DHS Privacy Panel Meets
The Homeland Security Department's Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee convenes for its quarterly meeting on Wednesday. The confab comes on the heels of a report that shows the agency has not built adequate privacy protections into a data-mining program under development.
Government Accountability Office investigators said the lack of safeguards increase the risk that innocent people could be tagged as terrorists. The program, widely known by the acronym ADVISE, is sure to fuel controversy between officials who defend data-mining tactics and privacy advocates who say the government is overreaching, according to Technology Daily's AM edition.
A major topic for discussion at the meeting is the so-called "REAL ID" requirement that states develop driver's licenses based on nationwide standards. The committee will hear from government experts as well as outside sources from the National Governors Association, American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Democracy and Technology.
Later in the day, the committee is slated to discuss IT initiatives to enhance citizen and immigration services as well as agency-wide data integrity and records retention. DHS Chief Privacy Officer Hugo Teufel and Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker are also scheduled to speak.
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