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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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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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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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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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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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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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March 24, 2006
DHS Public Workshop: Transparency and Accountability
The Department of Homeland Security's Privacy Office will host a public workshop, on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on "Transparency and Accountability: The Use of Personal Information within the Government." The workshop is intended to explore the concept of public notices and freedom of information frameworks.
The Workshop will be held in the Horizon Ballroom at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Kavanaugh, (571) 227-3813, by facsimile (571) 227-4171, or by e-mail
privacyworkshop@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Privacy Office is holding a public workshop to explore comparative government frameworks on transparency and accountability. The program will be organized into three panel discussions that will allow for presentation of a broad range of perspectives provided by experts from United States and foreign governments. In addition to the panel discussions, time will be allotted during the workshop for questions and comments from the audience.
The program will begin with a discussion of privacy notices as a transparency tool, followed by a discussion of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and in particular, how the law has provided accountability on government use of personal information. The workshop will conclude with a comparison of international freedom of information laws. The workshop is open to the public and there is no fee for
attendance. For general security purposes, the Ronald Reagan Building requires that all attendees show a valid form of photo identification, such as a driver's license, to enter the building.
The Privacy Office will post additional information about the workshop, including a detailed agenda, on the DHS Privacy Office Web
site at http://www.dhs.gov/privacy prior to the event. A transcript of the workshop will be posted shortly after the workshop.
Dated: March 15, 2006.
Maureen Cooney,
Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Chief Freedom of Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-4227 Filed 3-23-06; 8:45 am]
Posted by EPIC at March 24, 2006 11:58 AM
