FC: Capitol Hill considers privacy czar for Homeland Security agency

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 09:16:03 PDT

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    The legislation itself:
    http://www.politechbot.com/docs/privacyamendment.071002.gif 
    
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    http://news.com.com/2100-1023-942752.html
       
       Privacy central to Bush security plan
       By Declan McCullagh 
    
       July 10, 2002, 8:15 AM PT
       WASHINGTON--President Bush's proposed Department of Homeland Security
       is likely to get its own privacy czar. 
       
       A panel in the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week
       on a plan to add a chief privacy officer to the planned agency.
       
       A draft of the legislation seen by CNET News.com states that the
       Secretary of Homeland Security must appoint a privacy officer to
       ensure that new technologies "sustain and do not erode" privacy
       protections and to verify that the agency's massive databases operate
       within federal guidelines.
       
       On Tuesday, the Bush administration told a House subcommittee that it
       was open to the idea, which key legislators have endorsed.
    
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