide birth dates and their gender, in addition to their full names, when they make their airline reservations. The airlines oppose the move, but the TSA said the additional information will assist agents in conducting more precise background checks. 
11/28/2007 TSA Plans To Require Collection Of Birth Dates, Gender For Airline Passengers USA Today Thomas Frank The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is planning to require passengers to provide birth dates and their gender, in addition to their full names, when they make their airline reservations. The airlines oppose the move, but the TSA said the additional information will assist agents in conducting more precise background checks. 
11/8/2007 Survey Of Government Security Officials Finds Increased Concern About Threats Information Week Thomas Claburn Federal IT officials are more concerned about security than they were in previous years despite increased spending to prevent data leaks.
11/8/2007 Survey Of Government Security Officials Finds Increased Concern About Threats Information Week Thomas Claburn Federal IT officials are more concerned about security than they were in previous years despite increased spending to prevent data leaks.
10/1/2007 Commentary:  Plan a Privacy Week FederalTimes.com Marc Groman Marc Groman, an IAPP member and Chief Privacy Officer of the Federal Trade Commission, recommends in this FederalTimes.com op-ed that agencies should launch a Privacy Week to serve as the centerpiece for their annual computer security and privacy awareness training. 
9/26/2007 Privacy and Security Leadership Journal Michael Chertoff DHS Secretary Chertoff informs readers of the Leadership Journal that he addressed the 29th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Montreal last week on the question of the future of privacy. 
9/20/2007 GAO: VA In Danger Of Another Breach SC Magazine   The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has conducted an audit of physical controls at four U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' facilities. The outcome indicates that shortcomings in physical controls of laptops are putting the department at risk for another security failure. 
9/20/2007 GAO: VA In Danger Of Another Breach SC Magazine   The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has conducted an audit of physical controls at four U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' facilities. The outcome indicates that shortcomings in physical controls of laptops are putting the department at risk for another security failure. 
9/18/2007 Lawmaker seeks tally of security programs with privacy issues Government Executive.com Chris Strohm In a letter this week to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., requested detailed information on all programs that have been derailed because of privacy concerns.
9/9/2007 F.B.I. Data Mining Reached Beyond Initial Targets New York Times Eric Lichtblau The New York Times, citing newly obtained FBI documents, reports that the government's demands to review Americans' telephone records in the course of terrorism investigations was more broad than initial reports. 
8/28/2007 Hearing to address privacy concerns with new DHS office FederalTimes.com Amy Doolittle Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said in a recent letter that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is ignoring privacy concerns as he moves toward establishing the department's new National Applications Office. 
8/9/2007 FTC privacy enquiry may dirupt internet commerce computerweekly.com Ian Grant Internet marketers are watching closely as the Federal Trade Commission continues to delve into the consumer protection impacts of behavioral advertising. The UK's Advertising Association is organizing a working group to explore the impacts of Internet marketing practices.
8/7/2007 DHS cuts time it will save passenger data Federal Computer Week Alice Lipowicz The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has decided to reduce the retention period for data it holds on incoming U.S. and foreign travelers from 40 to 15 years. On Aug. 2, and again on Aug. 6, DHS issued documents that outlined the changes to the passenger and cargo screening program. 
7/31/2007 Privacy officials get creative to tighten information security FederalTimes.com M.Z. Hemingway U.S. government agencies have until September 21 to report to the White House how they will secure information against data breaches. Agencies were instructed in May to create and implement plans for protecting sensitive data and handling security violations. 
7/30/2007 Congress Oks new direction for privacy panel Cnet News.com Anne Broache The House and Senate have approved a bill to implement recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, which contains language that would bolster the independence of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The privacy panel currently resides within the Executive Branch, a structure that critics have derided because it fails to promote autonomy.
7/25/2007 DHS falling behind on privacy notices Federal Computer Week Alice Lipowicz During recent testimony before the House Judiciary Committee's Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, Linda Koontz, the Director of Information Management issues for the Government Accountability Office (GAO), said that the DHS Privacy Office is falling behind in efforts to inform the public about new and existing databases of personal information as well as the completion of privacy impact assessments on federal programs.
12/31/2006 Localities Operate Intelligence Centers To Pool Terror Data New York Times Mary Beth Sheridan State Fusion Centers Pose Privacy, Other Concerns Privacy advocates question the vast amounts of personal information federally funded state fusion centers are collecting and whether strong enough protections are in place to limit data use and storage. 
 
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