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Privacy Hearings

Too Much, Too Long? Domestic Violence in the Workplace

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions's Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety's hearing Too Much, Too Long? Domestic Violence in the Workplace for Tuesday, April 17, 10:00 a.m. in room Dirksen 628.

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Privacy Rulemaking

DHS Federal Register Notice on Employment Verification System

The Department of Homeland Security announced in a Federal Register Notice published on April 9, 2007 that it would be changing several systems for records for the Verification and Information System (VIS) Justice/INS-035 published October 17, 2002 (67 FR 64134) and Alien Status Verification Index (ASVI) Justice/INS-009 published September 7, 2001 (66 FR 46815). The established systems of records will be effective on May 9, 2007 and would also be used for purposes related to REAL ID. You may submit comments, identified by Docket Number DHS-2007-0010 by one of the following methods: Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. You may also submit comments by fax by following the instructions for submitting comments. Fax: 1-866-466-5370, or mail comments to: Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528.

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Privacy Legislation

S.236 Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007

A bill to require reports to Congress on Federal agency use of data mining. The legislation would require the head of all federal government agencies that engage in data mining to make a report to Congress annually and that such reports would be made public, unless classified.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 1/10/2007)

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DC Privacy Events

DHS Privacy and Security Advisory Committee Meeting

The morning session of the meeting will consider REAL ID rulemaking. The regulations for the REAL ID where recently made public by the Department of Homeland Security. The meeting will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Washington National Airport, located at 1480 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202. Attendees should RSVP to PrivacyCommittee@dhs.gov or 571-227-3813. The meeting will be closed to the public from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. for administrative purposes. Attendees should arrive by 8:45 a.m. or 1:15 p.m. for the public sessions.

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Campaigns

Coalition Joins to Demand Hearings on NSA Surveillance

A coalition of organizations representing consumer rights, privacy, peace, enviornmental, civil liberties, and civil rights joined a letter requesting that the House Committee on Energy and Commerce investigate the actions of telecommunication companies in the NSA domestic spying scandal.

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Coalition Meetings

Privacy Coalition 2007 Agenda

The Privacy Coalition adopts its agenda for 2007, which includes issue areas that will be of the highest priority for privacy, civil liberties, and consumer protection. The coalition's top priorities for the year include encouraging greater Congressional oversight of the information sharing environment, comprehensive medical privacy protection, repeal of the REAL ID, block federal employment identification system, end the use of National Security Letters, and protection of voter privacy.

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July 26, 2005

National Immigration Law Center -- ID Card Strategy Meeting

The National Immigration Law Center has prepared a strategy meeting for state and national groups to come together to discuss next steps on a National Driver's License Strategy.

The strategy meeting is open to state and national advocates who have been working on driver's license policy, national ID, REAL ID Act and/or are committed to working on these issues in the future. The purpose of the meeting is to develop a national strategy for the implementation of the REAL ID Act, strengthen and broaden the coalition of immigration, privacy and civil rights advocates working on the issue, increase information sharing among advocates, develop a coordinated method of tracking and monitoring state implementation, and analyze options for creative implementation of the Act.


Who:
Co-conveners: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC)
National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
National Council of La Raza (NCLR)

When:
July 27, 2005, 08:00 AM until 04:30 PM

8-8:30 AM
Registration

8:30 AM
Program Begins

Where:
National Association of Home Builders
1201 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

Registration Fee:
$25 (to help defray the cost of meals and materials)

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Posted by EPIC at July 26, 2005 2:34 PM