[govinfo] GovInfo News 3-30-2007
- From: "Patrice McDermott" <pmcdermott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "govinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <govinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:18:45 -0400
- GAO, DHS disagree on need for privacy study
- GAP Report Details Climate Science Politicization
Patrice McDermott, Director
OpenTheGovernment.org
www.openthegovernment.org
202.332.OPEN (6736)
- GAO, DHS DISAGREE ON NEED FOR PRIVACY STUDY
BY Brian Robinson
March 23, 2007
The Homeland Security Department and the Government Accountability Office
disagree on whether a privacy impact assessment is needed for an emerging DHS
data-mining program. DHS officials have not overlooked the requirement for a
privacy assessment, according to GAO. Instead, they have determined that no
such study was needed. In response to GAO, Steven Pecinovsky, director of the
DHS' GAO/inspector general's office liaison office, noted that ADVISE is simply
a set of generic IT tools that does not itself collect or use any data. GAO
takes a different view.... Unless such a study is done now, DHS runs the risk
of having systems developed and implemented using ADVISE tools and that do
contain personal information. That would require costly retrofitting later on
to add the necessary controls. more [FCW]
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- GAP REPORT DETAILS CLIMATE SCIENCE POLITICIZATION
The Government Accountability Project (GAP) has released a comprehensive report
detailing the findings of a year-long investigation into political interference
at federal climate science agencies. The report demonstrates how policies and
practices have increasingly restricted the flow of scientific information
emerging from publicly-funded climate change research. This has negatively
affected the media's ability to report objectively on scientific issues, public
officials' capacity to respond with appropriate policies, and full public
understanding of environmental concerns. more (PDF; 1.4 MB)
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