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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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November 20, 2006

DHS Chief Privacy Officer Meets with Privacy Coalition

Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy Officer, with the Department of Homeland Security met with the Privacy Coalition for its montly meeting held in November. He addressed the group regarding the agency's work related to privacy and his interest in working with consumer privacy advocacy organizations. Teufel acknowledged the completion of the department’s Privacy Report, and took a number of questions from meeting participants on a broad range of issues including the Power Act, REAL ID, redress procedures for PNR Complaints and travel, and how the agency treats comments submitted in response to its Federal Register notices.

Posted by EPIC at November 20, 2006 11:00 AM

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