rm007's Journal: US Congressional Committee Talking About Privacy

I suspect that a story about this will eventually show up on the main boards. I finally submitted one, but so long after I first saw it that someone is sure to have already done it. Anyway, here's a bare outline:

The US House of Representatives Judicial Committee's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law is holding hearings on the Privacy Officer for the Department of Homeland Security and approved the Defense of Privacy Act. The DHS Privacy Officer hearings are to examine how well the incumbent, Nuala O'Connor Kelly, is doing and whether the statute creating the position sufficiently addresses concerns about the handling of personally identifiable information. This should be worth watching. Wired News has an article that covers both of these as does GovExec.com, a newsletter for senior Federal employees.